Contributed article from user LiangYuZuan for 2021 Hanfu Free Giveaways & Contests PLAN C (My Story with Hanfu). I had been exposed to Hanfu early as a child. I remember watching "Liang Shan Bo, Zhu Ying Tai" (1979) and Jacky Chan starring in "The Young Master" (1979) in theater while waylaying in Macau. I also remember seeing Shirley Temple films in black and white with her lavish dresses. My young impressionable years were mired in TV period dramas and folklore made to film available for rental videos out of Chinatown. I would often daydream about the long flowing Hanfu of fairies and gods/goddesses in the Heavenly Courts. Great epics about Sun Wukong in his journey to the west for spiritual scroll or the battles of Nezha challenging the Heaven's Forces were made to real life in long TV series portrayed by performing artists. Seemed they were fictional characters, and therefore their garments were costumes. But when regular people start dressing up like that, they were considered cosplayer. Opera garb was costume, not Hanfu. I felt the clothes were real enough, especially in the series involving historical figures. I even saw them burn incense and pray as if to ask permission to play…

What is Da Hu? Da Hu(褡护, dā hù), also known as "搭护", which was a type of Bianfu(便服, casual wear) in the Ming Dynasty. The Tong Ya says: "Da Hu is a shirt with bald sleeves", which means sleeveless, indicating that the Da Hu was a long garment with short sleeves or no sleeves, and had a certain origin with the Banbi of the Tang and Song dynasties. The "Juyi Record" records that: "The name of the Da Hu, or along with the Yuan dynasty, its style is not the Yuan dynasty Da Hu, when it is a slightly longer than the Gua (褂), a short-sleeved clothes." The basic form of Da Hu is cross collar, wrapping the right side before the left (交领右衽), with white collar protector, short sleeves or no sleeves, slit on both sides of the body, and the slit is connected with the outer or inner hem. In the Ming Dynasty, the Da Hu was a kind of half-sleeved dress with a hem outside, which was part of the dres's system of Ming officials. How to wear the Da Hu? What to wear inside the Da Hu? Da Hu early is often used as a jacket,…

The modern hanfu is an improved version of traditional Chinese clothing, also called as new hanfu. The modern hanfu is on the basis of Western-style clothing, formed by integrating the basic elements of traditional hanfu outfit. The new hanfu is split into several varieties based on its features that can be part of the form characteristics, patterns, or aesthetic. If you take the word "Hanfu" back to its roots, it simply was the Chinese word for “Han People's Clothing.” Later on, it evolved to mean specifically, traditional Chinese clothing. As they came into popularity in the ancient period, manufacturers began producing these pieces of hanfu with many cutting methods, and they’d cut various lines of fabric, sew them together. It's usually a very loose design that meant they wouldn’t have to have multiple sizes and fits. Eventually, hanfu style developed and people began wearing on a large scale, integrated into their everyday style. Hanfu designers improved their craft to such an extent that it became an art form and not simply as apparel. Traditional hanfu became more valuable and more collectible as pieces of art. That’s not to say that an appreciation of the hanfu today has to be all…

Contributed article from user xiayang for 2021 Hanfu Free Giveaways & Contests PLAN C (My Story with Hanfu). Recently, I cleaned up my closet and found that I bought a lot of hanfu, some of which I haven't worn for a long time, as time goes by, I've been in love with hanfu for some years now, so I'd like to take this opportunity to write about my story with hanfu. I. First encounter I can't remember when the word Hanfu entered my field of vision, but at that time I had heard a little bit about the "Hanfu revival", and I couldn't help but look at the pictures of beautiful hanfu girls on the internet, but I wasn't a fan yet. Around 2011, I started to notice some girls wearing hanfu in school, and I knew there was a hanfu association, but I was too busy with my studies to care about anything else. 2012 was the year of graduation, and it was popular to take traditional-style graduation photos, and hanfu graduation photos became popular on a small scale. But I didn't have a hanfu yet. Later, I met a schoolmate, and I found out that she was a Hanfu Tongpao (同袍),…

