【正文】 洛朗，中國美術(shù)館舉辦作品回顧展時的前言， 1985年5月⑤ Yves Saint Laurent⑥ 《美學(xué)百科》 Bibliography [1] Guo, Shangxi and Sheng, Xingqing. A history of Chinese culture [M]. Henan: Henan University Press, 1993.[2] Zhi, E’xiang. The Basics of Traditional Chinese Culture [M].Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2005.[3] 張競瓊,[M].上海:中國紡織出版社,2000. [4] 葉立誠.《服飾美學(xué)》,中國紡織出版社,2001.[5] 陳丕西.《服飾文化》[M].北京：中國經(jīng)濟(jì)出版社，1995.[6] 張競瓊 .現(xiàn)代中外服裝史 [M].中國紡織大學(xué)出版社出版 ,1 996.第 13 頁 共 13 頁。玉藻》③ Zhi 73④ 法國服裝設(shè)計(jì)師伊夫s clothing (such as Bamboo Seven in Wei and Jin Dynasties).It is different in western culture, except for a period when people are influenced by the Christianity. Denied the existence of human and human body39。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 and covers with human body, which expresses is a grave, implicit beauty.The aesthetic characteristics of Chinese clothing reflect the Chinese nation39。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。s robes, or woman39。圣玉藻》) Darker colors were favored over lighter ones in traditional Chinese clothing, so the main color of ceremonial clothing tended to be dark while bright. Lighter colored clothing was worn more frequently by the mon people for everyday. Chinese are said to have a fully developed system of matching, coordinating colors and shades of light and dark in clothing.People in ancient China also use different colors of clothing to distinguish people’s identity. The black color was regarded as the one of the Celestial Ruler Supreme God to rule everything. So in the Xia Shang and Zhou Dynasty, the clothing was mainly black. With the development of the feudal Unitarianism, people began to adore the ground (yellow) instead of god (black). So it formed the rulers in ancient China believed in the theory of “Five Element”. They though the blue, red yellow, white and black represented respectively five elements of the wood, fire, earth, gold and water. “Yellow, regarded as the noblest, symbolized the east；red, the south；white，the west。西北師范大學(xué)知行學(xué)院外國語言文學(xué)系2010級新聞班 張濤（201091231520）Abstract: 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