Chinese People in Traditional Dress (large print)

Synopsis

This image shows two Chinese people, there is a man on the left and a woman on the right of the page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. They are both standing and facing forward so arms, legs and all facial features can be found. The man's head in the top left of the image has a Chinese conical hat with a pointed top. Down from this is his smiling face. He has pale pink skin with a slight hint of yellow to it. Oriental people do not have yellow skin. Down from his face, his neck has a short vertical collar around it. This is part of his red jacket which has four fastenings down the front. To the left and right are rectangular attachments which have cords going centrally to a button. His arms are straight and held out slightly to the left and right. He wears trousers with large turn-ups on his legs. On his feet he has boots with a central ridge that come to a point. In the top right of the page the woman's head has long black hair which is swept neatly behind her to fall down her back. She has a pretty face with the same attractive skin colour as the man. Down from her neck there is the top of a white under garment. The rest of garment cannot be found. Around her upper body and legs she has a pink-red silk wrap that goes around to her back near her knees, reappearing to wrap around her chest. It is held in place by a red silk tape tied around her waist. Two long strands hang down from the central knot. The wrap has a gold coloured silk trim on its edge and the cuffs of the sleeves. The sleeves are very wide towards the cuffs. She holds her arm on the left out slightly to show how wide it is. The arm on the right hangs down by her side. Only her fingertips can be found peeping out from the wide sleeve. Under the wrap she wears a long dark red skirt which is shown covering her lower legs at the bottom of the image. She wears small simple leather slippers on her feet. The colour red is considered lucky in Chinese culture and was therefore a popular choice for clothing. In modern China, particularly in cities the dress style is now very western, with men wearing lounge suits and women wearing skirts and blouses. In very rural areas more traditional clothing can still be found, these are usually simple cotton garments, sometimes reminiscent of western pyjamas.

Copyright:

2011

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Publisher:

RNIB

Date of Addition:

05/12/17

Copyrighted By:

RNIB

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Social Studies

Submitted By:

Deborah Morton

Proofread By:

N/A

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.