About The Evlution Of The Costume In Guangdong Province From Historical Geography View

Costume is a very small area, but it reflects the big society. During the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China era, Guangdong province was regarded as the south door in China, and it was earlier influenced by western culture so that became the communication center of Chinese and western cultures. Refer to the costume, there are rapid reform and transformation. In Lingnan, it has complicated terrain, its climate is humid and rainy. Even in Guangdong province the climate varies a lot, which determines different kinds of costume.This paper mainly talks over the variation of costume in Guangzhou province during Qing and the Repblic of China era, just including all the region of Guangzhou province Qing and the Republic of China. Next it discusses the influence of geographical environment on choosing the materials and costume styles, the reformation of costume,the different choice of colors by different people, the impact of social reformation to costume development, and expansibility of costume change. The conclusion is drew that natural environment affects the characteristics of costume a lot, the aethestic standard and tradition also lead to different choice of costume under the different natural environment.