The novel A Dream of Red Mansions is all–inclusive, whichincludes costume culture too. There are so many detailed descriptions using dressesand personal adornment to portray the personalities of different characters. As amatter of fact, dresses and personal adornment in this novel is a kind of non-verbalinformation transmitter, which was used to foreshadow the characters’ fate as wellas to show their personalities.To those who are not a good speaker, clothing is their voice, like a mini scriptin their pockets,, through which we can see the identity, emotion and nature of acharacter.This paper takes the description of clothing, which scattered in A Dream ofRed Mansions, as object of study. Combining the text and historical documents, theauthor classified the clothing systematically on the basis of three aspects of clothing,trying to explore the important role which garment description played in shaping theimage of the characters.This paper takes the description of clothing, which scattered in A Dream ofRed Mansions, as object of study. Combining the text and historical documents, theauthor classified the clothing systematically on the basis of three aspects of clothing,trying to explore the important role which garment description played in shaping theimage of the characters.And on this basis,this paper analyzes the rationality ofclothing in TV seriesâ€A Dream of Red Mansionsâ€.Compare the2010version of theTV seriesâ€A Dream of Red Mansions†with the old one, we can find the culturaldifferences between the two TV series. |