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Chinese clothing, including traditional Hanfu, ethnic minority garments, and modern adaptations of indigenous styles, is a vital aspect of Chinese culture and civilization. For thousands of years, Chinese clothing has evolved with dynastic traditions, foreign influences, and cultural exchanges, adapting to the needs of each era. [ 1 ]
The youren collar follows the yin and yang theory, wherein the left lapel represents the yang (which symbolizes life) suppresses the yin (which symbolizes death); therefore, youren is the clothing of the living while if it is worn in the opposite way in a style called zuoren, the clothing then becomes burial clothing and is therefore considered ...
An indigo formal ritual clothing, worn by Taoism priests in the Quanzhen order; the blue colour is a symbolism for the East. [27] It is cross-collared. [32] Unknown – Present Da gua 大褂 "Great gown" [27] It is a common type of informal, daily clothing worn by Taoists; in present days, it is mostly narrow-sleeved and blue in colour. [32]
It has come to be known as Da-Xiu-Shan but has been called Dian-Chai-Li-Yi (钿钗礼衣) at various times. The clothing was mainly worn for special ceremonial occasions and had different variations, which were mainly the result of different collar formations (e.g., parallel or cross collar or those with no collar). [9] [10]
This category describes traditional and historic Chinese clothing. Modern Chinese clothing should be categorised under Chinese fashion or Clothing companies of China
Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.
Yugui (Chinese: 玉圭), also called gui (Chinese: 圭) [53]: 208 Jade tablet or baton [54] [53]: 208 A yugui was an elongated jade tablet, or flat sceptre-like item, [53]: 208 which represented authority during the Longshan culture and continued to be used in the succeeding dynasties until the Ming dynasty. [55]
In the Zhou dynasty, paofu was one of the basic clothing worn by the Han Chinese people, along with the Chinese trousers, called ku. [1] The style of paofu which was widely worn in this period is the jiaolingpao, which was a long robe with an overlapping front closing on the right side, a style called jiaoling youren. [1]