藝術與文化論衡
A observation of the folk clothing system during
Latter Ming dynasty from the women's clothing
in Jin Ping Mei
Chen Chi-Chang
Abstract
Ming was a social of clothing system. Even if people had enough money, they
could not wear clothes that didn’t suit their status. According to literature, it
showed that in Ming Dynasty people put on clothes that were above their status
became one kind of custom. But when people put on the clothes that didn’t suit
their status, they adopted some ideas from the old clothing system unconsciously.
This article mainly observes the women’s clothing system based on Jin Ping
Mei, to show that during Latter Ming dynasty as people put on clothes that didn’t
suit their status as usual, the clothing system didn’t become a mess. An new
clothing system combined the concept of class from old system and the elements of
fashion from civil society, replaced the old one and became an new one that we
called it folk clothing system.
Key Word: clothing system, Jin Ping Mei, woman, clothing
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