A style of shuitianyi used as a theatrical robe for a female Daoist priest (front view), 18th century.
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Chinese
水田衣
Literal meaning
"Paddy field garment" or "rice-paddy robe"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shuǐtián yī
Shuitianyi (Chinese: 水田衣), also known as “paddy field garment”, "Shuitian clothing", or "rice-paddy robe",[1] is a non-religious Chinese patchwork gown which was made and worn by women in China during the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty; it was made by using many pieces of fabric sewn together (similar to Chinese patchwork); the clothing reflected the era's tendency towards fashion novelty during the Ming dynasty.[2][3][4][5]
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^Finnane, Antonia (2008). Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-231-14350-9. OCLC 84903948.
^Yin, Zhihong (2019). "Study on the Evolution and Development of Baina Clothing to Shuitian Clothing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2019). Vol. 368. Atlantis Press. pp. 315–318. doi:10.2991/icassee-19.2019.65. ISBN 978-94-6252-837-6. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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