Bark Clothing Research

The culture that manufacturing the cloth with bark have existed before the China enter character recordation society . And in many ancient culture works of our country , such as Shi Ji and Han Shu .recorded this kind of culture that manufacturing the clothes with bark and leaf by national minorities in our country. These ancient works also recorded this culture that clothes with bark are exists in many places of our country and ancient people has made described it and researched for it to a certain degree. In modern age , many domestic and overseas scholars proceed the quest of the bark clothes culture in a deeper level of degree, and put forward their different ideas about it .This investigates provide not only solid theories foundation for the research of bark cloth culture, but also put forward the function for the historical value of it.The article begins with the origins of the bark clothes and ornaments . The essay applies the principle of the esthetics and psychology in the clothing realm, and involves different subjects of ethnology, history, society, culture and researches its origin, change, esthetics and manufacture of the bark clothes. It also cites some abroad clothing data in order to enlarge the argument system of the essay. We can understand the development history of bark clothes completely through this kind of research method applied in this article. From a certain meaning, we understand the development process of the bark clothes to a certain degree such as understand the historical process development of the Chinese national minorities clothes and ornaments.Firstly, we investigate the origins background of the bark clothes and ornaments, and affirm the origins of the bark clothes and ornaments that was influenced by numerous factors, such as natural, social and culture environment. Then we analyze these factors, and get the conclusion that the traditional bark clothes and ornaments turn into the modern influenced by these factors.Secondly, the art of bark clothes and ornaments contains various...