【正文】 CatalogueChapter 1Chinese and western dress………………………………………..………..1 The different features of Chinese and western dress………………..…………….1 Why people wear clothing……………………………………………………....2 The functional reason………………………………………………………3 The social reason…………………………………………………………3Chapter 2 Cultural differences between Chinese and western clothing.......…...3 Design………………………………………………………………………..……3 Color……………………………………………………………………………..4 Pattern and ornaments…………………………………………………………… 5 Material……………………………………………………………………………5Chapter 3 An analysis of Chinese and western dress culture………………..9 Geographical environment………...………………………………………………9 The historical reason………………………………………………………………9 The political reason………………………………………………………………10Chapter 4 Chinese and western dress aesthetic culture and dress concept ……………………………………………………………………….……..12 Dress aesthetic culture …………………………..……………………………….12 Dress concept ……………………………………………………………………13Abstract: Dress culture is a cultural phenomenon unique to human beings. As it has different aesthetic ideas, different dressing concepts and different dress etiquette in China and west, it forms Chinese and western dress culture of the different connotation and characteristics. This thesis is divided into four major sections. The first part describes the different features of Chinese and western dress and why people wear clothing. The second part describes cultural differences between Chinese and western clothing. The third part gives an analysis of Chinese and western dress culture. The last part describes Chinese and western dress aesthetic culture and dress concept. Based on the analysis, the thesis finally draws a conclusion. Chinese and western dress culture each has rich connotation and distinct characteristics, which are precious cultural legacy which is left by human ancestors and are the world culture heritage. At the same time, we treasure our own civilization of five thousand years instead of belittling ourselves. It is significant to promote and develop our unique costume culture. We are confident and make contributions to realizing the rejuvenation of our Chinese nation and enriching the clothing culture of the whole world. Key words: Chinese and western clothing。 culture；differences；aesthetic culture and clothing concepts摘要:服飾文化是人類特有的文化現(xiàn)象。由于中西方各民族的審美觀念、著裝理念和服飾禮儀的不同，從而形成了不同內(nèi)涵、不同特色的中西方服飾文化。本文共分為四部分。第一部分主要介紹了中西服飾的不同特征以及為什么人要穿衣服，第二部分寫中西方服飾的差異，第三部分寫導(dǎo)致中西方服飾文化差異的原因，第四部分則寫中西方服飾審美文化和著裝理念。通過以上簡單的論述，最后得出結(jié)論，中西方服飾文化各具有豐富的內(nèi)涵和鮮明的特色，她們都是人類祖先留下來的寶貴文化遺產(chǎn) ,是世界文化的瑰寶。與此同時,我們應(yīng)該珍惜自己五千年的文明而不是貶低自己的文明。促進(jìn)和發(fā)展我們獨特的民族服飾文化具有重要的意義。為了實現(xiàn)我們中華民族的文化復(fù)興和豐富整個世界的文化，讓我們自信起來吧！關(guān)鍵詞:中西服飾；文化；差異性；審美文化與著裝理念I(lǐng)ntroductionCostume culture, carried by costume, is a respect of our physical and spiritual life and a mixture of our psychological activities like consciousness, emotion, idea and ideal. The rapid development of advanced technology makes multiculturalism stand out and also makes conflicts between China and the West increase. In that case, it bees more and more important to recognize the similarities and differences of costume culture between China and the West.Nowadays, the whole world is, to some extent, dominated by the western costume culture, which has wound its way into the daily life of the whole world, together with technology, life style and values from the West. Quite popular in China, it’s nominally called “internationalization” or “globalization”. In recent years, the costume industry of China has developed swiftly. The “international” costume, featured by the western costume culture, has bee a pretty important part of our daily life.However, as our economy takes off, international status rises and living standard improves, a wave of national costume culture resurgence is rising. Moreover, people from the West pay more and more attention to the giant dragon in the East——China. Western costume designers constantly introduce Chinese costume cultural elements to their latest designs. Those phenomena arouse a series of thoughts: what distinguishes Chinese costume culture from the western one? Are there any similarities between them? What kind of costume culture will we Chinese hold as the mainstream in the future, the socalled “international” western one, the Chinese one or the fusion of the two? To obtain the answers to these questions, we are supposed to study and contrast carefully the characteristics and developing processes of them, and then draw some regularity.To contrast the costume culture between China and the West, it is necessary for us to master a good knowledge of the Chinese and western costume cultural characteristics.Chapter 1 Chinese and western dress The different features of Chinese and western dressChina is known as “Xia” as it’s a land of propriety, and it’s also known as “Hua” with the beauty of its costume. (①《左傳》p83) Our national costume is Hanfu. It originated in the Yanhuang era, formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and officially took form in Han Dynasty. That’s the reason why it’s called “Hanfu”. Since then, in spite of historical evolutions of all ages, their basic characteristics have never changed. Hanfu, on the whole, can be divided into four developing stages: Zhou Han Hanfu, Wei Jin Hanfu, Sui Tang Hanfu and Song Ming Hanfu. Zhou Han Hanfu was featured by dignity and simplicity, while Wei Jin Hanfu by chic and elegance, Sui Tang Hanfu by dignified, graceful, elegant and poised style. Hanfu in Song and Ming Dynasties epitomizes the characteristics of the pastsimple, dignified, elegant, etc. In Qing Dynasty, Hanfu was forbidden by the government and disappeared from the land of China.The main features of Chinese clothing are focusing on the right collar’s overlap, the band deducted hidden, big sleeves, no buttons and using string binding, giving the impression of free and easy flowing. These characteristics are obviously different from those of other