The Research On The Costume Of The Gaochang Kingdom

Gaochang Kingdom(in Turpan now)is located in the east-west traffic artery,where many ethnic groups merge and merge,creating a unique culture of Gaochang Kingdom.The various ethnic groups merged in this interaction and created unique geographical features.At the beginning of the 20 th century,a large number of documents,murals,enamel paintings,tomb figures,and fabric pieces involving Gaochang Kingdom's costumes were unearthed,which provided a reliable basis for the unveiling of GaoChang Kingdom's clothing research.Gao Chang Kingdom has a wide range of apparels and styles.In terms of clothing,there are mainly quilted jacket,shirts,skirts,and pleats.Footwear is mainly boots and shoes.The men mainly use hair extensions in the early stages,and they mainly wear crown caps in the later period,while the women comb a knot.Encourage the use of chignon,hairpin as decorations on knot.Gao Chang Kingdom clothing is influenced by Hu and Han styles.Its overall feature is ‘Male accord the Hu customs,wives generally dress like Han people',and there are profound historical reasons behind this phenomenon: First,affected by the political situation and the promotion of political orders,the northern nomadic people and the Han people have established their influence here.Scope,forcibly intervene in people's choice of clothing in Gaochang Kingdom;Second,trade contacts and cultural infiltration,the Sogdian and Persians on the Silk Road have long been engaged in trade activities in Gaochang Kingdom,and their national culture inevitably infiltrated.In the end,people's needs in actual production and life determine the types and styles of Gaochang Kingdom costumes.