Looking at Ancient Chinese Robes

Most royal people wore red in their robes. Here is an example.

A Robe for Royal Men in China

How Royalty Dressed

Royalty would have worn this

The Robe on the right would have been worn by the empress

Wedding wear for men and women

The robe for women is on the right. You can tell by the phoenixes embroidered onto it that it is for a lady.

Robe from Tang

This beautiful robe is from the Tang Dynasty.

Another point of view on wedding dress

A Chinese couple on their wedding day

Small Feet Ain't A Small Feat!

Women bound their feet to make themselves look pretty. Here is a picture of a women's shoe. This shoe is three inches long.

An Inner Dress

This is a Han Chinese inner dress.

Nobleman's wife's robeAnything with embroidery (Buzi, is what the Chinese call it) was for the royal people. This has little to no buzi, but is nice, so it was probably a nobleman's wife's robe.

Comparing a man's robe and a women's

A man and women's Chinese robe are similar to each other in a few ways. For example, they are both quite long. Red is popular among them both too.

Chinese Armor

• This is a picture of a man from the Terracotta Army. He is wearing Chinese armor. It was made out of all kinds of material.

A Parasols

• These are parasols. Parasols were often used by Chinese women to keep the sun off their faces.

Chinese Clothing

Red was very common in Chinese clothing. It was also considered lucky by the Chinese.