Huang Longsheng: Designer Of Chinese Costume In National Costume

Huang Longsheng (1870-1938): an overseas Chinese social activist, originally from Dou Shan town, Taishan.

When he was young, he started a Longsheng clothing store in Hanoi, Vietnam.

In 1902, he became acquainted with Sun Zhongshan and participated in the Chung Hui society.

After the establishment of the Hanoi branch of the China Central Committee, its foreign clothing store was the venue for the establishment of a revolutionary group.

In the spring of 1907, the Hanoi branch of Hsing Chung was reorganized into an alliance branch.

He is the backbone of the two sessions.

In 1906, Sun Zhongshan planned military operations in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan in Hanoi, and Huang Long formed his right-hand man.

In the mouth of the river, he was expelled from the border by the French colonial government for supplying rice grain to the front line.

In 1923, Sun Zhongshan rebuilt the Grand Marshal house in Guangzhou, and Huang Longsheng served as the chief accountant.

In 1924, Sun Zhongshan founded the central bank, and Huang Longsheng became the first vice president.

In 1935 he served as a member of the overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of Guangdong.

Huang Longsheng is also the designer of the Chinese tunic suit.

Passion years

The Chinese tunic suit is the main garment style of Chinese men since the beginning of the last century.

However, few people know that the designer of the Zhongshan suit is Huang Longsheng, a Vietnamese overseas Chinese revolutionist in Taishan.

According to the Guangdong encyclopedia published in 1995, Huang Longsheng served as the Vietnamese overseas Chinese social activist and served as the first vice president of the central bank founded by Sun Zhongshan. He is also the designer of the Chinese tunic suit.

For this historical fact, Mr. Cai Feng, who has worked in Taishan library for many years, has studied deeply the retired Chinese cadre of overseas Chinese in Taishan.

Cai Feng said that the name of the Chinese tunic suit was because it was designed by Mr. Sun Zhongshan.

"Chinese culture and customs dictionary" records: "Sun Zhongshan, referring to the characteristics of Chinese original underwear, absorbs the" business dress "and" suit style "of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and designs in accordance with the principle of" fit for health, easy to move, easy to economy and strong in sight ", and personally designs and designs a fashion style designed by Huang Longsheng.

A initiated the establishment of the Hanoi branch of the Hsing Chung club and became a revolutionary stronghold.

According to historical records, Huang Longsheng was born in Tongyang village of Lufu village committee in Dou Shan town, Taishan, and was born in Tongzhi for nine years in 1870 (the 18th day of the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar).

When he was young, he went to Vietnam to make a living in Hanoi. He first learned how to make shoes and then tailors.

Due to his superb skills, he soon became a famous tailor in Hanoi and opened Longsheng clothes shop.

Huang Longsheng himself did not think that his own Western-style clothes shop became a revolutionary stronghold of Hanoi in the future.

As for how to know Huang Longsheng and become a comrade, Sun Zhongshan wrote in his eighth chapter of the founding of the people's Republic of China that "ambition has come true": "at the intersection of Ren Yin and GUI Mao, the governor of Tokyo, Sun Zhongshan, the governor of Tao Mei Shi, had repeatedly been invited to see him. He failed to make a trip, and later opened an exposition with Hanoi.

When he was in Hanoi, he knew Huang Longsheng, a Chinese businessman, and then became a comrade. He tried very hard at Qin Lian and estuary.

According to historical records, Sun Zhongshan, who was in Japan in 1902, visited Hanoi at the invitation of the governor of the French colonial government of Vietnam. He also organized a group meeting to visit Huang Longsheng.

When Huang Longsheng learned that the customer was Sun Zhongshan, he immediately asked to join the Hui Central Committee to contribute to the revolution.

Huang Longsheng became Vietnam's first member of the Central Committee.

In accordance with Sun Zhongshan's instructions, he established the Hanoi branch of the China Central Committee and developed more than 100 members.

It will take the Western clothing store as a stronghold, actively mobilize overseas Chinese donations, purchase firearms and print propaganda materials, and receive and support revolutionary revolutionaries who have fled to Hanoi in the past several uprising failures.

In 1907, Sun Zhongshan went to Hanoi again to reorganize the Central Committee of Hanoi into the League branch, and set up the general organ of the leading uprising in Hanoi, directing the Chaozhou uprising in April, the Huizhou uprising, Qinzhou in July, the uprising in Lian Zhou and the town of South Pass in November (now Guangxi Friendship Pass).

Huang Longsheng donated a large sum of money to buy arms for the uprising, and sent people to border liaison uprising.

When he was uprising, he personally shipped ammunition to the front line.

After the failure of the uprising, Huang Longsheng stayed in Hanoi and continued to engage in revolutionary work.