In April, the gradient colors are used to dress up everything in new colorful clothes. Between light and shadow, it seems to board a ball through time. And this color jump, is the beauty of the breakthrough between fashion and tradition. And gradient colors, the application of the same colorful in Hanfu, let's take a look at what the Hanfu Time brings us the latest gradient color Hanfu. 01 The extension of color The word "color" as we understand it today did not refer to color in ancient times, but to the color of the face. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the word "color" was used as a generic term for the colors of nature. At that time, the culture of the Tang Dynasty was open and tolerant, and the demand for aesthetics in clothing, food, housing, and transportation was also unprecedentedly prosperous. The development and application of color in different fields were relatively proficient, resulting in the most representative Tang Sancai (唐三彩, Tang Dynasty pottery), Cao Mu Ran (草木染, plants dyeing, the use of natural vegetable dyes to color textiles), Tang makeup, etc., which also created the concept of the earliest color system in China. Over…

What's Hanfu Inspired Hanfu inspired, also known as Han element, is the abbreviation of "Hanfu element fashion", which refers to the special original fashion made by extracting certain elements of Hanfu (such as the cross collar) and incorporating them into the fashion design. Hanfu inspired clothing is now becoming more and more common, some modified styles of Hanfu are more suitable for everyday outings or commuting wear, perhaps a perfect blend of fashion and Hanfu. In this issue, we have found 4 sets of Hanfu inspired outfits that we hope will inspire you! Hanfu Inspired Outfits for You When it comes to Hanfu inspired, it is definitely inseparable the Song dynasty style. The Song style itself is very suitable for daily wear and can be easily managed with a little change. For example, this Song suit is made up of a patchwork straight collar Duijin Shan (cardigan) + a matching Moxiong + Song pants. The Duijin Shan is made of comfortable cotton spliced with lace fabric, using the asymmetrical beauty of the design to present a sense of fashion Han style top plane sleeve design, although less Hanfu wide clothes large sleeves of the floating, but also more suitable for everyday wear.…

Tang suit (唐装, Tang Zhuang), also known as Chinese jacket. A newer form of Qing Dynasty Magua (马褂), is a modern costume with traditional elements, based on the prototype of a Chinese traditional lapel jacket, with the addition of stand collar and western-style three-dimensional cutting.   Origin of the name of Tang suit Perhaps you may be puzzled, since Tang suit is a new form of Magua in the Qing Dynasty, why is there Tang in the name? Is it directly related to the Tang Dynasty costume? The reason is that the Tang Dynasty was a powerful dynasty in Chinese history and had a great influence on overseas countries, and in the Song Dynasty, "Tang" had become the pronoun of the overseas countries in the southeast for China. Throughout the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, things related to China were called "Tang", and not only "Tang" was used as a proxy for the land of "China", but also the Chinese were called "Tang", overseas Chinese often call themselves "Tang people", they live in places called "Tangren Jie (唐人街, Chinatown)", so this Qing-style costume is also called "Tang suit". In modern times, the Tang suit has more diverse names, such as…

China is a country of walls. Not only the cities were enclosed by walls, but also the quarters, within them again the quarters and each individual residential yard. To the outside, the courtyards had no windows, all life was concentrated inside, everything outside, foreign was, and is, usually seen as a threat. The Chinese characters for the city and for wall are identical: cheng. No wonder China is so proud of its Great Wall. Correctly translated, it should be called "long wall", and this poses the first riddle: How long is the Great Wall of China? Nobody knows exactly. History and architectural features of the Great Wall The Chinese call it wan li chang cheng (万里长城), meaning 10,000 li long wall, which would be about 5000 km. This is probably too little, but wan also means "infinite", which again would be too much. Most estimates are around 6800 km, also quite long. But the wall was not the same length at all times, and it is not a wall at all, but a system of walls that were connected during their best times, in the Han Dynasty and much later in the Ming Dynasty. And besides, contrary to claims to…

