Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Hanfu - A Name Of Chinese Clothing

The basic design of the Ancient Chinese clothing Hanfu was largely developed during the Shang Dynasty. The Shang had two basic styles – the Yi which was the coat worn on top and the Shang whichwas the skirt worn beneath it. Buttons on any ancient Chinese clothing was substituted by a Sash. The clothing was in warm tones. The Zhou dynasty in western China varied in the sleeves being narrow as well as broad. The length of the skirt varied from knee length to the ankle and the different sizes and styles created a distinction between the people who wore them. Ancient Chinese clothing used minimal stitching on the garment and the use of embroidery and silk sashes to design the dresses.
HanFu is the nation's national dress. Its origins can be traced back Sovereigns and Five Emperors period until the Ming Dynasty, stretching for thousands of years, Chinese people have not changed the basic characteristics of clothing, the clothing worn during the Han people, the modern as HanFu. Since the era of Huangdi Yao Yan and Huang Shun-hanging clothes and rule the world, Chinese clothing has a clothing, Couture concept, after weeks of system specification standard Zhou dynasty to the Han Chong Zhouli system by pushing closer to perfection and popularity of Wen and Jing of the Han Dynasty because governance, Han Wu Shengshi and optical Wu Zhongxing, so that the influence of the Han dynasty reached its peak, the resulting title is said Han, HanFu is also deduced from.
Subsequent dynasties of the HanFu although local changes, but its main features remain unchanged, are based on the basic features of the Han Dynasty.
Han is the most important and distinguished dynasty, is one of China's feudal dynasties to the concept of centralized state first, the most complete, most advanced, most powerful dynasty, Han Chinese from the formation.
During this period with the progress of society, local culture booming Chinese domain to achieve a high artistic and aesthetic achievements. In the economic, technological, cultural fully ahead of the Han empire the world has left for the Chinese people proud of forever. Today, occupy most of the main ethnic Chinese - Han Chinese, is to named Han.
HanFu is a national heritage for thousands of years of traditional national costumes, is the best embodies characteristics of Han clothing, there are characteristics of each nation's national costume, the HanFu reflects the ethnic characteristics. Sovereigns and Five Emperors from the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, Han nationality by virtue of their wisdom, created the colorful clothing of the Han culture has evolved its own unique characteristics with the HanFu system - HanFu system.
Profound, a complete system, a long beautiful Chinese clothes, is a great wealth of rare, is well worth every Chinese people proud. Objective of the Han people wearing certain transitional historical period costumes such as the flag finished loading / cheongsam / jacket, etc. must not be called "Chinese dress," because they truly the evolution of Chinese clothing is not the normal process of convergence. HanFu in its vitality has not become extinct, until the modern Han Chinese belief of Taoism, Buddhism and some remote mountain, there are many domestic Chinese minority still maintained the characteristics of services, some of the important modern worship, observance , folk festivals can still see the Chinese service figure. HanFu is very far-reaching effects, some ethnic Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Bhutan, etc. all have or learn Chinese clothing clothing characteristics.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting name "Hanfu"....Ancient wearing culture of China was also classy and dynamic.


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