Study On The Mourning Apparel System In Tang And Song Dynasty

Mourning system has far-reaching significance for the study of China’s traditional patriarchal system and precepts system."Self, family, country and the world," is used as the Confucian sense of historical mission, so we can say that is originated in Mourning system. Since the Tang Dynasty "Kai yuan ceremony", dynasties have developed a rigorous Mourning system, and along with the time to push away, social changes, changes in patriarchal system as well as increased productivity, these systems emerged different situation.The change of costumes is becoming an important symbol as one of the Confucian "Emotion ritual". But in the Tang and Song Dynasties the change of Mourning system has obvious boundaries. You can see that in the Tang Dynasty the change of Mourning system is mainly reflected in the adjustment of clothing Syria, but in the Song Dynasty this change is mainly reflected in the costumes. So it can draw an obvious conclusion that in the Tang Dynasty it is serving for adjustment Syria rather than focusing on apparel, and it is proved that before the Tang Dynasty changes in social life is not dramatic, as well as social and cultural life did not happen too significant changes. But in the Middle Ages,"Tang-type family" and in the Southern and Northern Dynasties,family system began to appear significantly change and this change is a slow change, and this change has begun to unravel the traditional patriarchal society, but in the Five Dynasties period, ridden war accelerated this collapse, and the rise of new family system promoted the development of social economy, and culture also will be changed, and social life have been significantly improved. The change of family type also has brought new changes and opportunities for Mourning regime change in the Song Dynasty.The level of mourning dress can determine the level of Mourning by varying costumes and keeping the length or short time of mourning the system, and thus the tedious Mourning institutionalized is used as strict feudal hierarchy. At the same time, by adjusting clothes Syria, it can reflect Mourning system principles to achieve social change feudal family relationships. So it can arrive Confucian principles of statecraft Slim regulating the family’s. By the guidance of Confucian ideas on social transformation, and this transformation with the change of society,in turn, affects the Confucian culture and even Mourning system. This results Confucianism spiral rise, top-down and bottom-up re-expansion in a feudal society, and shows different vigorous vitality, as well as creates the conditions for the later peak of feudal society.