Korea and China are geographically connected neighbors, and the two countries have been active in political, economic and cultural exchanges since ancient times. Historically, the two countries shared the same cultural circle of "Chinese characters". ...
Korea and China are geographically connected neighbors, and the two countries have been active in political, economic and cultural exchanges since ancient times. Historically, the two countries shared the same cultural circle of "Chinese characters". Therefore, there are close links in many ways. Mutual influence, common development, both common and different cultural characteristics.
The chosun dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Korea, and China was under the Ming Dynasty from the beginning. The two dynasties had very close contacts from the very beginning. Influenced by the Ming Dynasty, the chosun Dynasty ruled by Confucianism. In terms of economy and culture, the two dynasties were also closely linked. In particular, the cultural influence of the Korean royal family was very great. In terms of clothing, it formed a feature similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, which was wide robe with large sleeves under the jacket. In China, the Qing dynasty was the last feudal dynasty. From the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, many reforms were carried out. In terms of political system, Confucianism was also adopted. As the Qing dynasty was established by the manchu ethnic minority, it retained the national customs and combined with the Han cultural system of the Ming Dynasty, forming the characteristics of the Qing royal family's body-hugging narrow sleeve robe in costume. Both dynasties were influenced by the Ming Dynasty in their costumes, but they also formed their own unique styles with national characteristics.
The dress styles that best represent the two dynasties are those of the royal family. The application of the fabric, craft, pattern and color of the dress represents the highest level of the two dynasties at that time. Especially the various types of royal women's clothing, such as the royal women's clothing in the chosun Dynasty, Zhai Yi, lou Yi, Chang sang, Yuan Sang, Tang Yi; The imperial women's clothing of the Qing Dynasty, such as court dress, dragon robe, ordinary dress and casual dress, showed the most gorgeous beauty of costume aesthetics at that time, and had a profound influence on the costume culture of the later generations.
On the basis of such historical background, around one of the royal women dress features of decoration pattern as the research center, refer to the literature, the two countries from the pattern process modelling, the kinds of fabric, color characteristics, organization form and yili crown marriage funeral offering five aspects of thinking, the Chosun Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty royal women patterns for comparative analysis, the analysis of the results are as follows:
The types of royal female clothing patterns in the Chosun Dynasty and Qing Dynasty include plant patterns, animal patterns, auspicious character patterns and other patterns with implied meanings. The types of patterns are rich, and the contents of different types of patterns have symbolic meanings. In modeling, both dynasties were influenced by Confucianism, and respected the natural laws in the expression of patterns, which were expressed in costumes with realistic modeling styles. The pattern modeling of the Korean era is characterized by simple and simple lines, and the pursuit of the beauty of harmony and rhythm. The pattern of Qing Dynasty is characterized by complex lines, rich levels of modeling, and the pursuit of full and magnificent beauty. There are similarities and differences in the patterns of the two dynasties. This fully shows that due to the different cultural customs and aesthetic pursuit, the shape characteristics of the pattern has also had an impact. In the fabric technology, the fabric of the royal women's clothing in the two dynasties are based on precious silk. Among them, there are four kinds of silk fabrics, such as satin, yarn, brocade and chou which represent the main clothing of women of the chosun royal family. The representative fabrics of Qing imperial women's main clothes are silk, satin, yarn and brocade. In terms of the pattern of fabric, it was mainly woven by dark brocade jacquard, weaving gold and gold foil. But many of the royal family's most expensive fabrics were purchased from China, where weaving technology was so advanced. The weaving of patterns in the Qing Dynasty was mainly based on the weaving of gold, makeup and kesi techniques of "Yun Brocade", among which yun brocade was designated as the royal tribute in the palace, representing the highest level of weaving technology. In addition to the techniques of weaving patterns, the two dynasties also had typical embroidery techniques, which were very rich and even reached dozens of kinds. Korean times in the fabric pattern performance, Prefer recessive dark patterns, pattern to simple, dignified and elegant. Embroidery craft as a whole lively needlework, simple and simple patterns, simple and steady color. The Qing Dynasty's fabric patterns were characterized by fine weaving, exquisite patterns, gorgeous brocade patterns and luxurious