What are the characteristics of the textiles in specific FORMS OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL ATTIRES

place in East Asia?

1. HAN FU
CHINA
 it refers to the
 Officially known as Zhonghua Renmin attire worn by
Gongheguo (People’s Republic of China). the Han people
 Largest country in Asia and also has the largest from the
population in the world. enthronement
 Capital city is Beijing (Peking). the Yellow
 Official language is Mandarin Chinese. Emperor till the
late Ming Dynasty
BASIC FEATURES OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL CLOTHING  “Fu” means “Clothes”

2. TAN ZHUANG
 It is usually straight
collared.

 Its color and

Cross Collar Wrapping Lapel Blouse Plus Skirt design are in
HOW DO THE CHINESE COSTUME STARTED? traditional Chinese
style but tailoring
 Chinese clothes dates back to the later era of is western.
Paleolithic Times and the materials used were
of animal skins and decorations were of small
stones and animal teeth. 3. QI PAO
 It was during Shang dynasty Blouse Plus Skirt
was patterned.  Shows off the
 Later on, Mao Suit became popular among the beauty of a
males and Cheongsam among females. female body.

 Its features are

straight collar,
strain on the
waist, coiled buttons, and slits on both sides of
the dress.

4. ZHONGSHAN ZUANG
Mao Suit Cheongsam
 Designed by Dr.
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE Sun Yat-sen.
ATTIRES?  It has a turn-down
 BLACK – XIA DYNASTY collar and four
 WHITE – SHANG DYNASTY pockets with flaps.
 RED – ZHOU DYNASTY  Combination of
 DRAGON EMBROIDERIES AND BRIGHT YELLOW western and
– USED BY EMPERORS Chinese.
 PURPLE – 5TH OR HIGHER RANK
JAPAN
Two basic traditional attires of China: Blouse Plus Skirt
& Long gown  Officially known as Nihon or Nippon.
 Emphasizes longitudinal direction  It has a total land area of 377, 873 square
 Plane and straight-line cutting kilometers.
 Collar includes cross, round, and straight  Tokyo is its capital city.
 Techniques include inlay, inserting, border,  Highest mountain is Mount Fuji (Fuji-san).
coiling, and embroidery
 Materials used are kudzu, ramie, and hemp WHAT ARE THE TYPES AND STYLES OF JAPANESE
cloth CLOTHING?
 Patterns used animals, plants, flowers, and
mountains KIMONO
 Colors used: cyan, red, black, white, and yellow  Literally translates as
“thing to wear”
  Widely used Japanese clothing. men and women during the spring and summer
 These are wrapped around the body, months.
sometimes in several layers and are secure by
sashes.
KOREA

1. FURISODE  Is divided into two regions: North and South

Korea.
 A colorful style of  North Korea is known as Choson Minjujuui
kimono with long Inmin Knghhwaguk (Democratic People’s
sleeves that are tied Republc of Korea).
with a brightly-  North Korea has a total land area of 122, 762
colored obi. square kilometers.
 Capital city of North Korea is Pyongyang and
Seoul for South Korea.
2. SHIROMUKU
 Traditio
 These are worn
nal clothing has its
by brides
roots extending back
heavily
at least as far as Three
embroidered
Kingdoms Period, as
white kimonos.
evidenced by wall
 Grooms wear
paintings in tombs
black kimonos.
dating from this
period.
3. TOMESODE
 The
 It
Korean hanbok
is
represents one of the
most visible aspects of
Korean culture.

an expensive formal dress worn

by married woman.

