Author(s)

Chengzhi Lin ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Clothing, Shaanxi Fashion Engineering University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Chengzhi Lin

ABSTRACT

China's Qing Dynasty emphasized the class ritual system to consolidate the centralization of power, and had strict norms for the class system of clothing. The clothing of the Qing Dynasty is the most complex and complicated in the clothing culture of the past dynasties. The characteristics of the clothing mainly absorb the Manchu and Han customs. It not only retains the basic patterns and color system passed down for thousands of years, but also endows the clothing with deeper class meaning and becomes the symbol of The Times, so that the future generations can continue to explore its rich aesthetic and cultural value. Today, the Qing Dynasty dress culture can still bring us the inspiration and value of using traditional culture to innovate design and inherit the ethnic group spirit. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the cultural inheritance and aesthetic value of the class system of clothing in Qing Dynasty, and to provide useful reference for modern clothing design. Through in-depth research on the class system representation and value embodiment of Qing Dynasty clothing, this paper intuitively shows the class division, production process characteristics and aesthetic characteristics of Qing Dynasty clothing, reveals the important position of Qing Dynasty clothing in cultural inheritance and its unique artistic charm, in order to provide references for research in related fields.

KEYWORDS

The Class System, Aesthetic Value, Cultural Inheritance, Ethnic Group Spirit

CITE THIS PAPER

Chengzhi Lin, Study on Cultural Inheritance and Aesthetic Value of Class System of Dress in Qing Dynasty. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2024) Vol. 6: 19-26. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2024.060503.

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