The difference between "curved train" and "straight train":
1. The shapes of "curved train" and "straight train" are different.
1. "Quju" is a kind of clothing with continuous hems and lapels. The back piece of skirt is extended, and the lengthened skirt forms a triangle. It goes through the back and then around the front, and then the waist is tied with a large belt. It can cover the ends of the triangular gussets. The gussets are not necessarily very long. Some only go around once, and some are wrapped in layers. The specific shapes are ever-changing and countless.
2. "Straight train" is a kind of Chinese dress system. The short one is called a train. The skirt is square and straight. The hem of the train is cut vertically, and the train is at the side. Or at the side and back, there are no ties sewn onto the garment, but are held in place by a belt made of cloth or leather.
2. The functions of "curved train" and "straight train" are different.
1. The emergence of "quju" is related to the fact that the Han people's clothes did not have crotchless trousers at the beginning. It is more reasonable and more polite to have such several layers of protection for the hem. Therefore, the "quju" is a long-lasting garment. Before the invention of hakama, it was more popular in the pre-Qin to Han dynasties. It can be worn by both men and women at first. The hem of the men's curved train is relatively wide to facilitate walking; while the hem of the women's train is slightly tighter, and the hem shows a "trumpet flower" style.
2. In the early days, "straight skirt" was usually a kind of daily wear, not a formal dress. Ancient trousers did not have crotch, only two trouser legs were put on the knees and tied around the waist with a belt. These crotchless trousers were worn underneath, and if they were not covered with outerwear, the trousers would be exposed, which was considered disrespectful at the time.
3. The histories of "curved train" and "straight train" are different.
1. "Quju" By the time of the Han Dynasty, the clothing of the concubines in the palace had been clearly stipulated. Women's dresses in the Han Dynasty were made of dark clothes. "Extended Hanshu·Yu Fu Zhi": "The empress dowager and the empress dowager enter the temple with cyanotic top and soap bottom, silkworm green top and taupe bottom, all of them are dark clothes." There is also a similar record in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty": the Han dynasty empress dowager and empress dowager enter the temple with cyanotic top and bottom attire. Soap underneath; silkworm clothing, green top and bare bottom, all made of deep clothes (that is, single clothes). Shenyi was a unisex garment at that time.
2. "Zhiju" can be worn by both men and women in the Han Dynasty. This kind of clothing has appeared as early as the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, "straight-skirted" clothes appeared in formal occasions such as banquets. In many portrait stones, portrait bricks and murals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the image of a large-sleeved mandarin covering a coat can be seen. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, straight trains gradually became popular and became the main pattern of deep clothing.