Background Swallow-tailed Hems and Flying Ribbons clothing
female figure dressed in tsa-chü-chʻui-shao clothing, lacquer painting on wood, 5th century.
modern pictorial reconstruction of tsa-chü-chʻui-shao clothing in lacquer painting virtuous women of ancient china.
on whole, costumes of wei , chin period still followed patterns of chʻin , han. women’s costumes in period of wei , chin large , loose. carefree life style brought development of women’s garments in direction of extravagant , ornate beauty. upper garment opened @ front , tied @ waist. sleeves broad , fringed @ cuffs decorative borders of different colour. skirt had spaced coloured stripes , tied white silk band @ waist. there apron between upper garment , skirt purpose of fastening waist. apart wearing multi-coloured skirt, women wore other kinds such crimson gauze-covered skirt, red-blue striped gauze double skirt, , barrel-shaped red gauze skirt. many of these styles mentioned in historical records. wide sleeves , long robes, flying ribbons , floating skirts, elegant , majestic hair ornaments, these became fashion style of wei , chin female appearance.
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