Flower Festival, even if few people know, but when you look up and see the flowers blooming, you will become gentle, because we are convinced that the "beautiful", always accompanied by the flowers blooming. Every year in mid-spring, is also a great time to compete with the flowers, among all the flowers, the earliest plum blossom, from camellia, daffodils, spring to peach, plum, pear, and apricot bloom all over the mountain when, "flower festival" will come. The "Flower Festival (花朝节, huā zháo jiē)", commonly known as the "Flower God Festival" and the "Birthday of the Hundred Flowers", is a traditional Chinese festival. Generally held on the second, twelfth or fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the festival is held roughly between the Jingzhe (惊蛰) and Chunfen (春分) of the traditional Chinese calendars, at this time, everything revives, the grass is green, the flowers are either in the bud, or in bloom, and people are convinced that the beauty will come with the flowers. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, "Tao Zhu Gong Shu (陶朱公书)" has recorded: "February 12 for the birthday of the hundred flowers, no rain and hundred flowers ripe." In the Tang…

Qing Dynasty was the last stage of the highly developed feudal society in China. With the evolution of the dynasty, the Qing dynasty Manchu women's headdress is rich and diverse. Inheritance of headdress in the past generations, but also according to the national dressing characteristics, create jewelry corresponding to it. One of the most ancient Chinese headdress representatives is the Bian Fang (扁方). 01 What is Bian Fang? Bian Fang is one of the traditional hair ornaments in ancient China, which was mainly popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, used to fix hair. The shape of its head is generally curvy and its body is often 1-shaped. They have different shapes, large, small, wide, or narrow. The large one can reach more than 30cm. The small one, also known as double-tip, can be used as hair fixing or decoration. The large one is used to fix "two buns head (两把头)". Let's take a look at the evolution of women's hairstyles in the Qing Dynasty! Before the Qing Dynasty, Manchu people originally lived in the northern region, influenced by the environment, has long been accustomed to fishing and hunting, farming lifestyle. In order to move quickly and easily, easy to…

What is Wanxiu Among traditional Chinese embroideries, there is a very unique type of embroidery: Wanxiu (挽袖), which is the detachable part at the end of the sleeve of a traditional Chinese Qing Dynasty woman's dress. It is about 66cm long and 13cm wide, and is embroidered in pairs; the motifs range from small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, plum, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums, to Four arts (Qin, Qi, Shu, and Hua), talented men and women, etc. With exquisite patterns and workmanship. he Wanxiu is both decorative and functional, with thread sewn into the clothes when in use, and rolled out when worn, which is both beautiful and can adjust the length of the sleeves, and women in the Ming and Qing dynasties interpreted their personal understanding on the sleeve pattern, making it a rich and delicate emotional trust unique to women, reflecting the subtle connotation and profound meaning of women's art. Han style dress deeply influenced the Manchu court Manchu women's clothing style, the royal family in order to show the elegance, in the production of excellence, and the integration of the Manchu culture. To the early Republic of China, the influence of Western dress culture, coupled with the…

Today is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, a traditional Chinese folk festival: Dragon Headraising Day (龙抬头), since ancient times, people also take the Dragon Headraising Day as a day to pray for wind and rain, to drive away evil spirits and disasters, and to transfer good fortune. The dragon is a divine creature that lives in the sea in Chinese mythology, and is often used to symbolize good fortune. Since ancient times, people in mid-spring "Dragon Headraising Day" to pray for the dragon to eliminate disasters and blessings, wind and rain, harvest. The dragon, initially used as a totem emblem, later evolved into a decorative pattern. It was widely used on royal buildings, flags, and clothing. A list of 13 traditional Chinese dragon patterns that are often found in Hanfu fabrics for you. Zheng Dragon Zhenglong(正龙), also known as "sitting dragon", is characterized by a positive dragon head, a curved dragon body, and a well-distributed four feet (one on four sides). There are also walking dragons patterns with sloping sides. It is generally embroidered on the back of the chest and the end of the sleeves of clothes. If it is used for table surrounds…

