Chapter 3 Chapter Two Shang and Zhou Costumes

Judging from the images of unearthed jade figures, men in the Shang Dynasty usually wore braids in various styles.Some have their hair combed up to the top of their head, braided into a braid, and then hung to the back of the head; Up.Slaves, bareheaded, wear round-neck linen clothes, with shackles on their hands; slave owners wear scarf hats (made of silk cloth into a hoop or flat shape, and some have beautiful geometric patterns painted on them), and wear Chinese clothes .The hairstyles of women in the Shang Dynasty were mostly upturned and backward, with hairpins [jiji, hairpins] inserted on them.This kind of hairpin is mostly made of animal bones, but also made of bamboo wood, ivory or precious jade.Most of the tops of the ji are engraved with chickens, birds, mandarin ducks and geometric patterns.According to ancient etiquette and customs, when aristocratic women were 15 years old, they would hold a hairpin ceremony (that is, put their hair in a hairpin) to indicate that they have grown up and can get married.The "Jiji" and "Jiannian" mentioned in ancient books refer to the woman who has reached adulthood.According to literature records, this kind of hairpin can also be used for hairpins for men, and can be used to distinguish people from superior to inferior because of their quality.

The costumes of the nobles in the Shang Dynasty were quite exquisite.Among the jade figures unearthed from Fuhao Tomb in Anyang, Henan Province, there is a man wearing a roll-style scarf cap and gorgeous clothes.He put his long braided hair on top of his head, wore a crown hat decorated with hoop ornaments, and wore a cross-collared dress covered with cloud patterns, with a wide belt tied around his waist, and the upper end of the belt was pressed on the The lower part of the collar, the length of the garment is below the knee, and the lower body is worn with a skirt.There is also an ax-shaped ornament with a narrow top and a wide bottom (called "黼 [fufu]" or "Wei [bibi]", similar to the "covering knees" of later generations) under the abdomen, and a pair of feet that resemble a pair of warped legs. Pointed shoes in the style of the head boat.This is likely to be the image of the nobility at that time.