Women Dresses Of The Tang And Song Dynasties

Women dresses of the Tang Dynasty, many styles, bright colors and overall style reflects the elegant, splendid, generous; while the features of women skirt in the Song turned to elegant, simple, convenient and so on.The economy was well developed in Tang Dynasty and had some frequently exchanges with minority in trade or cultural fields, whether monarchs or subjects had an open mind and the weaving industry was well developed, all of these had provided a very good condition and foundation for the development of the female dresses. Women dresses of the Tang Dynasty from the Early Tang Dynasty to the middle and late Tang, itself had also undergone some reforms and changes. Tang Dynasty, representative of several skirts:striped dress with halo pleated skirt,off her feet, birds wool skirt, a burial dress.Song weaving industry was also well developed, but year after year outbreak wars with the ethnic minorities lead to border instability and the treasury empty, coupled with people’s minds by the larger of the influence of Neo-Confucianism, tend to rigorous and conservative,the style of female dresses tended to more elegant,graceful, simple and convenient than the former Dynasty.At this time, several representatives of skirts:pleated skirts with spin skirt, acacia cover skirt, pin gold dress.From Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, both of skirts’basic characteristics and the overall style had changes, including pattern, texture change, color change, length and margin change,and the way of how they dressed change.There are many reasons why women dresses in the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty showing two different styles, including political, economic, and cultural influences, as well as the role of the law of clothing their own development. Now we make a comparative study in women dresses in Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, to explore the evolution of law and analysis of the impact on future generations skirt,have a certain significance both on clothing science and history science.