Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties
During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, short skirts, half-arms and shawls were the most important part of Ruqun at that time. In Sui Dynasty, narrow sleeve was fashionable.
In the middle of Tang Dynasty, there were varieties of collars for Ruqun, especially the popularity of Tanxiong Ruqun that dinsincted the prosperity of economy and the liberation of people’s thinking.
The Pijian evolved from a narrow and long shawl and gradually became a streamer that was worn on the arms and waved on the front and back. Pijian was a typical costume of ancient Chinese Hanfu, it was popular among the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties.
In this period the materials of skirt was silk fabrics. The color of the skirt was bright, including crimson, ochre purple, moon green, grass green, etc.
The combination of the short robe and the shawl showed the both dignified and graceful of woman in the Tang Dynasty.