#Kaihua Temple

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【Historical Artifact Reference】:

China Song Dynasty murals<Donors>in Kaihua Temple, Shanxi

[Hanfu · 漢服]China Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu & Hairstyle Based On Kaihua Temple Mural

Ladies' attire in the middle-late Northern Song Dynasty Period

【History Note】

Among the images of many Donors in Kaihua Temple, in addition to the female wearing a crown, there is also a kind of attire with a "knot" hairstyle and a kilt skirt.

This kind of clothing is a long outer gown that often matches with one short and one long, and waer with multiple layers, and the layers of clothing are show at the neckline.

In the murals of Kaihua Temple, there is also a design of a long gown covered with plain gauze, which makes it feel like a person is standing in the smoke. Walking and standing just like a fairy, which can also set off the transparency of the makeup.

缕金裙窣轻纱，透红莹玉真堪爱。多情更把，眼儿斜盼，眉儿敛黛。

Another type of Song Dynasty attire from the same period of Kaihua Temple Mural：

https://www.tumblr.com/chinesehanfu/703260009390391296/historical-reference-artifacts-northern-song?source=share

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【Historical Reference Artifacts】:

Northern Song Dynasty Murals in Kaihua Temple(开化寺)

【Hairstyle Historical Reference Artifacts】:

This kind of crown is called " 等肩冠/equal shoulder crown" or " 垂肩冠/drop shoulder crown".It was a popular crown for Han women in the Song and Jin Dynasties.

※Names vary slightly depending on where the crown drop off 

According to records in<Dream Pool Essays/夢溪筆談> By Chinese polymath and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095) in Northern Song Dynasty that about the tomb of officer Da sima (almost equal to defence secretary)Zhu Tuan (朱鲔)'s Tomb of Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD) store carvings and said:

”Women also wear what is known today as the " 垂肩冠/drop shoulder crown", which is similar to the horned crown worn in recent years.There is almost no difference”.

It proves that this kind of crown may have appeared as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）

Stone Carvings of Zhu Tuan (朱鲔)'s Tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）

・Northern Song Dynasty murals and stone carvings, & Jin Dynasty Zibo kiln Sancai figurines

[Hanfu · 漢服]China Mid-Late Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD) Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu & Crown Based on Relics & Murals

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【History Note】

After entering the mid-Northern Song period, women's attire gradually broke away from the extravagant style of "high bun and big hairpin" and "wide-sleeved long skirt", and replaced it with "wearing a crown and comb on hair" and "wearing drapedlong outer shirt and long skirts".

At this time, the volume of dresses is slightly smaller, and it is popular to wear multiple layers of clothing, and the neckline is widened to reveal the inner layer of clothing. It has a visual effect in layered and color-changing visual effects , In dignified and slightly revealing charming and graceful feelings.

At the same time, various styles of crowns have also been developed, some of which are almost as wide as the shoulders. People at the time called them "equal-shouldered crowns" or "drop-shouldered crowns" according to their shapes. 

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