We all know that the dragon robe is the emperor's unique imperial dress, the robe is embroidered with dragon-shaped patterns, so it is also called the dragon robe, also known as the dragon gun, the so-called generation of imperial court and generation of courtiers, with the change of dynasties, the system of the old feudal dynasty is also changing, even the most basic costumes will change.
The ancients through different costumes, to distinguish the status of status, even the color of clothing is also very exquisite, from the sacrifice dress, court dress, public dress to regular clothes, there are detailed regulations, so the people who wear uniforms, mostly belong to the upper class, such as the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, people are in the four seasons of the difference in clothing color, spring green, summer red, autumn yellow, winter soap four.
It is this strict rule, even the emperor's clothing color will change, successive dynasties have different changes, according to historical records, the emperor's dragon robe is embroidered with nine dragons, one on the chest and one on the back, one on the left and right shoulders, two on the front and back knees, and one embroidered inside the placket.
Nine represents the "Ninth Five-Year Supreme" among the emperors of the past, and in the Zhou Yi: "Nine-Five, flying dragon in the sky, see the lord", which means that the dragon has flown to the sky and reached the highest peak, so in the royal family, the numbers nine and five represent honor.
However, there are exceptions, the Ming Emperor's dragon robe is more than nine, excavated in 1958 Wanli Emperor's "Silk Twelve Chapters Gong Clothing", there are twelve dragons, of course, this is only an exception, the dragon robe in addition to the dragon pattern, in the choice of color is also very exquisite.
Then the question came, why was Qin Shi Huang's dragon robe black, and why did the rest of the people dare not wear black dragon robes? This also requires the use of the five virtues to make a basic explanation, the five virtues in the Yin and Yang family, Confucianism, bing family interpretation is different, Yin and Yang family refers to the earth, wood, metal, fire, water five elements of virtue.
Yin and yang with the five elements of each other, the cycle of cyclical changes in the concept of explaining the succession of dynasties and the change of the system, this statement was respected by Qin Shi Huang, in the "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji" recorded: Shi Huang pushed the transmission of the five virtues of the end, thinking that Zhou Dehuode, Qin Dynasty Zhou De, never invincible. At the beginning of Fang JinShuide, the beginning of the new year, the pilgrimage is from October Shuo. The clothes are all black.
The dragon robe used by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty was red, in the five virtues, for fire, and fire was water, that is, black, Qin Shi Huang used black dragon robes, but the Qin Dynasty ruled for a very short time, and the color of the dress was not promoted in the Qin State, so in addition to Qin Shi Huang, the rest of the people still used the four seasons of the Warring States Era.
In the Han Dynasty, the red color of fire was promoted again, until Emperor Wen of Sui put on the yellow dragon robe for the first time, and the concept of yellow as the honor was passed down in later generations, although the emperors of the past may want to wear other colors of clothes, just like we think now, change the image or something.
But the emperor is the king of a country, the image is not said to be able to change, the country represented by the emperor, the black dragon robe of Qin Shi Huang and the red shaded dragon robe of the Han Dynasty are all following the Five Virtues, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the unification of the north and the south, the territory is vast, and the economic development is frequent between China and foreign countries.
The regime of the Tang Dynasty is all strong, all in the costume also to show the atmosphere of prosperity, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, whether it is dragon robes or ordinary people's clothing, are changing, just like the times are developing, the clothes on our bodies are also diverse.