Hanfu is also called Hanzhuang and Huafu. According to China's traditional ancient books, Hanfu was made by the Yellow Emperor about 5,000 years ago or during the Yellow Emperor's period. For example, in the History Book of the Han Dynasty, the courtiers of the Yellow Emperor "Apollo made clothes" and "Hu Cao made crowns". The Book of Changes says that "the Yellow Emperor Yao Shun hangs down his clothes to rule the world".
Records of the Five Emperors said that Lei Zu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, raised silkworms and made silk for clothes.
Hanfu has a long history and various styles, and each dynasty has its own characteristics, but the main features remain unchanged, such as the collar is mainly horizontal collar, straight collar and round neck, and the sleeves are divided into wide sleeves, small sleeve sleeves and Hu Chui sleeves.
Hanfu can be divided into formal clothes and regular clothes. Among them, coronation is the most solemn and formal dress for emperors and officials; Robe clothes (deep clothes) are common clothes for officials and scholars, while skirts are popular among women. Ordinary working people generally wear short clothes and pants.
Accessories headdress is one of the important parts of Han costumes. Ancient Han men and women put their hair in a bun, put it on their heads, fixed it with knots, and put on crowns to show their adulthood.
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers of Manchu implemented the policy of "shaving hair and changing clothes", forbidding people to wear Hanfu and have long hair. Since then, the ancient Hanfu has gradually disappeared from people's lives. Due to the policy of "ten obedience and ten disobedience" in the Qing court, Hanfu did not completely disappear, such as the costumes of Taoist priests and monks.
Hanfu has influenced the whole Chinese cultural circle, and Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Bhutan and other Asian countries can learn from it.
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The origin of Han costumes
Archaeological findings show that bone needles and spinning wheels were found in Peiligang cultural site and Baijiacun site in Lintong, Shaanxi Province seven or eight thousand years ago, which shows that people at that time were already able to spin cloth and make clothes. By the time of Yangshao culture about 5000 years ago, not only a large number of spinning wheels were found, but also a large number of cloth prints were found on pottery.
Ramie and cocoon were also found in the ruins of the same period. It shows that primitive agriculture and textile industry have appeared at this time, and linen woven from ramie and silk spun from silkworm feed are used to make clothes. Only in archaeological excavations, no physical objects of this period were found.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Fifty-six Nationalities in China
Baidu encyclopedia-national clothing