Amazing Chinese ancient costume styles are always popular. Do you want to be the most beautiful scenery in others' eyes? It turns out that the ancient Chinese have been wearing such fashionable clothes for a long time!

The book about demystifying Oriental aesthetics—Chinese Costume, invites you to read:
Can you clearly tell apart the fu (upper garment), pao (long robe), ru (short jacket), jia (outer jacket) and shu (a type of ancient garment) in ancient Chinese clothing?
Did ancient Chinese men and women wear skirts?
Did the ancient Chinese also wear fashionable shorts, wide-leg pants, slim-fit pants and suspenders?
When did the mix-and-match style of wearing long sleeves inside and short sleeves outside become popular?
What is the "neiyi" (the ancient Chinese equivalent of a bra) in ancient China?
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From head to toe, exploring the history of Chinese clothing matching—100 carefully selected questions waiting for you to answer!

There are currently 2 books in this series: 100 Questions about Ancient Chinese Makeup and 100 Questions about Ancient Chinese Costumes.

This book focuses on ancient Chinese costumes. Starting from the history, development, craftsmanship, characteristics, appreciation, culture and other aspects of Chinese clothing in past dynasties, it selects 100 questions and answers them one by one. It is illustrated and easy to understand. With this book, you will learn about the hairstyles and headdresses of ancient Chinese people, the fu, pao, sleeves and collars worn on the body, the belts and accessories around the waist, as well as the shoes and styles worn on the feet...

Gao Yang graduated from the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University. Her teacher is Professor Chang Shana, known as the "Dunhuang Girl". She is currently an associate professor and master's supervisor at the School of Art and Design, Beijing Forestry University. Her research direction is the decorative pattern art of Chinese Buddhist grottoes. Since 2000, she has participated as a core member in the project "Research on Decorative Patterns of Dunhuang in China", and has published several monographs and numerous papers in professional core journals.

Decorations on the Head?--Questions about Hats, Crowns, Jewelry and Hairstyles in Ancient Chinese Clothing
1. What is the difference between "hat" and "crown"?
2. What did ancient emperors wear on their heads?
3. Is "Diao Chan" just the name of a beauty?
4. What did ordinary people wear on their heads in ancient times?
5. What was the origin of the "phoenix coronet" (a traditional imperial headdress for noble women) worn by ancient women?
6. Why is the "black hat" a symbol of officials?
7. Why are women praised as "Jinguo Hero" (Jinguo: the headscarf and hair accessories of ancient women)?
8. Why is "green hat" a sign of disgrace?
9. Why did ancient Chinese men and women keep long hair?
10. How beautiful were the hairstyles of ancient women?
11. What kind of hairstyle did ancient children wear?
12. What hairstyle did maidens comb in ancient times?
13. Why are original couples called "couples with entangled hair"?
14. Did both ancient women and men wear flowers on their heads?
15. Were ancient combs only used for combing hair?
16. What is a "jade hair clasp"?
17. Who are the 12 beauties in Cao Xueqin's novel Dream of the Red Chamber? Why are they called "The Twelve Golden Hairpins"?
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