The horse—face skirt, or mamianqun in Chinese holds a very unique position in China’s _____ clothing culture. This skirt can give us a taste of the _____ of ancient Chinese clothing. In the General History of Chinese Clothing, the horse—face skirt is _____ as follows, “There are folds (褶) on both sides; the skirt door and back are _____ with patterns (图案), and there is the skirt waist and lace (系带) upon it. ”

The horse—face skirt _____appeared in the Song Dynasty and grew popular during the Ming Dynasty, from the royal family _____ ordinary people. _____, according to different celebrations, the material, pattern and color of horse—face skirts were also _____.

The horse—face skirt in the Ming Dynasty was simple in _____and pattern. In the Qing Dynasty, the horse—face skirt gradually had elegance (精美). The colors became richer and patterns became more and more colorful, _____ the outer skirt door. People added many good symbolic patterns on the outer skirt door, _____ flowers, birds and butterflies. Besides, this overlapping (重叠的) design leaves openings (留下开口) in the _____and back of the skirt, making _____ very suitable for horse—riding.

In the _____ of experts and people in the fashion industry, traditional Chinese clothing, represented by the horse—face skirt, is an important symbol of Chinese civilization _____ has influenced Western fashion for many years.

【推荐3】You might sleep late sometimes in the morning. But the emperor living in the Forbidden City had to leave his bed _________. He got up as early as 5 a.m.

The emperor would _________ in the Hall of Mental Cultivation（养心殿） , which is on the west side of the Palace of Heavenly Purity（乾清宫）, this hall was the emperor’s bedroom. The hall had _________ parts and there was a hallway between them. The front hall was the office of the emperor, while the back hall was his bedroom. There are five rooms in the back hall, _________ the emperor only slept in the rooms at the ends of each side.

When the emperor woke up , he didn’t have to get dressed by _________ .More than 20 servants helped him wash his face, brush his teeth comb his hair and put on his clothes. He had _________ styles of clothes for doing different things. Lots of people took care of his clothing. After carefully getting dressed, the emperor would greet his ________ and fulfill his filial piety（尽孝道） . His mother might have asked him about how everything was going on and told him to work hard to _________ the country.

Then, at about 6 a.m., the emperor would ride _________ and shoot a bow at the Archery Pavilion（箭亭）.

The Manchus （满族人） were horse people. Huang Taiji, the top leader of the Manchu tribe（部落）, set this tradition __________ his children before he led the Manchus to start the Qing Qynasty. He thought it helped to keep the emperor in a fighting spirit.