Research On The Aesthetic Culture Of Ming Dynasty Clothing

The Ming Dynasty is in the end of China feudal society and the capitalism germination period, many changes happened in its thoughts, the economy and the exchange with foreign. These changes were affecting the Ming Dynasty person directly or indirectly in the clothes idea and the clothing style.In the aspect of the thoughts and culture, people began to purse equality, display the self-condition gradually instead of law-abiding conservatively from the beginning of Ming Dynasty as the appearance of the capitalism initiation thoughts. This enable the Ming Dynasty clothing evolved slowly from initial "clothes according to the system" to overstep one's authority frequently, and even in the later period, people started to purse the individuality, strange in clothes. The feudal clothing system was ignored.In politics, Ming Dynasty's feudal dictatorship strengthened further, and more particular regulations in clothing had been made, and this kind of feudal dictatorship was maintained by the penalty. The civilization of the Chinese clothing was obtained certain restoration in Ming Dynasty. This was meaningful for the inheriting of culture, but it was not good for the innovation development in clothing. In the mid and end of the Ming Dynasty, because the emperor was negligent in the royal government, its politics was loose, the law of clothing could not be carried out well. Even the high-ranking officials had the clothing contrary phenomenon. This is the reason of many oversteps one's authority the phenomenon, pursuing magnificent and individual beauty.In the Ming Dynasty, commodity economy was prosperous. Many people were attracted to abandon the agriculture and engage commerce. The gap between rich and poor caused the rich merchants not to be glad to defend the outmoded rules and regulations silently, they often profligately expend. This kind of extravagant is also displayed pursuing luxuriously on the clothing. And this wind was also affecting the ordinary populace's expense idea. They imitated in abundance. The commodity economy led handicraft industry development in the Ming Dynasty. This had provided technical guarantee for clothing's magnificence.In the Ming Dynasty, the majority of time was maintaining the good exchange to foreign, excepting "the comprehensive maritime restriction" from ShiZong to early period of ShenZong. The exchange was main paying tribute and trade with foreign, and had the important history of the trip of ZhengHe to western world. Later period, Ming ShenZong quitted in all quarts pressure, and comprehensively opened maritime restrictions. These exchanges such as the introduction of North Korean horse tail skirt's and the influence of Ming Dynasty to North Korean not only provide opportunity to economy, but also to clothing's development.These factors penetrated and changed the Ming Dynasty's clothing culture and had formed its characteristic in more than 200 years, also caused the Chinese clothing appeared another development high tide after the Tang Dynasty.Politics despotic, economical development, the people's desire of equal, the Chinese and foreign exchange was expressed in the clothing of the Ming Dynasty. These collections had become unique esthetic characteristic of Ming Dynasty clothing. We carried on the esthetic analysis to the Ming Dynasty clothing from "traditional beauty, creative beauty, magnificent beauty, individuality beauty."Mainly, its traditional beauty mainly was embodied in the inheritance development of "the plate collar" "the dragon design". Its creative beauty expressed on "turban hat of good idea", "the using of additional picture in clothing", "button's being in vogue", "the change of the female attire structure proportion". Its magnificent beauty expressed on "the popularity of silk", "the phoenix coronet and bright shawl", "the rich gorgeous color"; Its individual beauty expressed on "clothing's overstepping one's authority" and "the outlandish clothes".Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was called that it took the accomplishment of the collection, and it was another piece of development peak of Chinese clothing after the Tang Dynasty. And its clothing succinct had also had crosswise and longitudinal influence. In longitudinal, the one who was affected heavily was the Qing Dynasty clothing. In crosswise, it had the tremendous influence to its vassal state, especially the North Korea. As artistic form interaction, which was obvious was the influence to Peking opera clothing's. The Peking opera clothing mainly took the Ming Dynasty clothing as the based reference, in addition absorption of other Dynasty clothing element, only then it evolved the clothing form we sees today.