4. MOFUKU

 It is the Japanese
JEOGORI MALE JEOGORI FEMALE
term for
mourning dress.
 Jeogori is blouse-like with long sleeves with the
men’s version being longer stretching down to
the waist.
 Paji – baggy pants Chima – women skirts

5. AWASE
WHAT ARE THE CLOTHING MATERIALS IN
 These are lined
KOREA?
kimonos, made of
silk, wool, or
 Clothes and
synthetic fabrics,
accessories
and are worn
are made
during cooler
from a wide
months.
variety of
materials.
 White
6. YUKATA
Ramie is
one of the
 Light, cotton
famous
yukata is worn by
 cloths widely used in Korea during the Koryo ARTS AND CRAFTS IN CHINA
Period.
1. BRONZE VESSELS
 Used during Bronze Age
 Widely used in many
aspects of life, such as
musical instruments,
ceremonial offerings, and
weapons of
 war.
HEMP 2. CALLIGRAPHY
 A highly stylized form of writing.
 Refers to “four treasures of study” (writing
brush, ink stick, paper, and ink slab).

3. PORCELAIN
 It is characterized with fine texture, bright
colors, and distinctive shapes and styles.

RAMIE
COTTON

FOUR MAJOR TRADITIONAL STYLES OF CHINESE

EMROIDERY

MUSLIN SILK SATIIN

WHAT ARE THE EIGHT BEAUTIES OF HANBOK?

SHU
1. BEAUTY OF STRUCTURE
2.

2. BEAUTY OF FORM YUE

3. BEAUTY OF CREATIVITY
4. BEAUTY OF HARMONY
5. BEAUTY OF COLOR
6. BEAUTY OF NATURE 5. CHINESE KITES
7. BEAUTY OF EMPTY SPACE SU 
8. BEAUTY OF PERSONAL CHARACTER 




XIANG 
Are made of paper and bamboo
CERTAIN HANBOK DESIGNS have numerous shapes such as
REPRESENTED THE SOCIAL RANKING OF THE WEARER centipede, swallow, butterfly,
Dragon for King Phoenix for Queen etc.
Tiger for Military Official Crane for Civil Official
6. LACQUERWARES SIX PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE PAINTING BY XIE HE
 It first appeared 7,000  Observe rhythm and movement.
years ago widely used  Leave spaces for the eyes to rest
by people throughout  Use brush in calligraphy
the entire world.  Use colors correctly
 Live up to tradition by copying the master’s
artwork.
 Copy the correct proportion of the objects and
7. LANTERNS nature.
 Ch Jingju Lianpu is done with different colors in
in accordance with the performing character’s
a’s personality.

OPERA FACE PAINTING

symbol of extensive festival

culture

8. PAPER CUTTINGS

 It is diversified
patterns cut into
red paper with
scissors with
different patterns
such as monkey, flowers, etc.

9. CHINESE KNOT
 Zhonggou is the Chinese decorative handicraft
art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in
the Tang and Song Dynasty in China.

10. CHINESE PAINTING

 Chinese art expresses the human
understanding of the relationship
between nature and human.
   JIANG GAN – A SMALLT PATCHH OF CHALK IS
 PAINTED AROUND THE NOSE TO SHOW A
 MEAN AND SECRETIVE CHARACTER.

ARTS AND CRAFTS IN JAPAN

 1. SHODO

  I
 t





 is the Japanese art of
 calligraphy that’s created with
 brush.
 ZHANG FEI –   It is highly stylized and often
BLACK almost illegible.
SYMBOLIZES
ROUGHNESS AND
FIERCENESS. 2. WOODBLOCK
PRINTING

 Is a technique
for printing text,
images or
patterns.
 Most common
theme in Japan
for printmaking
describes scenes
from everyday life.

3. UKIYO-E

 “Picture of the floating world”

 Is also related to the style of
woodblock print making uses
topics like travel and history.

