The Legend Of The Ancient Buttons: The Underwear &Nbsp;

Buttons appeared very early, and were used more widely in clothing since the Tang Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were small brokers specializing in button buttons in Ling'an. In the Ming Dynasty, because women attached to their necks and wore buttons on their collar, they quickly became popular. Vertical collar The birth of (standing collar).

The buttons of the Ming Dynasty were made of gold, silver, copper and other metals or jade. A button usually used for collar is slightly smaller. Skirts The buttons are slightly larger. From the point of view of structure, button is the same as the loop fastener. When the button is buckled, the circular protruding part of the button is extended into the hole of "Newgate" to be leveled, and vice versa.

The style of the buttons in the Ming Dynasty is very rich, most of them are auspicious patterns with beautiful meanings. The most common ones are: Bee catching chrysanthemum (Tang Dynasty's cold bee collecting chrysanthemum) poem: you swim under the clear sky, find the Fang to the chrysanthemum cluster. With the sound on the top, even shadows in the fragrance. Butterfly love flower (Yuefu Poetry Collection): turn the stage, love the flower, and meet the flying swallow. Lotus seed and sunflower, Ganoderma lucidum, Xiangyun, Fu Shou, Zi Zi and so on. The exquisite buttons will also be decorated with all kinds of precious stones and pearls.

Exquisite buttons are also loved and valued by women as well as other jewellery. In the Ming Dynasty novel, "the comment on the tramway" has the description of buttons as a gift: "a little boy delivers a small paper box to a mother. It is a white cloth sprinkled sweat towel with a pair of silver pick teeth, a pair of big red flowers, two pairs of ribbons, two pairs of jade buttons. Because the button "generates a pair of dependent" characteristics, naturally become a suitable token of love between men and women, "hang Zhi Er" also has such a song: "comb, is the slave family to do it by hand. The tea and button are hidden in it. Relatives are closely related, and Sue forgot the old ones. The tea is in the mouth, the button is in my heart...... "

The use of buttons is closely related to the style of women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty. When wearing the top collar, it only wears two pairs or a pair of buttons on the collar, and the lace still wears a tie. When wearing a pair of short skirts, the buttons are generally five pairs of buttons, such as the collar and the two pairs. Like the description of Pan Jinlian in the Golden Lotus: "put on the aloes, Lu, Yan, the goose, and the floral jacket, the white silk collar, the makeup flower eyebrow, and the Golden Bee catch the chrysanthemum button." In the later period of the Ming Dynasty, women's casual wear was mainly made up of long collar with long collar, with buttons and buttons. "Peony Pavilion" "a dream", Liu Mengmei to Du Liniang deeply singing: "and you loose collar collar, clothing bandwidth, sleeves tip children with teeth and tarpaulin..." Such a blunt and fervent expression has led to the association of "how to resist feudalism", but it is related to buttons.

Besides the outer garment, buttons were also used on the underwear of the Ming Dynasty. When Ximen Qing first saw Pan Jinlian in Jin Ping Mei, she was attracted by her half naked breasts. Linglong pendant is the most boast, the dew is crisp and the jade chest is priceless. The flowers are covered with sweat scarf, and the side of the cuffs is lowered. The chest is full of buttons and under the throat. This image of all kinds of styles can also be seen in paintings of Ming Dynasty.

Buttons, as important ornaments for women's clothing, can always arouse men's reverie, so it is necessary to link them with women's sexuality. The pear blossoms are leaning against the spring breeze, like the timid and the cold. " "Xie Ren Yi" has recorded such a story: "Xie Jin sees nine buttons on a woman's clothes, and says in a poem Drama:" a silk ribbon is cut, and the beauty of the body wins Da e. If you are willing to lock your locks, why do you need to use buttons? The authenticity of the story is not to be tested, but this poem is not so much conservative as a playful woman, but rather a strong regret expressed by a man about "wanting to see but not to get".