The Chinese : a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants . ertain timeof life, the women wear a silk wrapper round thehead, in lieu of any other dress. The eyebrows ofthe young women are fashioned until they representa fine curved line, which is compared to the newmoon when only a day or two old, or to the youngleaflet of the willow. Pink and green, two colours often worn by wo-men, are confined exclusively to them, and neverseen on men. The ordinary dress is a large-sleevedrobe of silk, or of cotton among the poorer sort, overa longer garment, sometimes of a pink colour,
The Chinese : a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants . ertain timeof life, the women wear a silk wrapper round thehead, in lieu of any other dress. The eyebrows ofthe young women are fashioned until they representa fine curved line, which is compared to the newmoon when only a day or two old, or to the youngleaflet of the willow. Pink and green, two colours often worn by wo-men, are confined exclusively to them, and neverseen on men. The ordinary dress is a large-sleevedrobe of silk, or of cotton among the poorer sort, overa longer garment, sometimes of a pink colour, underwhich are loose trousers which are fastened roundthe ankle, just above the small foot and tight proverbial expression among the Chinese, for theconcealment of defects, is, Long robes to hide largefeet. Notwithstanding this, the Tartar women ortheir lords, have had the good sense to preserve theladies feet of the natural size. In other respects,however, they dress nearly as the Chinese, and painttheir faces white and red in the same style. I.—Ce 382 THE Husbandman. The ordinary dress of men among the labouringclasses is extremely well suited to give full play tothe body: it consists in summer of only a pair ofloose cotton trousers tied round the middle, and ashirt or smock, equally loose, hanging over it. Invery hot weather the smock is thrown off altogether,and only the trousers retained. They defend thehead from the sun by a very broad umbrella shapedhat of bamboo slips interwoven, which in winter isexchanged for a felt cap ; and in rainy weather theyhave cloaks of a species of flags or reeds, from whichthe water runs as from a penthouse. A large po-tion of the peasantry wear no shoes, but some arefurnished, particularly those who carry heavy bur-dens, with sandals of straw to protect the feet. Jn describing the dwellings of the Chinese, we mayobserve that, in their ordinary plan, they bear a curi-ous resemblance to the remains of the Rom in hah- DVvEL
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