Why is the ancient grave era the first climax of Sino-Japanese clothing cultural exchange?

During the 4th-6th century A.D., Japan's Yamato period, also known as the ancient grave period, was characterized by frequent politics, economy, soil and culture.

The exchange of clothing culture between China and Japan also reached its first climax. So why is the ancient grave era the first climax of Sino-Japanese clothing cultural exchange?

1. Japan learns textile and garment manufacturing technology from China.

Material culture is frequently flowing from China with high cultural status to Japan with low cultural status. In terms of costume culture, the exchange of costume culture between China and Japan reached its first climax, and it was from the ancient grave era that Japan actively learned from China the technology of textile and costume making. Compared with the Yayoi era, the clothing materials left in the ancient grave era in Japan are much richer, especially the unearthed planting wheel, which enables people to intuitively understand the Japanese clothing culture in the ancient grave era. Judging from the remains of costumes, Japanese costume culture has made a qualitative leap in the ancient grave era. The main driving force to achieve this leap is the direct and indirect influence of China's textile and garment production technology.

Secondly, the influence of the characters' clothing image and China's clothing style on Japanese clothing.

The ancient grave is a symbol of the authority of the state rulers in the Yamato era, and it is also a symbol of the social culture in the Yamato era. In Japanese tombs of this era, a large number of decorative murals and funerary objects appeared. In addition to bronze mirrors, bronze swords and other metal objects, these funerary objects also include image filling wheels developed from clay figurines (clay figurines burning with sculptures and pottery), including warrior wheels, female wheels, musicians and dancers, as well as deer, horses, apes and other animals. These images full of wheels are full of emotion and good shape. Among them, the figure planting wheel is of great significance to the study of clothing culture.

Three, metal production technology and jewelry materials input

From the later ancient tombs, it was found that the man's crown hat was made of thin copper plate with gold and silver plated on it. Generally, it is just decorated on the front, and some ornaments are hung around it. Judging from its shape and craft, the relics of this era are undoubtedly influenced by Chinese mainland.

To sum up, the cultural exchange of costumes in ancient tombs has the following characteristics: First, one-way communication. China, with advanced clothing culture level, spread to Japan, which is still in the primitive stage of ignorance and backward clothing culture level. Second, the way of communication is still relatively monotonous, mainly through immigration and hiring technicians to impart technology; Third, it focuses on material exchange and technical exchange, such as the exchange of clothing, textiles and clothing sewing technology, the input of bronze mirrors and clothing materials in Han Dynasty, and so on. Therefore, the ancient tomb era was the first climax of cultural exchange between China and Japan.