How did the ancients work in the fields in dragon robes?

Not all clothes in Hanfu are big sleeves, which can be roughly divided into two types: dresses and uniforms.

Dresses are generally long-sleeved, and special dresses are worn on important occasions, such as: coronation clothes for the emperor to wear alone, sacrificial clothes for attending sacrifices, wedding dresses, etc., such as Zhou groom's clothes, bride's edge clothes (the specific shape is to be determined, and now most of them are replaced by Song robes), Ming wedding rockhopper dresses, and black gauze uniforms (black gauze uniforms are

Uniforms are worn in daily life and work, and are characterized by convenient arrow sleeves. Generally, there are: brown, round neck robe and straight purlin.

In order to meet the needs of archery and labor, there is a quick way to tie the sleeves with long ropes.

It often appears in Japanese movies and TV series. Actually, it was invented by China. As early as the Han Dynasty, China people used it to tie their sleeves to facilitate their work. Shen Congwen wrote in "A Study of China's Ancient Costumes and a Groom in the Song Dynasty" that "Song people remember cooks, mention cooks who had seen big scenes at that time, and pay tribute with silver."

It is impossible for ancient clothes to have wide robes and big sleeves. After all, the ancients also needed labor. First of all, ancient costumes can be simply divided into formal clothes and uniforms, just like we don't wear suits when we are working in the fields now, and the ancients didn't wear Duan Xuan when they were working in the fields. They have this kind of clothes, which is more convenient for activities and work.

Moreover, the productivity in ancient times was not as good as that in modern times. Generally, clothes such as wide robes, big sleeves and long coats can only be consumed by aristocratic businessmen. In fact, now we buy Hanfu, which is more expensive than ordinary Hanfu, although it is not as difficult to afford as in ancient times. After all, productivity has gone up, and the fabric price difference has come down.

Let's talk about the role of wide robes and big sleeves first. When it comes to sleeves, many people will think that the ancients hid everything in sleeves, so big sleeves are used to hold things. This statement is a bit one-sided, because not all Hanfu sleeves can hold things. Generally speaking, only pipa sleeves can hold things inside, and hanging sleeves can be put a little, but if they are narrow sleeves, sword sleeves, straight sleeves and square sleeves, it is impossible to hold things, and wide sleeves are also very wide, but it is also impossible to put things.

As for the wide robe, as mentioned above, it is generally gentry and businessmen who can afford it with big sleeves. The wide robe is more decent and can show their identity. The other is that orientals' aesthetics should be subtle and graceful, and Hanfu rarely shows its skin, because traditional oriental aesthetics thinks it is disrespectful to people. In fact, the dress style in medieval Europe is also relatively generous. But now western aesthetics has influenced us. Nowadays, western aesthetics is more enthusiastic and unrestrained, pursuing the beauty of the natural curve of the human body and making the body lines more charming.