From November 22, 2003, Mr. Wang Letian, a private citizen, wear the traditional costume of the Han nation and walk on the street. Wang Letian's action has been widely spread and has received a lot of support and response, and has set off a wave of the Hanfu movement in the country. In addition to the widespread of Hanfu enthusiasts, the Hanfu movement is also helped by Hanfu merchants. Today, we will tell you the story of Hanfu merchants "Chonghui Han Tang (重回汉唐, Back to Han Tang)" and see how they have developed from opening the first Hanfu store to becoming the Hanfu head business in China. The history of the development of the offline stores of Chonghui Han Tang can almost be seen from the changes in the Chinese Hanfu industry. 2006, the first offline store of Chonghui Han Tang was opened in Wenshufang, a commercial street in Chengdu, with less than 20 pieces of Hanfu hanging in a 30 square meter storefront. Over the past ten years, Chonghui Han Tang has opened more than 30 directly-managed stores and more than 100 agency stores, covering almost every provincial capital city in China. The store in Wenshufang, because of its…

Hanfu style is becoming increasingly more popular. Among the Hanfu styles, you can see some of them are excellent and graceful. It is said that the shape of one’s face and body can be inferred from wearing Hanfu, because of the relationship between body shape and Hanfu design. This article will introduce you to what the differences are among various body shapes and how to choose a Hanfu/Han element clothing that matches your body type. Different Body Type Dressing Method Hourglass figure The hourglass figure is characterized by an abundant chest, thin waist, wide hips, and full thighs, which is a figure with graceful lines. The hourglass shape is also called the X shape or S shape. Comparatively speaking, the Qi waist Hanfu is more suitable. In addition, it is also very suitable for the Han element clothing with waist contraction, and with silk, satin, and other materials, you can highlight your femininity~ Apple shape The body is round, the chest, abdomen, buttocks are plump, and the legs are slender. Even though the apple-shaped body is not high in weight, it is easy to look bloated, especially the upper body. If you choose Han element clothing, you can wear a…

Do you still remember the China Henan TV’s Spring Festival Gala Hanfu dance program: "Tang Palace Night Banquet (唐宫夜宴, Tanggong Yeyan)"? A group of girls playing the Tang figurines, playful and lovely performance, let people impressed. In order to thank everyone's love, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, Henan TV held another Lantern Festival party "Lantern Wonder Night (元宵奇妙夜)", not surprisingly, the program once again received a lot of praise, although the Lantern Festival has been nearly a week, but I still decided to share this wonderful program combined with Chinese Hanfu costumes, dance, opera, Chinese style songs and many other elements to everyone. It is known that Henan TV had no intention to hold the Lantern Festival party, but in order to return the enthusiasm of the fans, the director team decided to do this "Lantern Wonder Night", the whole shooting only about 5 days, so the entire program length of only 30 minutes. Although the planning and shooting time is very tight, but you can see that the director in the 30 minutes to integrate a variety of novel ideas, innovation, still a high standard of the program. The most special thing is that the whole party…

The costume is a vivid presentation of the style of each era. Before the Chinese New Year, the National Museum of China launched the "Ancient Chinese Costume Culture Exhibition". The exhibition attracted many Chinese culture lovers, including those wearing Chinese Hanfu costumes. In addition to the display of traditional costumes, the exhibition also includes many artifacts related to costume production, costume images, and clothing etiquette, providing a complete, systematic, and expansive overview from the Stone Age to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rich in artifacts and detailed panels, there are lines of costume development stretching back 5,000 years, as well as many aspects of lifestyle, cultural exchange and ritual innovation, and even the finer points of ornamentation, belts, headwear, and makeup, which are also not to be missed. One of the highlights of the exhibition is the use of 15 restored portraits dressed in the costumes of different dynasties and identities to showcase the complete wardrobe of different dynasties. Taking this opportunity, Qianmo Xueshe will select a few of these restored portraits to introduce you to the changes in ancient women's Hanfu clothing. 01 Han Dynasty Shenyi with Long Sleeves Shenyi (深衣) were the most common women's Hanfu clothing in…

