Chapter 21 Section 2 Civil Service

Compared with the official uniforms in the Tang Dynasty, not only the quality of the civilian clothes was very different, but also the styles were monotonous.Scholars wore sackcloth, that is, white robes, when they were not in official career.Xinke Jinshi also wears white robes, so there is a description of "the robe looks like rotten silver and brocade" (a poem by Wang Dingbao of the Five Dynasties).The clothes of the working people are quite rough and simple.Ordinary civilians wear brown clothes, some are long and some are short.The linen shirt is worn by scholars. It is a longer shirt with a horizontal skirt, which is similar to the robe.The short jacket in the Tang Dynasty is a kind of underwear, which can be used in any color, which was later stipulated.There is also a long jacket with different widths and narrows.

Farmers in the Tang Dynasty wore hats and natural-colored linen clothes when working in the fields.The shirts they wore had higher slits on both sides.A hunter in the Tang Dynasty, wearing a felt hat, a knee-length jacket with a round collar and slits, and hemp shoes. "A man in a lonely boat with hats and hats, fishing alone for snow in the cold river" (Liu Zongyuan's "Jiang Xue") describes the clothes of fishermen in the Tang Dynasty.The coir raincoat is a raincoat woven from grass or palm.Li is a bamboo hat, that is, a hat made of bamboo strips and bamboo leaves.Boatmen in the Tang Dynasty wore bamboo hats, short jackets with small sleeves, high-slit crotchless shirts, half-arms (also called "half-sleeves"), belts, trousers, and straw (or hemp) shoes.

South of the Yangtze River is rich in miscanthus, and people often use it to weave straw shoes, which are light and water-resistant.It is said that Zhu Taozhui, a layman in Chengdu, once wove ten awns and sold them at roadside stalls.Because of its soft material and tight knots, it is very popular among customers, and people come to buy it after hearing the news. Both men and women in the Tang Dynasty wore clogs.Li Bai's poem: "A pair of gold-toothed clogs, the two feet are as white as frost." A description of wearing clogs.