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Paofu (Chinese: 袍服; pinyin: páofú; lit. 'robe'), also known as pao (Chinese: 袍; pinyin: páo; lit. 'robe') [1] [2]: 90 for short, is a form of a long, one-piece robe in Hanfu, which is characterized by the natural integration of the upper and lower part of the robe which is cut from a single fabric. [3]
Dragon robes, also known as gunlongpao (simplified Chinese: 袞龙袍; traditional Chinese: 袞龍袍; pinyin: gǔn lóng páo; hangul: 곤룡포) or longpao for short, is a form of everyday clothing which had a Chinese dragon, called long (龍), [2] as the main decoration; it was worn by the emperors of China.
The term changshan is composed of two Chinese characters: chang 《 長 》which can literally be translated as "long" in length and shan 《 衫 》, which literally means "shirt". The term changpao is also composed of the Chinese character chang and the Chinese pao 《 袍 》, which is literally means "robe".
Chinese bat (Chinese: 蝠; pinyin: fú) motifs often look like a butterfly. [16]: 11 A bat is a symbol of happiness. [1] Bats have an auspicious meaning as the Chinese words for hongfu (Chinese: 红蝠; lit. 'red bats') sounds similar to the phrase "abundant good fortune". [16]: 11
And Chinese Professor Bao Minxin (Chinese: 包铭新) also pointed out in his book A Real Record of Modern Chinese Costume that the cheongsam originated from the ancient robe in the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). The robe is a one-piece upper and lower connected long dress which was quite popular among ladies in Han. [65]
The mang robe is a garment with an image close to a dragon, similar to the dragon robe of the top authority (the emperor), except for the deduction of one claw. After the Ming dynasty, it was expressed that a long (lit. ' Chinese dragon ') would be demoted to a mang (lit. ' python ') if it lost one of its claw. [2]
Structure of a shenyi, consisting of a yi and chang sewn together to form a one-piece robe. The structure of the Hanfu system is typically composed of upper and lower parts; it also typically comes into two styles: one-piece garment (where the upper and lower parts are connected together), and two-pieces garments (where the upper and lower parts are not connected).
In Chinese Buddhism, the term jiasha (Chinese: 袈裟; pinyin: jiāshā) was borrowed from the term kāṣāya. [9] In China, the jiasha refers to a one-piece, patchworked rectangular fabric which is worn over a long one-piece, cross-collar robe known as zhiduo. [10] During the early period of Chinese Buddhism, the most common color was red ...