Hongyan Li, Zhigang Wang

Hongyan Li

July 24, 2025

Silk Road, Sino-foreign exchanges, Tang Dynasty terracotta figurines, Women's clothing.

The Tang Dynasty had frequent cultural exchanges with Central Asia, India, West Asia, Europe and other regions through the Silk Road, which promoted the diversified development of Chinese civilization. Among them, the art of Tang terracotta figurines, as the peak of sculpture during this period, not only reflects the lifestyle and cultural exchanges of that time, but also its clothing has become an important basis for studying the social customs and aesthetic consciousness of the Tang Dynasty. This article takes the Silk Road as a perspective, and through comparative analysis of the styling characteristics of Tang Dynasty women's clothing in different periods, explores the influence of foreign culture on the aesthetic evolution of Tang Dynasty women's clothing, and reveals the cultural integration and trends reflected behind it.

© 2025, the Authors. Published by ISCCAC

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