Sung Dynasty clothing
During the Sung Dynasty, in the 1100's AD, most people still wore clothes made of hemp, but rich people continued to wear silk clothing.
To find out more about Chinese clothing, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
China and Japan (Cultures and Costumes), by Paula Hammond (2003). For middle schoolers.
Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes, by Nina Simonds and others (Children's Museum of Boston, 2002).
Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide, by Valery Garrett (1994). Expensive, but there's a lot of pictures. Some of it deals with a time period later than this site.
5000 Years of Chinese Costumes, by Zhou Xun and Gao Chunming (1987). This is for theater costumers and historians, and really goes into detail, with great pictures - but it's not cheap. Get it through your library.
Bound, by Donna Jo Napoli (2004). A novel for young adults about footbinding in medieval China.
