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Chinese Clothing. By Shannon Pennella, Brittany Burda, and Christine Kotch. Chinese Colors. Wore Bright Colors Each color meant something Color determines their importance Symbols on their clothes The parents dressed their children in designs to protect them from ghosts. Emperors.
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Chinese Clothing By Shannon Pennella, Brittany Burda, and Christine Kotch
Chinese Colors • Wore Bright Colors • Each color meant something • Color determines their importance • Symbols on their clothes • The parents dressed their children in designs to protect them from ghosts.
Emperors • High supreme rulers of China • Robes made out of fine silk • The only ones allowed to wear yellow
Feet Wrapping • Feet are only about three inches long • Men thought it was attractive • Very painful process • So painful that they often cry for about 3 years • Walk with a hobble • Only rich girls get this treatment • Bones break with a cloth wrapped tightly Around the feet Feet Wrapping Feet Wrapping
Sunglasses today The Chinese invented sunglasses over 500 years ago The first sunglasses over 500 years ago
A Belief • People believed that ghosts could harm people especially kids • They dressed kids in designs to protect them
Certain Clothes At Certain Times • For weddings usually wore red and gold long gowns • For other special occasions-jackets/coats over pants, or for women skirts • Wealthier people wore silk
Kinds of Clothes • There are many different clothes • Made by cotton and silk • Some examples… • Kimonos (kind of like dresses) • Tunics (like robes)
Peasant Clothing • The peasants often wore wool and ramie, since they could not afford silk. • They were only allowed to wear solid black and blue colors • Their clothing was often hand sewn by family members or friends. • Only could afford one or two outfits