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It is a ring-shaped ornament developed in ancient China, which is hung on the neck and chest, worn on the head, arms and legs. It is mainly made of pearls, precious stones and precious metals. At first, it was used as a Buddhist ornament, but later it was widely adopted as a necklace and headwear in Chinese women's clothing.
Yupei (Chinese: 玉佩; pinyin: Yùpèi) is a generic term for jade pendants. [1] Yupei were popular even before Confucius was born. [2]: 18 Jade culture is an important component of Chinese culture, [1] reflecting both the material and spiritual culture.
Men wore one chaozhu and only women of high-ranking status were allowed to wear triple chaozhu (one at the neck and two diagonally over each shoulder and underarms). [ 1 ] [ 4 ] : 52 In arrangement, women's chaozhu differed slightly from the men's: men had a single shuzhu at the right and the pair shuzhu is found on the left (at his heart ...
Based on Han Chinese tombs of the Jin dynasty, it appears that ordinary Jurchen clothing may have been a symbol of lower class status as servants and lower-class women tend to be portrayed as wearing modified Jurchen-style clothing whereas women from the upper class wear Hanfu-style clothing. [147]
Women wearing the fengguan as part of their set of wedding clothing has been a long tradition in the area of Zhejiang. [11] The fengguan was a symbol of good fortune. [ 2 ] However, women who were remarrying for a second times and who were to be become a man's concubine were not allowed to wear fengguan .
In China, there is a custom of wearing a necklace with a longevity lock pendant. These lock charms were sometimes personally tied around the necks of children by Buddhist or Taoist priests. [ 16 ] The longevity lock is known as changmingsuo ( lit. 'longevity lock') and is an important form of amulet for children for thousand of years in Chinese ...
Zaju chuishao fu (traditional Chinese: 雜 裾 垂 髾 服; simplified Chinese: 杂裾垂髾服; pinyin: zájū chuíshāo fú), also called Guiyi (Chinese: 袿衣), [1] and sometimes referred as "Swallow-tailed Hems and Flying Ribbons clothing" or "swallow tail" clothing for short in English, [2]: 62–64 [3] is a form of set of attire in hanfu which was worn by Chinese women.
List of informal wear Romanization Hanzi Definition Description Period Images Zhíjū: 直裾 Straight lapelled, full body garment. Pre-Qin – Han Qūjū: 曲裾 Diagonal body wrapped, full body garment. Pre-Qin – Han Kùzhě: 裤褶 Clothing with trousers for riding or military style clothing. [3] [4] A short coat with trousers. Pre-Qin ...