Eastern Fashion—Dress and Cloth Making Tradition in China from Shang to Tang

The project examines dress and textile traditions in China’s Central Plain area from the Shang to Tang dynasties (17th c. BCE–10th c. AD). Based on archaeological finds and pictorial evidence, it reconstructs fashion practices, dress codes, and cultural exchanges.

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DAI Standort  Außenstelle Peking

Projektart  Teilprojekt einer Verbundforschung

Laufzeit  2024 - 2028

Disziplinen  Ethnoarchäologie, Prähistorische und historische Archäologie

Projektverantwortlicher  Xiaocheng Chen, Prof. Dr. Mayke Wagner

Adresse 

Email  Xiaocheng.Chen@dainst.de

Laufzeit  2024 - 2028

Projektart  Teilprojekt einer Verbundforschung

Cluster/Forschungsplan  EA - Ostasien

Fokus  Objektforschung, Thematische Forschung, Verbundforschung

Disziplin  Ethnoarchäologie, Prähistorische und historische Archäologie

Partner  Hubei Provincial Museum, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Förderer  Außenstelle Peking der Eurasien-Abteilung

Projekt-ID  5957

Überblick

In conjunction with the research project Silk Road Fashion, the project "Eastern Fashion—Dress and Cloth Making Tradition in China from Shang to Tang" focuses on the fashion popularized in the Central Plain area of China during the period from the 17th century BCE to the 10th century AD. Based on archaeological finds and pictorial images of fabrics and dresses, the details of ancient fashion, the presentation of dress code, the interaction between human and environment via dress making and the fashion communication between the east and west can be reconstructed.