Let's take a look at the costume worn by Tong Liya. Since she is portraying a woman from the Han and Tang dynasties, it's essential to follow the fashion of that era. Inside, Tong Liya wears a ruqun, which can be described as somewhat similar to a modern tube top. Over this, she wears a large robe. Overall, this Hanfu outfit is simple yet elegant, and its exquisite craftsmanship suggests it must be quite expensive. Apart from this ancient costume appearance, Tong Liya also has many other moments where her usual attire is equally stunning; let's take a look with the editor!
Who set this question, there are actually typos. The hezi skirt belongs to Hanfu and was popular from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It is said to have been invented by Yang Yuhuan. Hezi (pronounced hēzǐ) is an undergarment for women in ancient China, popular during the Tang, Song, and Ming Dynasties. Hezi can also be called sock chest, lan skirt, happy reunion lan skirt, tube top, etc. Hezi is an undergarment inside Hanfu, also known as “sock chest”, “lan skirt”, “happy reunion lan skirt”, “tube top”, etc. In Han Chinese clothing, women's bras are wrapped from back to front, with a line below to tie around the waist of the skirt. It was popular during the Tang, Song, and Ming Dynasties.
Lanyu shared her daily Hanfu styling advice: “In summer, I recommend Tang-style exposed neck ruqun, Song-style bai zi with tube top plus skirt (or Song pants), Ming-style main waist with cape and skirt, generally choosing narrow sleeves, more suitable for everyday wear. If you're not particularly concerned about historical accuracy, you can choose a slightly modified approach, such as wearing a half-arm plus tube top on top, fashionable and cool. When it's cold, you can choose Ming-style aoqun or aoqun with cape, generally with wider sleeves like pipa sleeves or wide sleeves. There are many options in spring and autumn, basically all styles of Hanfu can be worn. However, girls usually prefer ruqun when going out. Also, the increasingly popular round-collar robe, convenient for both men and women.”
Purple tube top long dress, with a white lace-trimmed lake green printed outer garment, super wide sleeves, elegant and ethereal, smooth chiffon fabric, upright posture, exuding feminine elegance and charm. The sexiness of the tube top combined with the grandeur and dignity of Hanfu, bright, fresh, and generous, vividly portrays the simplicity and purity of Eastern women. The delicate waistband design, fresh and elegant embroidered flowers adorn the waist, ancient and elegant, exquisite lace patterns embellish the neckline, perfectly combining with the back curve, showcasing classical beauty. Below, Chinese style editors recommend purple tube top long dresses in ancient costumes.
The tube top is women's underwear in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty absorbed the open-minded atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, so the attire was unusually bold. Song-style Hanfu would expose the tube top, typically paired with wide sleeves or tops, looking very similar to the hezi skirts in “The Ladies Who Adorned Flowers,” but with more understated colors and patterns. In daily life, people would wear tops, but in important social occasions like banquets, they would wear wide sleeves, which were the formal attire of the time.
Now there's a type of long dress called a tube top long dress. Actually, in ancient times, there were tube top long dresses too. At that time, the ancients gave it a beautiful name – “qixiong ruqun”. This “qixiong ruqun” was loved by many women as soon as it appeared. Many women looked graceful and beautiful in “qixiong ruqun”, and many poets wrote poems about how beautiful it looked when worn, such as the line “eyebrows surpass willow leaves, skirt envies pomegranate flowers,” where the pomegranate skirt refers to “qixiong ruqun.” There's also the saying “falling at the feet of the pomegranate skirt,” describing the beauty of “qixiong ruqun.” Many ancient costume dramas today feature “qixiong ruqun” because this “qixiong ruqun” looks sexy and charming on actresses. Let's see who looks the most beautiful in “qixiong ruqun.”
Lihua, a student from the School of Chemical Engineering Grade 5, liked the clothes in ancient costume dramas a long time ago but didn't understand the system behind them. “‘Tongpao' is what we call everyone who likes Hanfu, derived from the meaning ‘with you in the same robe, who says there is no clothing.'” Although she hasn't systematically studied Hanfu knowledge, she gradually fell in love with Hanfu through exchanges with fellow enthusiasts. During the summer vacation last year, she got her first set of Hanfu, “the light-colored crossed-collar ruqun I'm wearing today.”
In ancient costume dramas, the hairstyles and costumes of female characters are always a major highlight. People only know modern tube top dresses, but they don't realize that there are elements of “tube top dresses” in some ancient costume dramas, and different people wearing them present different effects. Let's take a look. In the TV series “Princess Agents,” Chu Jiao's outfits are mostly quite domineering, but do you remember her white “tube top dress” look when she was a maid at Yuwen Mansion? Her dressing was simple yet elegant.
The records of hezi are scarce, so we need to examine existing images. Most of the skirts in “The Ladies Who Adorned Flowers” may be a new way of wearing the Tang Dynasty popular qixiong ruqun (previously called high-waist ruqun, skirt waist above the chest, tied to the armpit), different from the wearing method shown in “The Process of Making Silk” (skirt waist above the chest, upper ruqun tucked into the skirt waist, with additional ties). The first lady's shawl covers part of the skirt, but there seems to be no waistband, resembling a complete tube top long dress. The fifth lady has a seam line below the waistband, where the skirt and tube top meet (below the line, the skirt shows folds), indicating the lower edge of the tube top. The tube top is a single piece, with a large circular pattern across the chest, nearly as wide as the chest, with leaf edges parallel to the upper arc of the tube top (or wide edge); the lower edge of the tube top on the right side of the lady's body has a clear inward curve, unlike the natural seam of a qixiong skirt waist; the circular patterns (treasure flower patterns) on the skirt, the upper right one being incomplete, appear to be tucked into the tube top with the skirt waist. Upon closer inspection, the lines on the left waist of the lady are slightly inward, the waistband is tied externally, securing the tube top. The area between the waistband and the seam line is likely the bottom section of the tube top pattern (or as seen in “Scattered Music Picture,” forming a wide edge), not tucked into the skirt but draped over it. Generally believed, this tube top is the hezi, and among the six ladies in the picture, only the fifth lady is clearly wearing a hezi. The first and sixth ladies have red skirts inside their wide sleeves, with skirts above the chest and trailing to the ground, clearly one piece. The sixth lady lifts her red skirt, revealing another patterned skirt underneath, and although there is a waistband outside the red skirt, it doesn't seem to be for tying the skirt, possibly a decoration. The skirts, shoulders, and chests of the ladies in the picture don't show straps, unlike modern strap dresses. Therefore, the undergarments worn by the other ladies should also be strapless hezi, worn close to the body, with long skirts tied externally, harmoniously matched. (Gao Chunming: “Chinese Costume Name Object Study,” Shanghai Culture Publishing House 200 edition, pp. 573-575.) The original picture's seam line at the waist is somewhat obscured, and darkening its color produces the following effect:
In fact, in recent years, it has become a trend for costume dramas to hire big-name designers, but these designers cannot cater to every character, leading to the main characters having unique styles while being distinctly different from others. However, if there isn't a “god-level” figure in the production team, even if they “borrow” from other dramas, they can blend internally because no one has any baggage. “Hearing of Chen Qianqian” VS “Bright Yan” Additionally, perhaps to reduce the intensity of work on set and speed up shooting, all the tube top dresses in this drama are made into halter-neck styles. This makes them easier to wear, though there are scenes in the behind-the-scenes footage of the straps breaking, but it's still better than constantly adjusting a regular tube top. The downside is that tube top dresses don't accentuate curves, but the audience for sweet romance dramas doesn't care much about the actresses' figures.