Chinese Clothing - Image Gallery

Image Gallery

  • Jade burial suit fashion

  • Emperor Wu of Jìn, by Yan Liben (600–673)

  • Tang Dynasty court ladies from the tomb of Princess Yongtai in the Qianling Mausoleum, near Xi'an in Shaanxi

  • Official Song Dynasty portrait painting of Empress Cao, wife of Emperor Renzong of Song

  • Ming Dynasty Empress Xiao'an

  • Phoenix crown of the Ming Dynasty empress

  • A Ming Dynasty portrait of the Chinese official Jiang Shunfu (1453–1504). The decoration of two cranes on his chest are a Mandarin square "rank badge" that indicate he was a civil official of the first rank.

  • Detail of Jiang Shunfu's rank badge

  • The Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armour on horseback

  • Officers of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in the United States in tangzhuang dress, with riding jackets (馬掛) over changshan.

  • Old Chinese garb from the early to mid-20th century

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