4. MANGA
 Are Japanese
comic books.
 Represents a
vibrant and
popular form
of art and
CAOCAO – WHITE SUGGEST TREACHERY,
writing.
SUSPICIOUSNESS AND CRAFTINESS COMMON
TO POWERFUL VILLAIN
5. ORIGAMI
  It is the 10. TEMARI
Japanese art  Literally means “hand ball”
of folding  A folk art craft that were created with old silk
paper to kimono as a toy for children.
create
decorative
art. 11. SAMURAI MASK
 Known as “Mempo”
 Are type of battle armor designed to protect
the face and strike fear into the heart of an
6. FANS opponent.
 Cultu
ral
item 12. KABUKI MAKE UP
that  Also called as “Kesho”
are  Is an interpretation of the actor’s own role
through the medium of the facial features.

used in TYPES and COLORS with its meaning:

ritual,  Standard makeup – applied to most actors
dance and festivals.  Kumadori makeup – applied to villains and
 Known as “Sensu” heroes.
 Dark red – depression or anger
 Dark blue – depression or sadness
7. KNOT  Pink – youth
 In Japan, this  Light green – calm
is called  Black – fear
 Purple – nobility

13. PAINTING
 Is the
“Hanamusubi” preferred
 It emphasizes on braids and focuses on artistic
individual knots. expression in
Japan.
 Japanese
8. MAKI-E painting
 A type of reflects a
lacquerware refined and serene sense of dignity.
decorated
with ARTS AND CRAFTS IN KOREA
powdered
metal such as 1. CALLIGRAPHY
gold or silver.  Is seen as an art
 Used to where brush
decorate strokes reveal the
jewelry boxes. artist’s personality
enhancing the
9. CHOCHIN subject matter
 Are collapsible that is painted.
bamboo lanterns
covered in paper 2. PAPER ART
or silk and are  Includes all
usually hang at manner of
temples as handmade
decoration. paper (hanji),
for printing,
 artwork, and  Sculptures in the Qin and Han Dynasties are
the Korean rough and sturdy.
folded arts
such as paper
fans.
 Sculptures in the Wei and Jin dynasties are
vigorous and graceful.
3. MASK
 Called “tal”
 were used
for  Sculptures in the Tang and
shamanistic Song dynasties are rich and
rites and elegant.
were kept
within
temples
where they  Finely-carved stone sculptures from Qingzhou
were (in Shandong province)
honored
with
offerings.  Radiant bodhisattava during Tang period
carved in the grottoes at Tianlongshan (in
 Black, red Shanxi Province)
and white
– establish
the age and  Elegant wood-carved bodhisattava of the Song
race of the dynasty.
figure.
 Half
red and half  Gilt-bronze figures of Tibetan Buddhism in
white – the Ming dynasty.
wearer has two
fathers.
 Dark-faced
mask – the
character was STONE SCULPTURAL ARTS
born of an
 Chinese sculptural art traces its root to
adulterous
antiquity. One of the traditional forms of
mother.
Chinese sculptural art is stone carving. Thus,
4. KNOTS
the great development of stone carving gained
 In Korea this is
momentum under the two Chinese Tang and
known as
Song dynasties.
“Maedeup” or “Dorae”
 Traditional handcraft of Korea ANCIENT CHINESE
 Double connection knot ARCHITECTURE
5. PAINTINGS
 Straight-
 Mountain and Water are important features in
inclined –
Korean landscape painting.
more
 Represents a portrayal of nature itself.
economical
for
SCULPTURES AND
common
ARCHITECTURES IN
Chinese
EAST ASIA
architecture.
ANCIENT CHINESE
SCULPTURE
  Multi-inclined – roofs with two or more
sections of incline.

 Sweeping –
has curves
that rise at
the corners
of the roof.

 Pagoda-
is China’s
most
typical

architectural form

JAPANESE SCULPTURE

 Materials used
were metals
such as
bronze. Woods
commonly
lacquered.

 Received a
strong
influence from
Chinese
sculpture and centered on Buddhism.

KOREAN SCULPTURE

 Gilded bronze was

the most common
material used
aside from marble,
stone, clay, iron,
and wood.

 Characterized by
naturalistic
tendencies,
simplicity,
economy of shape,
and the avoidance
of extremes.