【正文】 rmonious culture, which emphasizes the equilibrium, symmetry and unified costume modeling method. It is beautiful for rule and stable. 3. Western culture is a simile culture, which lays stress on modeling, line, design and color with visual fortable for the first. Chinese culture is a metaphor culture, whose art lays stress on lyricism. It pursues the spiritual implication and cultural grade of the clothing inscape.4. Western culture advocates the beauty of human body, which takes seriously to show human sexual difference. It does not taboo on performing sexy. Classical mode is a performance of secondary sex characteristics, women like the nude neck, nude shoulder, scoopback and half chest. It displays the bodily curve of female with tightening waistline and filling up buttock. Modern model shows the body39。s clothing has been regarded as a classic. In contrast, the development of Chinese history is basically a vertical development of the various dynasties, little change in territory. This determines the traditional Chinese clothing is not too much change, although absorbing Minority costumes in the history, the dominant position is always Han clothing and culture, even as the Qing Dynasty which forces implementation of the Manchu clothing with the power of the government, but in fact, Manchu is ultimately the same as Chinese in political culture, so the Han clothing culture is derived from the same origin, it is historical continuity and it decides that Chinese clothing could not have happened very unexpected change. The political reasonSpeaking from the political reasons, most of China39。 and black, the north. These five colors were “principal colors,” and in some dynasties were exclusive to the garment of emperors and officials, Common people were allowed to wear only secondary colors.”(③Zhi 73) This system of clothing colors had lasted to the Qing Dynasty and the yellow robe had been the symbol of imperial power all the time. The red color is regarded as an auspicious color. While having a happy event, such as wedding, the bride and bridegroom will wear red clothes and shoes in ancient China to show their happy feelings and wishes for good luck. Today Chinese people still tend to choose red color on happy occasion.However, in the western countries, the red color is too showy to be sexy. The white and purple are more popular. White symbolizes purity, innocence and justice, purple means nobility. At weddings, the bride will wear white wedding grown to symbolize her purity and nobility. In the medieval period, the colorful windows of the unique church were decorated splendidly to guide people to the heaven. So the designs with religious colors are adored. Jesus teaches in a blue garment, and the Virgin Mary is usually depicted in a blue mantle. So, blue is considered as the color for the spirit and the intelligent. It is loved by many western people. Pattern and ornamentsThe former emphasizes color matching, pattern design, the effect of embroidery and the change of the clothing’s front piece, collar, sleeves, and buckles and so on. Representing the Chinese writers’ ideal spirits, plum blossom, orchid, and chrysanthemum and pine tree can be monly seen on Chinese clothing. Among all ornaments, the jade is the most popular one. However, the latter pays more attention to the lace and embroidery of the neck, chest and sleeves. The patterns are mostly regular pomegranate grains and water chestnut lines. Its layout is symmetrical, modeling full and colors gorgeous. The female attire is usually decorated with jewelry like pearls and diamonds. Besides, the hat and gloves are indispensable ornaments. For men, a hat and a walking stick are enough. Material The relationship of human to nature is also reflected in the choice of the materials. During the Stone Age, Chinese invented the bone awl and the bone needle and created primitive clothing with the aid of these tools. Approximately 5000 years ago, China was in the Neolithic Primitive agriculture and the textiles industry. At first people use plant fiber, such as linen, ramie, etc., and animal fibers, such as wool to weave. Later they discovered how to raise the silk worn and spin silk, and the pure silk clothes were liked by many Chinese people, especially the wealthy. It is a symbol of their social status. Silk is a great contribution to human life from Chinese people, so it is impossible to talk Chinese clothing culture without silk. Different from silk culture in China, flax culture prevails in ancient Egypt, wool culture prevails in the Mesopotamia and cotton culture prevails in India. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome have no pioneering work in materials, and they imports flax and wool cultures from Mediterranean coasts and Upper Paleozoic civilizations. As for silk, although ancient Rome has touched silk from Far East through Silk Road in 138 BC, they were never able to understand the mysteries of this beautiful fabric. Lately, they known the secrets of silk from two missionaries send to China by the Byzantine Empire. Then one century later, the first silk is produced in Byzantine Empire, but Europeans produced first silk until the Italian Renaissance in 1314 century.In a word, Chinese clothing prefers silk, cotton, linen and cohemp while the western one tends to use flax, wool, cotton and velvet. The silk is one of the contributions China has made to the world. “We westerners have received too much from the Chinese.” (④法國服裝設(shè)計(jì)師伊夫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。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。s trunk, upper and lower limbs in all parts. While each of the major ponents is in accordance with the body contour39。s natural shape through the contracted form and shows modern fashion through short, nude and tight.5. Chinese culture disregards the existence of sex, the clothing does not manifest bodily curve, which don’t have a sensual elements. The clothing is wide an