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Tanling ruqun (Chinese: 坦領襦裙; pinyin: Tǎnlǐng rúqún; lit. 'Flat (or open-hearted) collar jacket skirt'), also known as Tan collar ruqun and U-collar ruqun, [1] is a type of Hanfu which was developed under the influence of Hufu (most likely influenced by Qiuci); [2] it is a form a kind of ruqun which typically consists of three parts, featuring a low-cut [3]: 93–94 low-cut U ...
In sports, a dynasty is a team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time. Some leagues usually maintain official lists of dynasties, [ citation needed ] often as part of a hall of fame , [ citation needed ] but in many cases, whether a team or individual has achieved a dynasty is subjective .
Following the end of the Yuan dynasty, the wearing of zuoren in women's clothing persisted in the Ming dynasty for at least Chinese women who lived in the province of Shanxi. [54] Ming dynasty portrait paintings showing Chinese women dressing in zuoren jackets appeared to be characteristic of ancestral portraits from the province of Shanxi and ...
Little did the prolific, 68-year-old author realize that would lead directly to one of her most meticulously researched, fascinating and ultimately enjoyable works, “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women.”
Literature from Ancient Greece suggests the use of a specialized garment meant to support and contain women's breasts. In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, written in the archaic period of classical antiquity, Homer refers to Aphrodite's "embroidered girdle" (Ancient Greek: κεστός ἱμάς, kestós himás) as being "loosed from her breasts", indicating a decorated breast-band rather than a ...
The Zhou dynasty also formalized women's wearing of ji with a coming-of-age ceremony called Ji Li, which was performed after a girl was engaged and the wearing of ji showed a girl was already promised to a marriage. [51] Men could also wear ji alone, however more commonly men wore ji with the guan to fix the headwear. [52]
The student’s dynasty claims hold up, too. The women’s team has now won seven straight gold medals and has won 55 straight Olympic games.Their last loss came at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Women wore an apodesmos, [14] later stēthodesmē, [15] mastodesmos [16] and mastodeton, [17] all meaning "breast-band", a band of wool or linen that was wrapped across the breasts and tied or pinned at the back. [18] [19] Roman women wore breast-bands during sport, such as those shown on the Coronation of the Winner mosaic (also known as the ...