Abstract

China is a historical country with extensive and profound civilization, in which the Chinese Costume has always been a brilliant feature. Black series occupies an important position in the color institution of ancient Chinese Costumes. The prohibition on black series costumes also has a significant meaning in ancient China. By discussing prohibitions related to black series in ancient Chinese costume institution, this paper studied two typical colors used by people of different classes as their clothes which are pure black and dark black. Meanwhile, it also discussed evolution and characteristics of costumes prohibitions in black series at different historical periods of ancient China through the research on the historical records and relics.

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