High-class women often favoured the dudou, or belly-band—a diamond-shaped piece of embroidered cloth that stretched from neck to waist and was tied at the back (some designers are now trying to resurrect the dudou as a fashion item).
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The dudou (Chinese: 肚兜, 兜肚, or 兜兜; also known by other names) is a traditional Chinese undergarment used to flatten the breasts and preserve the stomach qi.
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Versions of it were worn by female babies in medieval China until age three. The medicinal aspect of the dudou was underscored by its common incorporation of small pockets to hold snatches of ginger, musk, or other herbs intended to boost the stomach's qi. Its red form is also held to ward off evil spirits in Chinese folk religions. The dudou inspired similar fashions elsewhere in East Asia, including the Vietnamese yem and the Japanese haragake.
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The dudou's original development is sometimes credited to Yang Yuhuan, the curvy consort of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang still remembered as one of China's Four Beauties,. at that time, dudou was called hezi (诃子), but the importance of the stomach as the origin of the body's blood and qi in traditional Chinese medicine. has meant that variations of the undershirt are found as early as the Qin's tunic-like xièyī The dudou proper was popularized under the Ming dynasty beginning in the mid-1300s. around the time of the Black Death.
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In Ancient Chinese, referred to a kind of helmet or hood.. By the time of the development of the dudou, it had taken on extended senses of encasing or enwrapping something as in a hood, scarf, or loose parcel. Dùdōu may thus be understood as Chinese for "belly wrap" or "cover",. referring to its early use to flatten the breasts and, within traditional Chinese medicine, to preserve stomach qi. Using the same characters, it is also known as a doudu.. or doudou.. The latter form is diminutive and is particularly used for the dudous worn by Chinese children.. Its various Chinese names are typically left untranslated in English.. In Chinese sources, the dudou is sometimes mistranslated as a "bellyband",. . .
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It was told that she loved pearls so Liu Chang ordered fishermen to dive to find thousands of pearls for his Persian lover Mei Zhu. Many of the fishermen died. He gave her a pearl dudou, pearl crowns, pearl blouses, and pearl skirts. He also used pearls and silver to renovate his palaces.
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The novel depicts Sun Erniang as having a fierce temper and a vicious look. She has strong limbs that look like clubs. Her nickname is "Female Yaksha" as she resembles the hideous demon in Chinese mythical folklore. Her dressing is also odd, often revealing her dudou, and her makeup is usually heavy.
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Vietnamese woman wearing her yem as a blouse A dudou (; also known by other names) is a traditional Chinese form of the bodice, originally worn as an undershirt with medicinal properties. With the opening of China, it is sometimes encountered in Western and modern Chinese fashion as a sleeveless shirt and backless halter-top blouse.
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Martial Universe (Chinese: 武动乾坤) is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Wu Dong Qian Kun by Tiancai Dudou. It stars Yang Yang, Zhang Tianai, Wang Likun and Wu Chun. The series is divided into three seasons. The first season of the series aired on Dragon TV starting August 7, 2018.
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A dudou (), known as a yếm in Vietnamese contexts, is an item of East Asian and Southeast Asian clothing resembling a silk apron or bib but traditionally used as an undershirt or bodice to flatten the figure and, medicinally, to preserve stomach qi. Beginning around the year 2000, Western and Chinese fashion has also begun incorporating them as a sleeveless and backless shirt for women.
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Within China, it has remained a traditional item of Chinese clothing,. particularly in traditional wedding attire.. Generally, however, the dudou fell out of favor towards the end of the Qing as part of the drive to modernize the country, displaced by European-style corsets and bras.. After a decade of public debate, the use of dudous for flattening breasts was formally outlawed, beginning in Guangdong in 1927.. This change in fashion has sometimes been linked to the rise in breast cancer occurring around the same time. Dudous first became an object of Western fashion in the year 2000, when variations of the Chinese design appeared in the spring collections of Versace, Versus,. and Miu Miu.. It has since become a mainstay of some Chinese-influenced fashion designers.. This development inspired some Chinese women, including Zhang Ziyi, to begin wearing the dudou as an article of outerwear,.. although many older Chinese remain (sometimes sternly) disapproving of this development...
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The typical design of a dudou consists of a single rectangular, rhomboidal, diamond-shaped piece of fabric which covers the breasts and belly, tied to the neck and waist with attached strings. It is thus a form of halter top. Richer women use silk yarn or brocade while the poor make do with cotton. Popular colors are red, pink, and green and they are often embroidered with flowers, butterflies, or Mandarin ducks.
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Adapted from Japanese student wear, this style of dress became known as the Zhongshan suit (Zhongshan being one of Sun Yat- sen's given names in Chinese). For women, a transformation of the traditional qipao resulted in a slender form-fitting dress with a high cut. This new "cheongsam" contrasted sharply with the traditional qipao but has largely replaced it in modern fashion. In the early republican period, the traditional dudou underbodice was largely abandoned in favor of western-style corsets and bras.
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The yếm originated from the Chinese dudou, a variant of similar undergarments used in China since antiquity whose use spread under the Ming and Qing dynasties. It became popular in northern Vietnam. Unlike other Vietnamese clothing that helped to segregate the classes, the unseen yếm were worn as an undergarment by Vietnamese women of all walks of life, from peasant women toiling in the fields to imperial consorts. It is an integral part of the áo tứ thân costume, which it is often worn underneath.
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Bai Yushuang began to perform lead roles for the Yushun Opera Troupe. This company was owned by Mrs Bian, managed by her brother, and accompanied by her son on the erhu, a situation which led to its being generally known as the Li Troupe (Lijia Ban). Bai Yushuang eventually changed its name to the North China Opera Troupe Huáběi Xìshè). She became notorious as a "slutty performer" (, yínlíng) and "contaminant" following her performance as a fly spirit in the 1933 Catching Flies Zhuō Cāngying), when her costume consisted of a red dudou and tight white clothes under some long scarves, and was expelled from Beiping by its mayor for performing "obscene lyrics".
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