and elegant styles. The embroidery process had a unique style of full shape, meticulous embroidery, lively needlework and bright colors. In terms of color, both the Chosun Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty carried out color matching based on the theory of Yin-yang and five elements. Combined with their own folk customs and the needs of the ruling class, formed their own unique color style. The pursuit of bright and simple beauty in The Korean era reflects the pursuit of natural harmony, forming the Korean nation's preference for simple and elegant colors. The color characteristic of royal female dress pattern is simple and elegant, gorgeous. The Qing Dynasty pursued bright colors, beautiful colors and strong contrast. The royal women's dress patterns are characterized by various and delicate colors, harmonious and natural colors, gorgeous and rich. In the form of organization, the patterns of the Chosun Dynasty and Qing Dynasty consist of separate patterns, suitable patterns, continuous patterns and corner patterns. The organization form of corner pattern is peculiar to Qing Dynasty. The clothing patterns of the two dynasties were mainly distributed in the shoulder, cuff, chest, back, collar around and hem for decoration. The two dynasties have the composition characteristics of living Chinese style, symmetrical style and full floor style in the organization form of individual patterns. The two dynasties were very different in the form of organization suitable for the pattern, that is, the framework of the outline. In the Chosun Dynasty, there was a square outline and no center in the composition of the pattern, which was distributed in the costume in a parallel way, up, down, left and right. The Qing Dynasty was dominated by the shape of a group, and different forms of composition were used to decorate the clothes around the central pattern of the group. Both dynasties had two continuous and four continuous arrangement patterns in the organization form of continuous patterns. In the two-sided continuous organization, the pattern composition of the chosun Dynasty has vertical and scattered forms. The decorative patterns of the Qing Dynasty were vertical, corrugated and scattered. In the continuous organization form of four sides, the types of decorative patterns in the Korean era are more than those in the Qing Dynasty, and the composition forms are connected type and scattered type. The overall composition space of the patterns is relatively dense. The decorative patterns of the Qing Dynasty are rich and gorgeous in color, and the composition forms are interlocking, overlapping and scattered. In the overall composition of patterns, dark patterns and bright patterns are arranged in an orderly or disordered way.
Crown marriage and funeral sacrifice is the system, rules and a social consciousness in ancient rites of concrete expression. It is of great significance to the governance and regulation of the whole society. Dress is a form of ceremonial ceremony to show the image of beauty and status of a form. The two cultures were compared in order to comprehensively grasp the cultural value and aesthetic characteristics of the formation and development of the royal women's dress patterns through the official wedding ceremonies of the two dynasties. The result indicated that the pattern not only simply revealed the external beauty of the image, but also performed for the political life of the ruling class, but also serves for the political life of the ruling class. In the ceremony activities of coronation and funeral sacrifice, there are specific requirements of coronation and funeral sacrifice system for the wearing of clothes, but the characteristics of patterns are not completely changed by the ceremony of coronation and funeral sacrifice, but are decorated by the positioning and display level of the clothing itself. The implied meaning of the pattern itself can better reflect the multiple roles of clothing in the ritual, which well meets the cultural aesthetic needs of the ruling class and the authority of the ruling position.
Based on the above research results. This paper is of great significance to the study of the comparison of royal female clothing patterns in the Chosun Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty through the comparative analysis of the types and shapes of patterns, fabric technology, color characteristics, organizational forms and other ways. Not only did the author deeply understand the similarities and differences between the royal women's clothing patterns of the two dynasties from an all-round and multi-perspective, but also from the perspective of "rites", the author deeply understood the role of the patterns in the society and the cultural connotation and aesthetic characteristics formed from the ceremony of crown marriage, funeral and sacrifice. It is hoped that this thesis will contribute to the future research and design application of clothing culture in the two countries. It was suggested that in-depth research should be conducted in detail in the future. It is also expected to supplement the limited resources and data collection of this study to expand the scope of the study of costume not only to the royal family but also to society as a whole in relation to the culture of costume in both countries.