(1) The costumes described in Nine Songs during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. "Zuo Zhuan" contains: "China has a big gift, so it is called summer; There is the beauty of service seal, which is called China. " There are many bright colors in the costumes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which are very prominent in poetry. Chu ci often shows the brilliance of Chu's clothing. "Nine Songs" said that "colorful clothes are as beautiful as flowers". "The clothes are red and green", that is, the red coat with emerald bottoms was the fashion at that time, which was in line with Mozi? The record of "Chu people are still red" in Meng Gong.
(2) The costumes described in Lisao during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is a poem in Lisao that says, "Make lotus flowers as clothes and pick hibiscus as clothes", which is like making a coat with slender lotus leaves and a skirt with delicate hibiscus. Even if the lotus and hibiscus flowers in the poem refer to the decorative patterns on the clothes, it still shows that there were many colors in the clothes at that time. Known as the "Silk Treasure House" by later generations, Mashan No.1 Chu Tomb unearthed a large number of clothes in various colors, such as gray, yellow, brown, reddish brown, purplish red and lotus pink. It shows that the clothing accessories in this period are really rich and colorful.