Kimono Originated From A Long History Of Chinese Hanfu.

The Chinese nation clothing It has always been loved by Westerners.

Costumes are often an essential part of Chinese cultural activities overseas. But after careful observation, we can see that our costumes are basically the clothes of ethnic minorities, but the Han nationality's clothing, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of the Chinese population, is rarely seen.

Do Han people do not have their own national costumes?

In fact, Han is not without its own. National Costume 。 As early as the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the Han nationality costume was basically stereotyped as "Hanfu". "Hanfu" has two distinct characteristics: loose clothes and large cuffs. "Hanfu" is not only loose but also has no buttons, so a wide belt must be used to tie up the clothes. In addition, the large sleeves can also serve as pockets. Put things in your pocket and hold your cuffs with your hands. The Han clothing with wide sleeves and fat sleeves was popularized in the Han Dynasty, and was used as a costume, and reached its peak in the Tang and Song dynasties.

The "Hanfu" with wide sleeves and fat sleeves reflects a comfortable outlook on life, that is, pursuing a peaceful and clean and peaceful life. It is suitable for people to view flowers in the moon, poetry and Fu, and piano. The ethnic minorities around the Central Plains prefer adventure activities on horseback riding. Their clothes are narrow body tight sleeves. Yuan Yuan and Tianbao years, " Hu dress "Once popular, but did not affect Han clothing. Han costume, as a national costume of the Han nationality, continued to the yuan and Ming Dynasties.

The extinction of Hanfu occurred in the Qing Dynasty. After Manchu people entered the Central Plains, they carried out compulsory shaving and easy to wear sports. Han men always put their hair on the top of their heads and comb them into bun. Manchu people compelled the Han people to shave their hair. In addition, the traditional "Hanfu" is also banned by Manchu people, and the Manchu's tight robe and close fitting mandarin jacket are enforced. The Hanfu, which lasted for more than two thousand years, has since been extinct. The Han nationality replaced the Manchu people through the revolution of 1911, and began to be puzzled by their national costumes: the Manchu robe and the mandarin jacket should not be used. Since then, the Han nationality has not yet formed a uniform national costume. The revolutionary party thought westernized, so they tend to adopt Western clothing. During the revolution of 1911, many revolutionary revolutionaries studied in Japan, and thought that Japanese students' clothes were Western clothes. After the success of the revolution, Sun Zhongshan designed the "Chinese tunic suit" based on Japanese student clothes. Therefore, the "Chinese tunic suit" is designated as the new national costume. Ordinary people are conservative in thinking, so they tend to reform gowns and gowns. The most successful result of the improvement is cheongsam. Cheongsam's original intention is the robe of the flag (Manchu), but now "cheongsam" refers specifically to the new style of dress that emerged after the 20s of last century. "Cheongsam" is based on the old Manchu robe, the western style cutting method, so that the body is more tightly fitting. In addition, "cheongsam" increased the exposure of clothing, showing the beauty of women's curves. Cheongsam entered the heyday of three and 40s in twentieth Century, and became the standard garment of Chinese women and even the Chinese nation ever since.

"Extinct" in China. Hanfu But it takes root and blossoms in Japan. Japan in the Nara Dynasty dispatched a large number of cultural envoys to China in the Tang Dynasty to learn Chinese culture. These "Tang Tang" finally introduced the "Hanfu" prevailing in the Tang Dynasty into Japan. In this way, the original "Hanfu" became a "Tang suit" and eventually evolved into a kimono in Japan. Even today's kimono still maintains the characteristics of "Hanfu". Today, kimono is recognized by the world as a Japanese national costume.

The history of Han costume is like the history of the Chinese nation. Nowadays, people can only see the rich and elegant style of Hanfu in ancient costumes. In recent years, " Tang Costume In fact, it is the further promotion of Manchu clothing based on cheongsam. Although it does not represent the Han nationality's costume, it may be recognized as the national costume of China.