Saturday, July 16, 2016, 11:30am – 12:30pm Immediately after taking over China, Emperor Shunzhi (r. 1643-1661) ordered the Han-Chinese male population to take part in the Manchu hairstyle tradition of shaving part of the head and keeping the remainder in a plait. In order to assure a peaceful reign, however, Han-Chinese women were allowed to keep their own traditional dress and hair styles. At the same time, Manchu women were prohibited from dressing like their Han-Chinese counterparts. In 1646, the Emperor issued the imperial clothing instructions regulating the forms, colours, materials and decorative patterns according to the social hierarchy, from the emperor, members of the imperial clan, nobles, and mandarins down to commoners. A woman had to follow the rank either of her father or of her husband, and for a widow, that of her son. During the reigns of Kangxi (1662-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735), and Qianlong (1736-1795), the clothing instructions were modified, but the rules for women, both Manchu and Han-Chinese, were maintained to keep their ethnic customs and identities. The clothing instructions seem monotonous, but literary descriptions, paintings, particularly textile collections reveal about the rich colours, motifs, materials and forms of women's "fashions." How did these women succeed in creating their fashions in spite of imperial rules? What were the circumstances for the evolution of clothing tastes? These are the questions to be discussed in this presentation. City / Town : Edmonton Event Venue : Other Neighbourhood : Downtown Short Description : Presentation on the imperial clothing instructions for women in the early Qing dynasty in China. Event Category : Museums / Attractions Cost : Free Where to purchase tickets : RSVP: goo.gl… Contact Name : Jill Horbay Contact Phone : 780-492-3802 Contact Email : horbay@ualberta.ca More info : www.museums.ualberta.ca… .
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University of Alberta Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square Idea Lounge , Edmonton, AB