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d Autumn Period by Jin Wen Gong。Contents Two fundamental styles of Chinese traditional costume Evolution and traits of Chinese traditional costume Traits of Chinese ancient women’s makeup Chinese ancient shoes (一) The Yi (shirt) and Shang (skirt) system (上衣下裳制 ) This is the earliest style of our costume system, it stemmed from the era of Huangdi, which has a great impact on our modern life. (二) Sewnup system(衣裳連屬制 ) Also called shenyi, a type of Han Chinese clothing monly worn from the preShang periods to the Han Dynasty. The yi (衣 , shirt) and shang (裳 , skirt) of the shenyi is sewn together. The form of shenyi has a great influence to the late costume, even to our today’ s dress, such as onepiece dress Xia, Shang and Zhou Periods In these periods, the wearing of people obeyed the Yi and Shang system. Shenyi system started from Zhou Period. These two systems had a deep influence on later ages. The spring and autumn period The occurrence of Hufu and the prevalence of Shenyi are the most important change in costume. Wars in the spring and autumn period promoted the evolution of Han costume’s broad shirt, long skirt and tunic. In order to enhance the army’s strength, Wu Ling King of Zhao State introduced Hufu into Central Plain, this was the first costume evolution in history. Hufu is the garments worn by Tartars or those who lived in the Western Regions, it consisted of narrow sleeved shirt, long trousers and boot. Han Dynasty China39。