The Han Dynasty prides itself on fire virtue, why is the imperial robe dominated by black representi

Mainly due to the Qin Dynasty.

With black as the positive color, the color of the clothes is still black, especially Qin Shi Huang.

of the dragon robe. In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the characteristics of the Qin Dynasty's dragon robe and the emperor system were followed, so the black dragon robe representing water virtue was also used.

Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty and replaced the Qin Dynasty. According to the Five Virtues, the Han Dynasty replaced the Qin Dynasty and should belong to Tude, because Tude Ke Shuide. And Tude corresponds to yellow, so the Han Dynasty should advocate yellow.

However, after Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty, he followed the old Qin system, and continued to follow the characteristics of the Qin Dynasty's dragon robe in the dragon robe, "living with water virtue and serving black".

According to the Historical Records. Emperor Xiaowen Benji records that according to the five virtues.

It is said that the Han Dynasty replaced the Qin Dynasty and should belong to Tude, because Tude Ke Shuide. And the color of the earth is yellow, so the Han Dynasty should still be yellow. And in fact, to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng.

Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

The dragon robe is officially used in yellow.

After that, yellow was the most noble color for a long time, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, coupled with the decline of the doctrine of the end of the five virtues, this trend has been used until the Ming and Qing dynasties. Yellow belongs to the "middle" in the ancient five directions (east, south, middle, west, and north), symbolizing **, and was liked by the emperors of the Han Dynasty and later.

Moreover, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty wore yellow in the fifteenth year; At the age of sixteen, he wore red again. Red in Han Gaozu Liu Bang.

During the period, it was designated as the royal color, which is related to Liu Bang's self-proclaimed "son of the Red Emperor".

In this way, the color of the yellow robe of the Western Han Dynasty is not only black, but also yellow and red, but mainly black! It can also be seen from this incident that the Five Virtues began to decline in the Western Han Dynasty.

After the Han Dynasty replaced the Qin Dynasty (206 BC), many of the systems of the Qin Dynasty were inherited. With the development of social economy and cultural progress, there was a prosperous situation in the early Han Dynasty. The dominance of the landlord class has been consolidated, and the desire to pursue a life of luxury has become stronger; Coupled with the enhancement of economic and cultural exchanges with neighboring countries (for example, the ** caravan based on silk made two expeditions to the Western Regions), as well as the addition of more exchanges between various ethnic groups in the country, the costumes of the Han Dynasty were also more colorful.

In the second year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty (59 AD), the Qin system and the ancient system of the three dynasties were combined, and the sacrificial clothing system and the court dress system were reformulated.

In the early years of the Han Dynasty, the old clothing system of the Qin Dynasty was basically followed, that is, "Xuan Xuan, long crown" was used. In the Hanshu "The Biography of Wang Mang", it is recorded that "Shi Mang is dressed in cyanotic clothes, and the purple seal is scarf". It means that when Wang Mang wore black clothes, he must wear purple silk ornaments.

At that time, the long crown refers to the crown of the Han Gaozu using the Chu system, named Liu's crown or long crown, and the Later Han book "Yufu Zhi" said that "this crown was made by Gaozu, so it was thought to be a sacrificial dress", and it was set as a common crown dress in the sacrificial ceremony. Generally, you have to wear Zen clothes, also known as "only clothes". During the 200 years of the Western Han Dynasty, the clothing was "deep clothing system".

It is characterized by cicada crown, vermilion clothes, square hearts, field collars, jade photos, and vermilion shoes. The general name of the service is "Zen clothes". Zen clothes are single-layer coats, and the Hanshu "Hui Chong Biography" says that "full clothes and yarn are Zen clothes".

The court wears black as a sacrificial garment, and is limited to red trim. There is no difference between the government and the private in terms of form, but in terms of raw materials and colors, it can clearly show the difference in grade. Classified by placket, it can be divided into two types:

One is a curved Zen robe, that is, the placket is oblique from the collar to the armpit; One is a straight Zen robe, which is a placket from the collar down vertically, this kind of Zen clothes is also called "Zen clothes". This type of clothing is more common for men due to its length and width. When Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was in power, he was relatively frugal and wore "Yi Xuan (black silk clothes) leather shoes".

All the officials wore black Zen clothes during the court meeting.

Now when it comes to dragon robes, it is generally said that it is yellow, but because the Qin Dynasty wants to destroy the Zhou Dynasty that claims to be a fire virtue, Qin Shi Huang preached that he has water virtue, and the representative color of water in the five elements is black, so the emperor of the Qin Dynasty is black in his court clothes, and the Han Dynasty continued to follow this tradition, and the later dynasties believed that the emperor lived in the Central Plains, according to the five directions and five elements, belonged to the soil, and was in charge of the earth, and the representative color of the soil in the five elements was yellow, so yellow became the special color of the emperors of the past dynasties, of course, the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongolian people was not among them.

The Chinese character originally belonged to water, so the Han Dynasty belonged to the water virtue, Shang Hei, and the Han Wu Emperor changed to the soil virtue.