The earlier title of ancient underwear was "obscene clothes". "Yin" means "light books, not solemn", which shows the ancient people's mentality towards underwear. China underwear has a long history. The following clues about underwear history began in the Han Dynasty.
Han: holding the belly and heart clothes; Wei and Jin Dynasties: (Sixteen Countries): Two Dangs; Tang dynasty: terminalia chebula; Song dynasty: wiping the chest; Yuan Dynasty: Acacia lapels; Ming dynasty: the main waist; Qing dynasty: Chinese corset.
At present, it is considered that obscene clothes and Chinese-style chest covers are mostly underwear. In ancient times, men's underwear can also be called "obscene clothes", and men can also wear Chinese-style corsets.
The specific record can be seen in the record of "Clearing the Banknotes": "Chest wiping is commonly known as Dou Du. Both men and women. " And Shen Defu's "Scholar Rogue at Night Fires" in the Ming Dynasty: "Wang Qiong, the minister of the Ministry of War, insulted his clothes, sneaked into the leopard room and drank with him all night." Wang Qiong, the minister of the Ministry of War, dressed in strange clothes, sneaked into the leopard room and drank wine with the emperor all night.
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In the Qing Dynasty, "tube-wiping chest", also known as "Chinese-style chest covering", was generally made into a diamond shape. There is a belt on it, worn between the neck and tied with two belts at the back of the waist. The bottom is an inverted triangle, covering the navel and reaching the lower abdomen. Most materials are cotton and silk. The strap used for binding is not limited to rope. Rich families use gold chains, middle families use silver chains and copper chains, and small jasper uses HongLing.
There are all kinds of exquisite embroidery on the "Chinese Belly Bag", such as tigers, scorpions and geckos that can protect the body from evil spirits, and lotus flowers and mandarin ducks that embody love. In the Qing dynasty, Chinese-style chest covering was not a woman's patent, and men also wore Chinese-style chest covering.
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