Golden Scissors and Silver Threads - The Origin and Development of Clothing

Author: Li Fangfang Li Wenzhong
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This is a bouquet-style series of books. Flowers bloom in spring. The youth of life is just like spring—bright, radiant, and full of vitality. Flowers in spring need to absorb rain, sunlight, and the fragrance of the earth's soil to display their graceful and colorful scenery. And the youth who bask in the spring breeze are also in the prime moment of life when they need to supplement knowledge, broaden their horizons, understand history, and absorb the excellent cultural heritage of humanity. After we have already been overwhelmed by the dazzling and stirring lights, there will be a moment of tranquility. This is a real moment when we can hear our own heartbeat. Let the heartbeat of youth guide our gaze back, looking from the ground beneath our feet to our past; a string of historical pearls connects our bloodline, getting closer from far to near. These are pearls that are both incredibly heavy and brilliantly shining; they are pearls that bear the scars of countless trials and fires; they are pearls that radiate the halo of human wisdom. Each of us is a link in this pearl necklace. One day, when we are no longer young (and that day will come soon), we will realize the role we played in the evolution of historical and cultural progress. This is truly a tempting question! Perhaps this series of simple books will help young friends in the future to play their roles well. Most of the authors of this series are experts and professors in their respective fields. They had many more important issues to research, but to allow young friends to obtain knowledge in a relatively simple way during their studies, they took the time to very seriously pluck a bouquet of flowers from the gardens of knowledge in their fields and place them beside the desks of young people. Everyone will surely feel the fragrance it emits. This book introduces and discusses various cultural phenomena of clothing from a unique perspective, "observing the past and present in an instant, embracing the world in a moment," with a rich cultural information content and a broad knowledge scope. It also provides readers with some knowledge, experience, guidance, and help in this regard—appreciating clothing art and practicing dressing. It is a mirror for clothing aesthetics. To popularize clothing culture knowledge among young friends and to benefit the improvement of their clothing literacy, this book uses an accessible language, applies ancient wisdom to the present, combines tradition with the times, integrates text with illustrations, and blends knowledge, interest, and readability. It presents the past of clothing culture to readers and points it towards the future.