Male Qing Dynasty Clothing

The collection of chinese clothing from the qing dynasty.

Male qing dynasty clothing. The structure of a long gown was simple with erect collar and straight main body. Mens costume in the qing dynasty mens costume mainly included long gowns and mandarin jackets and the sleeve ends employed the horse hoof shape for the first time. Throughout the qing dynasty han women continued to wear clothing from ming dynasty. When the manchu dynasty seized the power in china in 1644 a new type of clothing appeared.

The rise of the manchu qing dynasty in many ways represented a new era in chinese clothing with certain styles required to be worn by all noblemen and officials. The robe is simple in shape straight collar large placket seams in front and back. For womens clothing manchu and han fashions of clothing coexisted. The qing dynasty 1644 1911 was characterised by an astounding wealth and variety of robe types.

Changshan along with qipao were introduced to china during the qing dynasty 17th20th centuries. However after the 1644 fall of the ming dynasty the manchu stopped this order. Long robes magua ao shirts pants etc. The court dress was black while the formal dress for sacrificial rites was edged with red.

During the 200 years of the qing empire the entire world witnessed dramatic changes such as the renaissance in italy and columbuss discovery of the americas but the changes did not affect traditional chinese clothing because china had a closed door policy. Olbo was a style of jacket worn by males during the chinese qing dynasty 16441911 it was designed to be worn together with and over the manshi changshan magua is at waist length with five disc buttons on the front and slightly short wide sleeves. The magua simplified chinese. During the qing dynasty 1644 1911 clothes became elegant poised and glorious.

Typical clothing styles included cicada like hats one layer coats with twin diamond shaped collars sloping necklines square sleeves jade hanging decorations and red shoes. Male clothing in the qing dynasty mainly included. A new style of dress called tangzhuang included the changshan worn by men and the qipao worn by women. Eventually these styles also became widespread among the commoners.

The main items of clothing are long robes and magua. The presented garments including clothing both for men and women as well as accessories of childrens clothing perfectly reflect this diversity. During the first 200 years the western han dynasty the dark style clothing of the qing dynasty continued. Most long gowns had bigger inner piece on the right side.

The manchus in 1636 ordered that all han chinese should adopt the changshan style of dress or face harsh punishment. They required only that han men who served as court and government officials wear manchu clothes.