Abstract: The neoteric costume, which is stored in the Folk Costumes Museum of Jiangnan University, was taken as the research object, analyzing it from scripts to form, and principles of artistic structure. At the same time, based on the entities which be handed down from ancient times in the Folk Costumes Museum of Jiangnan University, classifying and calculating the script of the folk costume in neoteric China; concluding the significance of literal type and ornamentation in folk costume. In the end, summed up the script composition of art forms and artistic implications in costumes.

Key words: neoteric, folk costume, character, artistic explanation