Style
Shenyi (深衣) is a kind of full-length, one-piece robe which links the Yi and Chang together to wrap up the body. It is cut separately but sewn together. Shenyi was named because when it was worn "the body was deeply wrapped up".
Parts of Shenyi:
Jin: the front of upper garment
Jiaoling Youren: "Crossed collars, tying to the right." This is the standard collar style of hanfu. For both men and women, always overlap the right side of the hanfu with the right side. The opposite right-over-left style is for other nations or used to dress a corpse for burial.
Qu: sleeve cuffs
Mei: sleeves
Chang: skirt
Quju: skirt with curved hem formed by circling the fabric around the body
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| Tibetan robe (Zhang pao)
The Tibetans call it zhuba. It is their favourite attire, and the most distinctive mark that tells the tibetans from people of other ethnic backgrounds.
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| Cheongsam (Qipao)
The cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion.
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| Dragon Robe (Long pao)
The robe embroidered with dragon patterns was made for the exclusive use of an emperor during the Qing dynasty. The ritual of embroidering dragon patterns on the emperor's robe, however, dates back to as early as the Zhou Dynasty (11"' cen-tury-256 B.C.). During the Yuan and Ming, the emperors were already wearing robes graced with dragon patterns, but it was not until the Qing that they were named "dragon robes" and became part of the official attire system.
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| Patches of Embroidery on Official Robes (Buzi)
Buzi is a term referring to animal patterns embroidered with silk thread in yellow and other colours on the front and back of robes worn by officials during the Ming and Qing. In Chinese feudal hierarchy such animal patterns were status symbols for government officials.
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| Qing Style
Chang Pao was men's common wear, lower than the knees and with a round collar band. It was a long gown featured collarless, narrow horseshoe-shaped sleeves, buttons down the left front, four slits and a fitting waist. The slits could enhance men's freedom of mobility while they were riding the horse. Men wore thin Chang Pao made of cotton cloth in the summer, and warm cotton Chang Pao or fur-lined robe in the winter.
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