A comparison between Chinese and European aprons by taking ″Zuo Yao″ of Shengpu attire as an example

Both Chinese and European aprons are the representatives of their folk custom and traditional culture.The so-called ″Zuo Yao″ in Shengpu watery region women′s attire is the accumulation of the thousand-year old ″Cultivation Culture″.Meanwhile,it mirrors the development of traditional Chinese culture as well.Thus,it possesses a highly artistic and utility value.Taking ″Zuo Yao″ as a certain point-cut,the study compared the similarity between Chinese and Western aprons from the points of material collage,submissiveness,independence and function on the basis of documentary study and research on attire in folk custom museum and handed down physical.Furthermore,the essay also compared the difference between the two on shape and structure,aesthetic innotation and moral.And it depicts that,the rheological rule of oriental apron is based on ″from practicality to beautify″ while the other one lays on ″from beautify to practicality″.