Mystery of Women Underwear in Ancient China古代中国女性内衣的谜团

In ancient China，women’s outer garments were strictly governed by rank. In order to express their inner feeling and distinguish themselves from other women, the intelligent ancient women chose their underwear as the platform to express their feelings and exhibit their delicate craftsmanship and ingenious designs.

在古代中国，女性的外衣往往受到等级的严格限制。为了表达她们的内心感受，彰显其与其他女性的不同之处，聪慧的古代女性选择内衣作为表达她们内心感受、精巧技艺与独创性设计的平台。

Shape形状
Basicly, there are two types of underwear: double-pieced and single-pieced. Underwears in different shapes like square-shaped, diamond-shaped, triangular-shaped，a semi-circle, the propitious ruyi style ("satisfactory") ,or modeled after nature, give different visual impressions and reveal the ingenuous creativity of ancient women.
基本上，有两种类型的内衣物：双块的与单块的。内衣有不同的形状，如方状、钻石状、三角形状、半圆状、吉祥如意风格或仿生风格，它们能带来不同的视觉体验，以彰显古代女性天然的创造力。

Color色彩
The ancient women use color to distinguish their underwears from others. Some chose bright colors like red, green,yellow ,purple and combined them to make a sharp contrast while others preferred to generate an harmonious effect by combing bland colors: similar hues and gradual changes in color from light to dark.

古代女性运用颜色区别她们的内衣物与其他女性的不同。有的选择明亮的颜色，如红色、绿色、黄色、紫色，并把这些颜色组合在一起形成强烈的对比；另一些女性则更偏好于将冷色调的颜色相结合，用相似色调与由亮到暗渐变的颜色，产生出一种和谐的效果。