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Research into the Colors and Patterns of the Manchu Dress

Xuejiao Wang

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For a person, costume can reflect a person's personality, but also the individual aesthetic level and inner cultivation; For a nation, it reflects a nation's culture, customs, and its thoughts, aesthetics. It is a special language that reflects the economic development, living environment and religious beliefs of each historical period. The characteristics of costume of each ethnic group in China contain the cultural forms of each ethnic group. costume has a development history of five thousand years, among which costume of the Man nationality has not only unique charm but also implies meaning in the long course of the development of costume. The spirit of costume of the Man nationality gathers the wisdom of the nation. The belief in national totem also makes the costume full of enigmatic charm. All societies and nations change all the time because of cultural integration or changes caused by the culture itself or contact with other cultures. Under the influence of Shaman costume culture, costume of Man nationality goes through the Han culture and comes to the era of cheongsam. Whether with the restriction of the costume system or the influence of national culture, costume of Man nationality shows people's yearning for a better life form in the color and pattern. As an important part of traditional costume culture, the in costume of Man nationality not only inherit the historical civilization, but also retain the characteristics of their own nation. The reference, tradition and recreation are well integrated together. The development and vicissitude of costume of Man nationality have played a powerful role in the mutual promotion of national costumes. Elements of costume of Man nationality reflect the characteristics of the time and culture, also bring a lot of the source of inspiration and creation, so that until the late period, not only in China people wear cheongsam, but also on the international stage, many modern dress style are with the reference of cheongsam pattern design. Those traditional costume has different using ways in the eyes of modern designers. In their creations, the traditional Chinese elements radiate new light — this is the surprise that the traditional national costume brings to the world.

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For a person, costume can reflect a person's personality, but also the individual aesthetic level and inner cultivation; For a nation, it reflects a nation's culture, customs, and its thoughts, aesthetics. It is a special language that reflects the economic development, living environment and religious beliefs of each historical period. The characteristics of costume of each ethnic group in China contain the cultural forms of each ethnic group. costume has a development history of five thousand years, among which costume of the Man nationality has not only unique charm but also implies meaning in the long course of the development of costume. The spirit of costume of the Man nationality gathers the wisdom of the nation. The belief in national totem also makes the costume full of enigmatic charm. All societies and nations change all the time because of cultural integration or changes caused by the culture itself or contact with other cultures. Under the influence of Shaman costume culture, costume of Man nationality goes through the Han culture and comes to the era of cheongsam. Whether with the restriction of the costume system or the influence of national culture, costume of Man nationality shows people's yearning for a better life form in the color and pattern. As an important part of traditional costume culture, the in costume of Man nationality not only inherit the historical civilization, but also retain the characteristics of their own nation. The reference, tradition and recreation are well integrated together. The development and vicissitude of costume of Man nationality have played a powerful role in the mutual promotion of national costumes. Elements of costume of Man nationality reflect the characteristics of the time and culture, also bring a lot of the source of inspiration and creation, so that until the late period, not only in China people wear cheongsam, but also on the international stage, many modern dress style are with the reference of cheongsam pattern design. Those traditional costume has different using ways in the eyes of modern designers. In their creations, the traditional Chinese elements radiate new light — this is the surprise that the traditional national costume brings to the world.

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For a person, costume can reflect a person's personality, but also the individual aesthetic level and inner cultivation; For a nation, it reflects a nation's culture, customs, and its thoughts, aesthetics. It is a special language that reflects the economic development, living environment and religious beliefs of each historical period. The characteristics of costume of each ethnic group in China contain the cultural forms of each ethnic group. costume has a development history of five thousand years, among which costume of the Man nationality has not only unique charm but also implies meaning in the long course of the development of costume. The spirit of costume of the Man nationality gathers the wisdom of the nation. The belief in national totem also makes the costume full of enigmatic charm. All societies and nations change all the time because of cultural integration or changes caused by the culture itself or contact with other cultures. Under the influence of Shaman costume culture, costume of Man nationality goes through the Han culture and comes to the era of cheongsam. Whether with the restriction of the costume system or the influence of national culture, costume of Man nationality shows people's yearning for a better life form in the color and pattern. As an important part of traditional costume culture, the in costume of Man nationality not only inherit the historical civilization, but also retain the characteristics of their own nation. The reference, tradition and recreation are well integrated together. The development and vicissitude of costume of Man nationality have played a powerful role in the mutual promotion of national costumes. Elements of costume of Man nationality reflect the characteristics of the time and culture, also bring a lot of the source of inspiration and creation, so that until the late period, not only in China people wear cheongsam, but also on the international stage, many modern dress style are with the reference of cheongsam pattern design. Those traditional costume has different using ways in the eyes of modern designers. In their creations, the traditional Chinese elements radiate new light — this is the surprise that the traditional national costume brings to the world.

Key concepts: Costume design, Nationality, Ethnic group, Civilization, Aesthetics, Totem, Art, History

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