Xianxia costume question - Underwear?

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  1. readerz

    readerz Madam Jin

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    TL;DR: In the context of Chinese webnovels what does "inner wear" mean?

    I was just reading My Disciple Died Yet Again and a chapter mentioned "inner wear." Is this underwear, Chinese style?

    Now, this was rather puzzling to me since I have never ever seen any ancient Chinese underwear. What does it look like? A little bit of googling showed a lot of female underwear for the chest/stomach area such as the Dudou (it's still popular today) but nothing for the lower body.

    The Economist states that "Men wore thong-like loincloths, similar to sumo-wrestlers’ competition belts, but underpants for women were rare." That kinda makes sense because, as far as I know, under their kimonos women wore...nothing. So in China under their robes the women also wore nothing?

    I also remembered this little "stripping scene" (safe for work) from Fighter of Destiny (Ze Tian Ji) where the guy takes off his robe and there's nothing underneath. I would have thought he would have an inner shirt thingie but no, it's just his robe and no inner layer.

    So I'm confused, when a novel says "inner wear" ( especially for the lower body) what could it be? Does it mean the pants the guys/girls are wearing under the robe?

    The MC of Assassin Farmer is an embroidery expert and also mentions sewing "inner wear" and "outer wear" several times but I am unable to figure out which pieces of clothing she means.
     
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    Haevrus No.1 Incognito Webuser

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    Hotato Eternally Confused

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    iirc asian usually wear some kind of cotton wrapping on their under part. Think of it like mummies wrapping. for poor people usually

    i don't see a problem with this behaviour. in the end we are either closet hentai or open hentai
     
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    That's now how one jumps into a river or any body of water for that matter, should go in head first not sideways like a plank. What an amateur that's a belly flop no matter how you look at it.
     
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    ultragunner Self-taught Mage

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    I love how much effort you put into this inquiry. May your work bear fruit so you can see all the "innerwear" your heart desires.
     
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    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    I'm straight but that guy's hot.
     
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    Raphael Well-Known Member

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    Inner wear is just the underclothes worn by women from olden times not that mythic, if you are really that curious I can offer you a link to a place with realistic description of this topic, no worries is safe for work.
    Click here (safe for work)

    Ps: Ancient China's underwear wasn't all that sexy, just saying.
     
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    readerz Madam Jin

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    This one is also showing underwear only for the upper part. So no underwear for lower body?
     
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    Raphael Well-Known Member

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    Umm, not sure I think it was simple loose shorts but I can't recall where I got that from.
     
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    readerz Madam Jin

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    Me likey. (I'm female)

    :)

    Yeah, it does look like a belly flop but I didn't notice until you pointed it out.

    For the men? Or unisex?
     
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    Nyamsus Life is full of shit and we live in it

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    it is something like this
    [​IMG]
     
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    Morvian 『Weakened King』『Abandoned Man』『Man Of Culture』

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    maybe its made so they can be faster when they want to do that? LoL
     
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    Archaic pickle Daoist Heavenly Kimichi

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    That's Japanese though right?
    I remember seeing it in anime before.
     
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    hatoyin97 «Frigid Heart Petrification Manual»

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    Hmm you guys know in those xianxia cultivation novels.
    Now that you point it out.
    Female cultivators flying................
    they like to fly over people with lower cultivations........
    Sooooooooooo.........
    I guess you guys should know what I mean! :D
     
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    Archaic pickle Daoist Heavenly Kimichi

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    They fly too fast for mortals to see their panstu
    Other immortals not so much ^.^
     
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    hatoyin97 «Frigid Heart Petrification Manual»

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    Let us search for the secret book to train the eyes of perfect record!
    Then we shall be Prepare to be reincarnated into the worlds of Immortals.
    There awaits the paradise for men!
    All u need to do is look up when a female immortals is flying by !!!!
    :p XD XP
     
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    Archaic pickle Daoist Heavenly Kimichi

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    You need the demon ox technique, purple heavenly eyes. >.>
     
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    hatoyin97 «Frigid Heart Petrification Manual»

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    LOLZ
    Since they are immortal do they Sh _ v _ ? or just natural
    We are going to way way worng direction.
     
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    Archaic pickle Daoist Heavenly Kimichi

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    I don't wanna go into that kinda conversation outside of a pm, keep it safe for work...
    But you know those hair techniques that you see in anime? >.>
     
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