Missing FiguresIntroductionAncient China had a different style of clothing than the United States. The clothes worn all depended on the dynasty or year they belonged to. The Chinese always adopted styles, which they were expected to wear very quickly, even as the dynasties changed. In many ways the objects they wore had a connection to demons and/or evil spirits. The ancient Chinese had a very unique sense of style.ClothesClothing embroidered the harmonious relationship between nature and people. Peasants and ordinary citizens dressed differently from high-ranking officials. High-ranking officials dressed in the finest silk for public outings and celebrations and in less expensive clothing at home. Farmers wore a long, shirt-like garment made of undyed hemp fiber, which changed little until modern times. While officials wore silk, peasants, especially men, wore loose hemp trousers with a loose cotton shirt. Peasant women wore simple woolen clothing in winter and cotton in spring. Peasant children wore clothes in their parents' size. Each dynasty had folk clothes that all citizens knew. The Tang Dynasty had the full dress system, which was strict. During the Han period, women usually wore the ruqun, a two-piece outfit consisting of jackets and a long, flowing skirt. The Yuan women aristocracy had their own style; Zhi sun dresses were very popular in the Yuan Dynasty. Coats were considered an informal dress during the Qin and Han dynasty. Tang noblewomen preferred the Hundred Bird Dress. As times changed, the empire had a new law for all items of clothing. During the Sui, the emperor decided that all poor people could wear blue or black clothes and only rich people could wear colorful clothes. Sometimes over the years all clothes were dark, all people wore the same style, most clothes were silk (everyone wore silk), and cotton came into fashion but never became more popular than silk. All people had to wear warm clothing during the winter. Back then, clothes were never a casual matter. Footwear Wealthy families had a variety of shoes that some other citizens could not obtain. People from wealthy families wore leather shoes or wore silk slippers. The poor wore wooden clogs, straw sandals, ballet shoes or went barefoot. Men, in general, wore high leather boots. The farmer always had to wear straw shoes.