Dress of Imperial Women ( Empress/Consort/Noble ) in Qing Dynasty
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2021
- The palace women dress code in Qing dynasty is very strict. Each rank is entitle to a set of court rope and accessories. Dress inappropriately can be a big offense and can be punished.
Empress/Empress Dowager has the most luxurious dress with the most precious stones.
hands down the best explanation on the different dresses in the qing dynasty court
Very interesting and informative! These ladies really dressed glamorously. The garments and the accessories are very detailed and intricate!
My great-grandmother had her own Jifu. After researching our ancestry I now realised why she was wearing a Jifu in her photo...
Was she a noble lady?
@@gabrielletshiala5617 she was a Princess of the Second Rank of the Xinjiang Torguud Right Banner. Daughter of Palta Wang. Her royal name was Princess Sertso but she changed her name after becoming a commoner back in the 1930s.
@@normanhayashiwow what an ancestry
Hi, here some points that were missing on your explanation:
- Differences in the phoenix hat between ranks were the strings of pearls hanging from behind. I believe there were 8 for Empress Dowager, 5 for Empress and 3 for Noble Consort.
- I didn't hear if you mentioned the number of phoenixes in the finials.
- There was a less formal dragon robe but don't know if it's a jifu, and was bright yellow for Empress, pale yellow for Noble Consort and kind or bronze for ranks below. This can be seen in the portraits of the Qianlong emperor and his consorts.
- Colors in the bianfu were restricted by rank, same as motives and profusion of the embroidery.
- For winter clothes, lined with fur, it depended on the rank for quality and type of fur.
You will notice that whenever a black background appears only the royal family members like princess, prince, empress, consorts, emperor's close relatives all have a round or circular design whilst court officials no matter how high their ranks will have a square design.
And to clarify on daily wear if you were a part of the Imperial Harem and commoners you could not wear certain symbols that meant the empress phoenixes and peonies were typically associated with the empress along with the color yellow it was just like the men could not have a dragon on their clothes with five claws along with the color yellow as well yellow was reserved for the Empress Dowager empress and Emperor
Thank you for clarification on the earrings...I noticed Ruyi's ears were triple pierced after her promotion to Empress but did not know the connection.
Thank you!
Actually all Manchu women were triple pierced as part of their traditions. Just that women may not necessarily wear all three pairs all the time. Usually the most formal and official occasions they are suppose to be wearing all their earrings. And usually the empress would have all her earrings worn. If you watched other drama series depicting the same era/dynasty, you can see even palace maids had three pairs on, just that they would be wearing simple hoops rather than pearl drop earrings.
So glad I found your channel!
Thank you for video. You can see how strict the dress codes were for this dynasty.
Very interesting. U gained a new subscriber 😊
Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much!
thank you for the information
Please do a video of Manchu women’s headdresses and style
Can you do something on Han Empire pleas?
Very interesting! Thank you so much. Beautiful dresses!
thank you so much well informed commentary .xcellent
Would it be possible to have the title of the first book cited, which has the illustrations of court dress in it.
Agreed, even if it's in Chinese, worldcat should have it listed.
What's about men's dress?
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Why do they wear 3 earrings on each ear? What are the symbolism? :) Thank you!
I studied that the empress dowager no longer needs to wear a hat or crown and other imperial items... the empress dowager does not need this anymore as she holds her own unique rank, influence and power over the realm... The world is under the emperor but the emperor is a son to the queen mother... so who needs a lot of items to show off when the Son of heaven is ur son...
You voice look like a channel that i follow in Thai😃
U sound like a Thai or Vietnamese.... May I know your background and what is your info based on? Could you please quote references and research proofs?
Cantonese is his first language. You can tell by his pronunciation of the Chinese titles.
@@tc2334 not at all. Cantonese is my mother tongue and his accent is absolutely NOT Cantonese.
@@sy2e weird…he sounds *very* Cantonese to me. Anyway, the info he mentions is pretty accurate. It lines up with everything you’d learn at the museums here in Beijing .
@@tc2334 well he hasn't quoted any reference so I wouldn't count on him nor your comments
@@sy2e If Chinese is your first language, you could simply google or baidu any of the things he's mentioned. I'm surprised as a Chinese, you would even ask for that tbh. lol This info's everywhere. He just consolidated it into a video. The Qing Dynasty wasn't that long ago, so many of the palace records are still around.
Nice to watch, but you can definetely NOT understand it because the pronouncation is bad.