in many countries, traditional dress and costumes are considered effective ways of maintaining links with the past. how effective can traditional costumes be, in this sense? what other ways exist to help citizens connect with a country's past?

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that traditional wearing and costumes are the essence of a society with a prolong history and rich culture, but they are by no means the most important connection between the today and the past.

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the traditional dress and costumes, the art galleries and museums are

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inter-related

reciprocally connected

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with the history of

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country.

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with, the reason for traditional outfits and costumes can connect the past is that most of traditional costumes were created in

specific historic period

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the specific historic period

a specific historic period

of

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country and can reflect the unique

spirituality

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spirit

of that time.

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, Chinese traditional clothing Tang suit can reflect the bold and

flying spirituality

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the flying spirituality

of Tang dynasty, which can always provoke people’s nostalgia

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that greatest period.

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, one

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important reason is that costumes are tangible cultural heritages. Different from the folk stories, folk songs and other intangible cultural heritages, wearing are closer to people’s life, which provide larger space for modern people to image the life of people in the past. Except the costumes, there are various ways for people to maintain links with the

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past, and

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one is to visit those art galleries and museums, where represent a lot of artworks and other antiques handed down from ancient times.

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allows people

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a more well-rounded learning and imagination about

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country’s past.

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, when people visiting the Palace Museum, they can learn about the past’s status symbol, the

architecture

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architectural

styles, administrative body and so on, which are more comprehensive and detailed. In conclusion, there are multiple ways to satisfy people’s nostalgic feelings and each way should be respected.