Ancient Chinese military uniforms

Author: Liu Yonghua
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book provides a historical and systematic description of ancient Chinese military and ceremonial attire. To date, it can be considered the first academic monograph on the history of ancient Chinese military and ceremonial attire. The book is rich in materials, rigorous in argumentation, and illustrated with beautiful images. Its greatest feature is the collection of abundant visual materials, most of which are hand-drawn by the author based on actual artifacts and sculptures, numbering over 400. Additionally, the author has drawn reconstruction illustrations for the military and ceremonial attire of each dynasty. Due to the author being an artist with a strong foundation in realistic painting, the reconstruction illustrations and illustrations not only possess authenticity and practicality but are also vividly rendered, offering high aesthetic value—something that is often unmatched by general costume history monographs.