Chapter 40 Section 7 Yuan Dynasty Women's Costumes

Aristocratic women in the Yuan Dynasty usually wore fur hats and mink fur robes.This kind of robe is relatively wide, with more left lapels, narrower cuffs, and the length of the robe drags to the floor.Some women's gowns are made of red woven gold, Jibei brocade and Mongolian velvet.Empresses, concubines, and attendants wear brocade gowns made of beasts, green silk silk gowns, and Suoli green Mongolian shirts.Aristocrats and court ladies often wear red boots. "The clothes shine brightly in late spring, and the red boots touch the ground lightly and cleanly" (Satura's "Wang Sun Song") describes the clothes of noble ladies in the Yuan Dynasty.

The most distinctive women's hat in the Yuan Dynasty was the aunt crown, also called Gu Gu, Gu Gu (gu Gu), Gu Gu, Gu Gu, etc.It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, like an upside-down porcelain vase.Usually, the skeleton is made of iron wire and birch wood, covered with leather, velvet, silk, etc., and decorated with gold leaf beads and flowers.This is the noble crown worn by queens, concubines, and ministers' wives.There is a poem describing it like this: "The twin willows hang down the maids in a different way, and when they are drunk, they will be helped immediately. Jiangnan has eyes and has never seen it, and fights to roll up the bead curtain to see Gugu." This kind of female crown may be related to the living customs of the Mongolian people.They lead a nomadic life, riding on horseback in the wilderness, with tall crowns and easily recognizable.After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, this crown style disappeared.

Women in the Yuan Dynasty could decorate wigs regardless of their status, which was called (upper braid and lower di) [di flute] bun.Guan Hanqing of the Yuan Dynasty: "With a frosty and snowy bun (upper bun and lower Di) bun, how can you wear that pinned gold brocade hijab?" What is described here is the wig. Earrings were also popular in Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties.Both men and women wear it, mostly women.A pair of earrings unearthed from the tomb of the Liao Dynasty was molded into a three-dimensional phoenix shape with a very thin gold sheet.Earrings in the Jin Dynasty are mainly made of gold.Some earrings are made of gold wire into a circular holder, and the holder is inlaid with various precious stones; piece of flowers.The front part of earrings in Yuan Dynasty is usually made of agate, white jade or turquoise in various patterns.