The Japanese Kimono

The kimono fashion show is a must for the tour of Kyoto, Japan. The West Wing weaving hall, namely the Textile Museum, is located in the Hok Chuan Road, the upper Jing District of Kyoto. It was built in the period of the Mu Chi period, and is the birthplace of the silk textile industry in Japan. The kimono fashion show of the guild is well-known and famous for its fashion show in Paris, but it is more artistic and ornamental than it is. In the 25 minute performance, 12 top models were divided into 6 groups, demonstrating different kimono 72 sets of different seasons and styles. The graceful and charming angel like posture of the model is gorgeous and luxurious. It is beautiful and astonishing. It has poured out all the audience present. The applause has been over a wave, and the flash of the camera is constantly flashing.

Kimono is a national costume in Japan. It was once popular throughout the island. After World War II, western style clothing was introduced into Japan. But with the improvement of living standards, kimono is becoming more and more sophisticated, and its workmanship is becoming more and more finer. Today, the top luxury hotels in Japan are equipped with kimono pajamas and are loved by foreigners. Many blonde girls even wear kimono pajamas to swamp the market.

High grade kimono is not only fabrics, but also hand sewn, so the price is expensive, some even up to hundreds of thousands of yen. Kimono rarely washes and washes. When washing, it must be removed one by one, washed and pressed, and then stitched one piece to another. Jewelry, handkerchiefs and handbags that are worn in kimono also have matching styles. Hair styles have fixed patterns, which are usually traditional classical styles. The wooden clogs have not changed since ancient times.

Kimono is not only complicated, but also very troublesome to wear. Before you wear it, you must put one or two layers of dress in front of you, tie up a few small ribbons and fix the hem, then tie a formal wide belt, and finally tie a colored ribbon on the belt to tie it up.

Because of the excessive emphasis on wearing kimono, young people under thirty will not be able to wear it. They have to ask for help when they have to wear it. Most beauty salons have this service item, charging 2-3 yen per time. The beauty salon also rents kimono, is responsible for wearing, combing and dressing. It takes about three people to work two hours in a complete set.

There are more than two hundred kinds of kimono waistbands. The knot of the belt is tied on the back of the kimono, and different patterns represent different identities. For example, girls or young girls are butterfly shaped, married or middle-aged women drum shaped.

Kimono has various colors and different requirements under different occasions. The bride should wear a white or bright red kimono. The kimono worn by the girls is colorful and colorful. The cartoon stars are popular nowadays. The kimono worn at the funeral is a kimono with a Black Embroidered home emblem. Men's kimono are generally more brown, brown, dark blue vertical bars or flowers.

Because kimono is more expensive, people usually wear it only at festivals, weddings, funerals, banquets and major festivals. The girls are proud of having a high quality kimono and their parents can satisfy their daughter's wishes as much as possible. If the family is not good, they often accumulate money in advance for several years and wait for a girl to marry as a dowry when she gets married.

Fashion show and colorful kimono make me an eye opener, but what excites me more is the historical hall on the third floor of the West Club hall. Here I have an excitement of "you wear kimono and I am proud": the kimono that the Japanese have been showing off is learned from China. The Japanese kimono's nickname is "Wu Fu". As early as in the Three Kingdoms era, Japan sent people to the south of the Yangtze River, that is, the then Wu Kingdom learned the technology of clothing tailoring, and brought back a batch of textiles, as well as a skilled craftsman skilled in textile and cutting techniques. Since then, the Chinese style of clothing has been introduced to Japan and has been widely welcomed by the public. In 71 ad, the emperor of Japan issued the "Dabao law", which formally stipulates the imitation of Chinese style in making costumes. In the days of the Mu Chi period, the Japanese gradually evolved and finalized the Chinese costumes according to their habits and aesthetic tastes. Because the raw materials used in Japanese clothing and tailoring methods are similar to those of ancient China, they were called "Wu Fu" at that time and later became "kimono" with the Japanese people called "Da he".