The news of the success of the Wuchang uprising spread throughout the world in 1911. When Huang Longsheng heard this exciting news, he immediately returned from Vietnam to his motherland.

B design Zhongshan costume new national costume arises at the historic moment

Mr. Cai Feng said that after the revolution of 1911 overthrew the monarchy, the founding of the Republic of China opened up a new era.

At that time, the revolutionaries were dressed in a variety of clothes, some in suits, and some in long gowns and Liriodendron. Therefore, some people suggested uniform clothing, but what they wore was different.

Mr. Sun Zhongshan found it difficult to decide. He commissioned Huang Longsheng to design and make new clothes, which required both the traditional characteristics of the Chinese nation and the world trend.

After referring to many kinds of Chinese and foreign garments, Huang Longsheng designed several styles and made them personally. He chose them for Sun Zhongshan. One of the designs, which was modeled on British student clothes, was welcomed by Sun Zhongshan and other revolutionary parties. This is today's Chinese tunic suit.

In the eighteen year of the Republic of China (1929), the central government of the Kuomintang ordered the Zhongshan dress to be the dress of the party and government officials, and stipulated in the constitution that when civil servants were sworn into office, they should wear Zhongshan suit.

It is black in spring, autumn and winter, and white in summer.

The Chinese tunic suit is a kind of new national costume, with its elegant shape and strict structure.

Formally, the design of the Zhongshan suit has a specific meaning. The 4 pockets of its front part symbolize the four dimensions of the country, that is, "ritual, righteousness, honesty and shame".

The left upper pocket is written in the shape of the "mountain" type, which has the position of inserting pens, which symbolizes the rule of "Wen".

There are 5 buttons on the collar, which symbolize the separation of five powers, including "administration, legislation, justice, examination and supervision", as well as the moral principles of the Chinese nation "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust".

The 4 grains on his pocket symbolize the four democratic rights of the people, such as "election, creation, recall and re determination".

The 3 buttons on one side of their cuffs symbolize the core of Sun Zhongshan's thought - the "three people's principles" (national, civil rights and people's livelihood); the 3 buttons on the other side symbolize Sun Zhongshan's goal of ruling the country -- establishing a harmonious society with "people, people and people".

The back of the Chinese tunic suit does not break. It symbolizes the unification of the motherland and can not be divided.

The Zhongshan suit is a symbol of strict rule.

Cai Feng pointed out that in April 2007, Shanghai opened the clothing group, claiming that the Chinese tunic suit was designed by the Rong Changxiang suit company of the group in 1913, but in fact it was Sun Zhongshan's aide appointed by Rong Changxiang suit company.

The Guangdong modern character dictionary also has a record of "the designer of Zhongshan suit is Huang Longsheng of Wuyi people".

In April 2007, the cabinet of Malaysia also set the tunic suit as one of the official uniform of their country, which once again confirmed the charm of the Chinese tunic suit.

C dies in Guangzhou and lies in the Hsing Chung cemetery.

According to historical records, in August 1924, in order to unify Guangdong's finances, Mr. Sun Zhongshan decided to set up a central bank, appoint Song Ziwen as governor and Huang Longsheng as vice president, and issue currency.

In March 1927, Huang Longsheng approved the loan to Chen Bingquan to organize private Guangzhou University.

In January 1928, Li Jishen presided over the Guangzhou political branch, and Huang Longsheng was appointed governor of the central bank.

In March 1, 1929, the central bank was renamed the Central Bank of Guangdong, and Huang Longsheng was appointed president.

In 1931, he was appointed member of the Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall Management Committee.

In 1934, he was a member of the Kuomintang Central Revolutionary debt investigation committee.

In 1939, Huang Longsheng died in Guangzhou and was buried in the Hsing Chung cemetery.

According to the records of Dongshan District of Guangzhou, the cemetery is located at 25 Guangzhou martyrs Road, covering several acres, and shades of trees.

The cemetery was built in 1923, and a yellow memorial archway was built before the cemetery. It was written in the "Hsing Chung cemetery". The lower left side of the cemetery was embed with yellow big Han equal to the stone tablet of the two party, "the tomb of the revolutionary yuan Zu, the tomb of the rising middle China," and "the middle and the sweet spring" in the twenty six years (1937) and 1929 (1940).

In the memorial archway, there is a square stone column inscribed with the words "the tomb of the founding fathers of the Central People's Republic".

The cemetery was arranged in a "one" shape from east to west, with Pan Jia, Song Shaoyin, song Ju Ren, Zhen Bi, Zhen Ji Ting, Huang Bihua, Huang Longsheng and his wife, Huang Guiyue, and so on.

In August 13, 1983, the cemetery became a cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.