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2020 is a challenging year, but that can't stop us from working hard to achieve our goals and aspirations. The VCTK e.V. is continuing efforts in promoting Hanfu culture with the latest video for 2020. The latest promotion video is called "Unterwegs (洫上有途)", which is inspired by the Zhou Ritual. The widespread of Hanfu culture is just like the small canals in the fields, which are constantly opening up and converging, from small streams to surging rivers. https://youtu.be/wG_tq3D_i9U The video was shot in many cities in Germany, including Berlin, Potsdam, Cologne, Essen, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg, where many Hanfu enthusiasts gathered to show the beauty of Chinese culture.  

In the bustling crowd, women in Hanfu, men in armor, passing by. This beautiful dream, has been realized in Xitang. October 31, the eighth Chinese national costume show and China Xitang Hanfu culture week in Zhejiang Xitang ancient town grand opening, from all over the country tens of thousands of traditional culture lovers and tourists gathered in Xitang, to watch the national costume show, to promote traditional Hanfu culture, to enjoy the scenery of Xitang. https://youtu.be/mw0kOrUPHpQ ▲Video of the opening ceremony of the 8th Xitang Hanfu Culture Week Let's take a look at the highlights of this year's Xitang Hanfu Culture Week Carnival by following the Xitang Travel.   First up was the carnival float. The float beats the drum…

Over the years there has been a rise in the revival of Hanfu clothing, and more and more people are trying to wear it. Perhaps the first reaction to the mention of Hanfu will be that it is the clothing of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, Hanfu does not refer to Han Dynasty clothing alone, Hanfu is the short form of traditional Han national costume. In the thousands of years of history, it has carried the aesthetics of Chinese people's life, showing classical, subtle, light, and elegant to the fullest. There are more and more channels for us to learn about Hanfu, but I believe that many people were first introduced to Hanfu in Chinese historical dramas or movies.…

As we all know, the Tang Dynasty had unprecedented national power, strong economic strength, people lived in peace and happiness, and the people's pursuit of fashion is also increasing. Today for you to introduce the women fashion items in the Tang Dynasty, let's take a look at Chinese historical fashion together.   The Essential Diexie Belt (蹀躞带) for Tang Dynasty Women The movie "The Assassin" released in 2015, in which the female protagonist Nie Yinniang is dressed in a black robe, wearing a very fashionable belt at the waist, which is a popular "Diexie belt" in the Tang Dynasty. Diexie belt was originally a kind of waist belt of the Hu people, since the Wei and Jin Dynasty, introduced into…

The Tang Dynasty (from 618 to 907) was extremely important in the history of China. Many Chinese TV dramas and movies have been filmed with the Tang Dynasty as the background. We have introduced the costume culture of the Tang Dynasty before, today we will show you the beautiful makeup and the history of the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty through the Hanfu drawing of illustrator @Yucha Guozi (御茶菓子) and the Hanfu model @Zhende Caicai (真的菜菜), present the stunning makeup and the history of the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, and feel the aesthetic spirit of the Tang Dynasty which is diverse, confident and inclusive.   Early Tang dynasty: the first year of Wude: 618 AD…

There are very many classical Hanfu drawing in ancient China, and the ancient painters used their brushes to record the scenes of life at that time, which also gives us the opportunity to get a glimpse of the splendor of the ancient costume culture through Hanfu drawing. The Twelve Beauties, now in the Palace Museum in Beijing, is a heavy-colored brush painting of figures by a court painter of the early Qing dynasty. Each painting has the same dimensions, 184 cm in length and 98 cm in width, and is painted on fine quality silk paper. The work is in the form of a single painting of a single person, each depicting the leisurely life of 12 ladies dressed in…