What are the main elements of a training suit?

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Training clothes are the main equipment for practicing Tai Ji Chuan. The main categories are loose long sleeves and trousers, lantern sleeves and bloomers, Chinese buckles and buckles.

With the popularization of national fitness in China, as a national unarmed cultural heritage, more and more middle-aged and elderly people and young people have joined the exercise army in Tai Ji Chuan, so exercise clothes are increasingly loved by the public.

Expanding knowledge: What are the main elements of training clothes?

1, loose

Tai chi suit pays attention to relaxation, and her body is not bound, which makes her free and smooth.

2. Long sleeves and trousers

Traditional tai chi suit are long-sleeved trousers. Not only that, you can't wear hats, gloves and scarves when practicing. However, Tai Ji Chuan now focuses on fitness, so the requirements are not so strict. It's just that the human body will sweat when practicing, and the joints will sweat at this time. If it is blown by the wind, it may lead to physical discomfort and even illness, so it is better to wear long-sleeved trousers.

3. Lantern sleeves and bloomers

We can see that most of tai chi suit are in the style of lantern sleeves and knickerbockers (of course, the newly opened tai chi suit style is not in this case). Why? You can try to lift your hands and legs. If it is not the effect of the big lantern, will the wrist and ankle leak out?

4. Elements of traditional clothing

The most intuitive is the Chinese buckle, also called buckle, which appeared with Manchu costumes. The belt buckle can be regarded as a symbol of China's traditional costume culture. In ancient China, long clothes were used to bind loose clothes. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the skirts were gradually connected with buckles, and various patterns were woven with cloth plates, which were called coiled flowers. During the evolution of China's clothing, the role of buckle has changed gradually. It not only has the function of connecting skirts, but also is called the finishing touch of decorative clothing. It vividly shows the decorative interest of China's clothing, which emphasizes the significance, connotation and theme.

In recent years, buckle, as a traditional means of clothing, has become popular again. Then how come there is no training suit! Traditional tai chi suit basically chooses straight buckle, which is simple and elegant. Don't underestimate this simple button. Each button should be sewn with at least 15 stitches, and it is sewn by hand, and each stitch should be neat and even. Plus the buckle is the crowning touch of the whole dress, which is the most important thing. This button alone is a big project.

Step 5 erect

The stand-up collar in national costumes first appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and it was widely popular in the Central Plains, Jiangnan and other places in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was experiencing a rare Little Ice Age, and the climate was extremely cold, so Li Ling came into being. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the style of high collar button had basically formed the embryonic form of cheongsam. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, under the rule of "men obey women", Han women were able to follow the so-called "Hanfu" such as Ming-style stand-up shirts and lapels.

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Ming-style vertical collar (square collar and two metal buckles) further evolved, and the square collar became an arc collar, incorporating many full-style elements (piping, centipede board). Ming-style stand-up collar has become more popular. During the Republic of China, standing collar became an element of Chinese tunic suit and cheongsam. Until today's tai chi suit, standing collar is an indispensable and important element. A small stand-up collar can make a big difference in the effect of the whole dress, and the stand-up collar made by Seiko makes the dress exquisite and straight.

Traditional clothes are sleeves without shoulder joints, so it is particularly important to make collars, otherwise the whole clothes will look dull, so the production technology and lining selection are extremely elegant.

6. Edge winding

As we all know, the quality of training clothes depends largely on the wrapping process of clothes. In the earliest tai chi suit, due to the limited conditions, most of them were not wrapped. In modern times, the process of hemming began to appear, that is, the cut piece itself was rolled out and wrapped back, and the effect of hemming made the clothing look more exquisite.

With the development of sewing equipment, there has been a wrapping process, that is, the finished cloth strips are attached to the garment pieces and wrapped outside the hem, and sometimes different colors can be selected according to personal preferences, which is very different from training clothes. At this point, modern tai chi suit has basically taken shape, that is, we have seen more tai chi suit styles in the market.

7. Sleeves.

Someone asked, why can't tai chi suit sleeve down, why does he have to take one? First of all, tai chi suit, as a typical traditional dress, can't wear sleeves (except the new special style), otherwise it will lose its traditional elements. Wearing sleeves is a fashion practice. The effect of tai chi suit's wearing sleeves is easy to make the shelf constrained and uncomfortable, which goes against the flowing nature of Tai Ji Chuan.

Second, the general clothing fabric is only about 1.5 meters even if it is a wide cloth, and tai chi suit's body is cut from a whole piece of cloth, so if you don't connect sleeves, you can only make short-sleeved shirts. So tai chi suit's sleeve must be two sections, either at the shoulder or at the arm. Of course, in order to make tai chi suit more standard, more comfortable and more beautiful, the sleeves are basically at the arm. This kind of sleeve is called "small sleeve".

8. Version

A good style makes people's lines wear smoothly. Although tai chi suit is extremely loose, it doesn't mean that people will be bloated and procrastinating in it. On the contrary, elegance is appropriate. To put it bluntly, if tai chi suit doesn't wear nice clothes, there will probably be fewer people who are keen on Tai Ji Chuan. This is a joke, so don't blame the audience.