The Tang Dynasty, one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese history, not only opened the door to foreign exchanges, but also gave women a new attitude to show off their charm. As we know, it was popular in that era to have a chubby-body, a high bun, a light, and fluttering Pibo, and colorful makeup, which made the gorgeous "Tang style". We have previously introduced the makeup of the Tang Dynasty, today we introduce you to the details of the peach blossom makeup (桃花妆, táo huā zhuāng).   Steps of Tang Dynasty Makeup Tang Dynasty period, makeup according to the application of different shades of powder, and can be divided into wine Jiuyun makeup (酒晕妆, jiǔ yùn zhuāng), peach-blossom makeup, Feixia makeup (飞霞妆, fēi xiá zhuāng). Yu Wen Shi's "Zhuangtai Ji" has recorded: "The beauty's makeup, face not only apply powder, but also blended with rouge palm, applied to both cheeks, thick for 'Jiuyun makeup'; light for 'peach blossom makeup'; playing a thin vermilion, with a pink cover, known as"Feixia makeup". Overall, the entire Tang Dynasty makeup look can be divided into seven steps: apply lead powder (敷铅粉) apply the rouge (抹胭脂) draw eyebrows (画黛眉) Tie hua dian (贴花钿)…

Many girls like to take a set of Hanfu photos as a memory when they buy a new Hanfu. When we take portraits, besides paying attention to our hairstyle and makeup, there is also a very important aspect, which is the decoration we hold in our hands when taking pictures. Now there are many ancient style decorations available for us to choose from, which can make our look more exquisite, and we can choose according to demand. Today, I would like to introduce you to the four props commonly used in Hanfu photography, and hope that they will be helpful for your next photography. The first is similar to the lantern decorations, the name is called Jiangsha Deng (绛纱灯), which is used as a lantern in the Tang and Song dynasties , and now slowly become a decorative piece. Nowadays, the classic color scheme of the Jiangsha Deng is red and blue, which can give people a dignified and stable feeling, and is perfect to match with the Ming-style Hanfu, such as stand collar long Shan and Mamian Skirt. The color combination of the whole look can be a combination of sweetness and steadiness if it is paired with the…

"Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk (Dao Lian Tu, 捣练图)" is a famous Chinese painting of the Tang Dynasty. It showing noble women ironing, sewing, and pounding the silk. It is an important custom painting of the Tang Dynasty, and is one of the more chic works among the paintings of ladies in the Tang Dynasty. It is the work of Zhang Xuan (张萱), a painter of the Tang Dynasty, and has had a great influence on the style of later paintings, and is also a great help to the study of modern Hanfu styles. Let's see the special details of this painting. Zhang Xuan of Tang Dynasty "Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk" was originally painted by Zhang Xuan in the Tang Dynasty, the painting "Lady Guoguo's Spring Outing (虢国夫人游春图)" is also a painting by him. Zhang Xuan mainly depicts the leisurely life scenes of royal and noble women, such as spring Outing, dressing up, drumming the qin, playing music, and enjoying the snow. Copied by Emperor Huizong Tang and Song history recorded dozens of Zhang Xuan's paintings, many also repeatedly copied by many painters, but out of Zhang Xuan's own handwriting of the original work, today there is…

"Traditional Chinese Clothing" has been popular in the world through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, the Qin and Han dynasties, the Wei, Jin, North and South dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and in modern times, with distinctive features, mainly Chinese Hanfu. This article will show you the "beauty of traditional Chinese clothing" in five different periods. The Beauty of traditional Chinese clothing- Western Han Dynasty The most representative clothing of the Western Han Dynasty is the Su Sha Danyi (素纱襌衣), a very light garment: from the collar to the hem, are 1.28 meters long; the sleeves are 1.9 meters long; even so, this wide robes with large sleeves are only 49 grams, and when folded, can fit into a small matchbox. The Su Sha Danyi was unearthed in 1972 at the Mawangdui Han Tomb No. 1 in Changsha, and is now collected in the Hunan Provincial Museum. Su Sha Danyi is not just a piece of clothing, but the result of the cultivation and spinning industry of the early Western Han Dynasty. The Beauty of traditional Chinese clothing - Wei and Jin The…