What did "wearing a red robe" mean in ancient times?

In ancient times, wearing a red robe generally represented the meaning of being an official, but there were also some unofficial circles wearing red robes:

It is mentioned in the ancient poem that "one's own flesh and blood is the noblest, and he entered the surname of Hongmen as early as possible. In the thirty-sixth year, I took off my blue shirt and put on a red robe. " Hong Men, in ancient times, refers to schools where students wear blue shirts. This shows that wearing a red robe is an official.

Non-official wearing red robes: ancient people can wear red robes when they get married, red robes when they are top students in high school, and red robes when they meet the emperor. In the Ming army, all the soldiers wore red robes.

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Ancient costume culture:

Menfu clothing

Coronation dress: the most expensive dress worn by the emperor. Coronation is the main ceremonial dress. Its clothing style is mainly composed of crown, clothing, dress, knee cover and other elements. The main body of the coronation suit is mysterious clothes embroidered with chapters. In the most solemn ceremony, nine chapters of coronation suit are put on.

Under the clothes is a white shirt lined with white gauze, which was generally white in ancient times. Knee pads in front of the lower body. The emperor's kneepads are cinnabar, and the princes are yellow cinnabar. Shoes have double soles, leather soles and wooden soles, and the soles are higher. Zhou wore red at the grand ceremony.

Clothing: its splendor is second only to coronation, and its form is similar to coronation, but the biggest difference is that it is not stamped. Clothing can be divided into knighthood, guard and official. Their main difference lies in the color of the crown and the clothes they wear.

Duan Xuan: This is the official costume of the emperor, and it is also the royal costume of princes and ministers.

Deep clothes: In ancient times, all clothes were not connected from top to bottom, but this kind of clothes was connected from top to bottom, cut separately but stitched from top to bottom, so it was called "deep clothes" because the quilt was deep.

Nvfu clothing

Juyi: The dress that the queen led women to sacrifice to the silkworm god and mulberry was also the dress that the vassal's wife helped the king to sacrifice to the ancestral temple.

Exhibition clothing: also known as Iraqi clothing, it is the dress for the queen to greet the king and guests at the grand banquet, and it is also the sacrificial clothing for Dr. Qing's wife to help the king sacrifice to the ancestral temple.

Lu Yi: Empress Yan's life uniform was also the sacrificial clothing of the literati wife when she helped her husband to sacrifice.

Lip skirt: the wedding dress of a noble daughter.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Clothing