2. CHINESE CLOTHING AND FASHION BY : LAUREN HOOVER, AVRIE HAMMOND

3. CLOTHING FOR PEASANTS Poor people, or peasants in China dressed in loose cotton and hemp clothes both long ago and today. In the Ming Dynasty, common people were made to wear purple and blue clothes.

4. CLOTHING FOR RULERS In ancient China, rich people wore beautiful silk robes. Wealthy woman today still wear beautiful silk robes. Men normally wear a traditional Chinese gown for Chinese New Year.

5. MATERIAL The Chinese invented silk before anyone else. Silk worms spin fine threads that Chinese crafts people weave into silk. The silk can be died any color you want it to be. Silk was important to China because they had the secret for making it before any other places.

6. HAIR STYLES In Ancient China, men tied their hair up in knot on top of their head. Girls don’t wear buns they curled their hair up. The Manchu queue was the hair style men were forced to wear during the Qing Dynasty. If they didn’t wear this hair style, would risk their life.

7. RESOURCES www.ehow.com – Chinese clothing www.ehow.com www.ducksters.com – Chinese clothing www.ducksters.com www.kidrex.com Books A Ticket to China – Janet Riehecky