Feminine Costume Of The Song Dynasty And Cultural Implications

Costume as daily necessities of life, reflects the real cultural thoughts of people and the influence of social factors. Chinese ancient costume is cultural product as the fusion of political, economical and cultural factors of the time. And Social thoughts and culture status of different dynasties have certain effect on the popularity of costume and are reflected in the artistic features of the female costume. In the meantime, costume also carried the cultural connotation and aesthetic idea of that time.The social cultural of Song dynasty is prosperous, especially in the arts. The gorgeous and beautiful female costume occupies the important position in the Chinese ancient costume and show the world the beauty of woman.The unique charm and cultural implication are formed under the influence of many social factors. The first factor is that the artistic thought of former feminine costume is the soil for the development of the song dynasty feminine costume. For example, the song dynasty feminine costume absorbs the elegance of the tang dynasty feminine costume and also has the feature of grace. And the second factor is that the song dynasty feminine costume was influenced by foreign cultures. Besides, the third factor is that the fast development of economy in song dynasty prompts the consummate of the technique of feminine costume. And the fourth factor is the song dynasty feminine costume is deeply influenced by the main stream of the thoughts in the song dynasty. Furthermore, the last factor is the song dynasty feminine costume embodies the own aesthetics of females in the song dynasty, and is also influenced by the male color.On clothing matching, females in the song dynasty not only want to show the specialty of women, but also have to cater to the taste of men, natural style. They love elegant ornaments and they also make the ornaments simple and plain. In a word, the feminine costume inherits former artistic thoughts, and also shows the beauty pursuit of the present age. And those make the feminine costume restrained and a little flaunt.The research in the song dynasty feminine costume should focus on the shape andstructure of the costume and the culture implication. In other words, the research should be from the point of art, thus grasp the cultural feature of this age.This article forms the cognition of the culture and arts in song dynasty through clarifying the artistic thoughts and culture implication of feminine costume. And the article tries to overcome the infertility existed in the Song Dynasty feminine costume.Through analyzing and combing former research, this article forms the own state and demonstration of the Song Dynasty feminine costume. And the ultimate goal of this research is to deeply interpret the artistic thoughts and culture implication of feminine costume.