Clothing in ancient Shu

The large bronze figure uncovered at Sanxingdui, clothed in the so-called "royal dress". The figure has been interpreted as a representation of a high priest by Kimberley S. Te Winkle,[1] and a priest-king of ancient Shu by Chinese archaeologists.[2]

Clothing in ancient Shu refers to clothing worn in the Ancient Kingdom of Shu (1046 BC? – c. 316 BC, modern-day Chengdu Plain, Sichuan). Archaeological finds in Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites have provided the best source of information on ancient Shu costume. Shu clothing's right over left lapel closing (zuoren) was considered "very strange" by Yang Xiong, a 1st-century BC author from Pi County, Chengdu, as in contrast to contemporary Chinese Western Han clothing's left over right lapel closing (youren).[2]

  1. ^ Te Winkle, Kimberley S. (2005). "A Sacred Trinity: God, Mountain and Bird. Cultic Practices of the Bronze Age Chengdu Plain" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (149): 13. ISSN 2157-9679. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Xiaoye (2021). "三千多年前三星堆人穿什么?" [What did Sanxingdui people wear three thousand years ago?]. 天府广记 [Extensive Records of the Land of Abundance] (in Simplified Chinese). No. 3. Chengdu: Chengdu Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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