Although the styles of Hanfu are diverse and complicated, including dresses, uniforms and special clothes, they are mainly divided into three categories from the overall structure. The first is the "deep coat" system, that is, the "upper coat and lower skirt" are connected together. Upper and lower dress system is the most typical one. Including straight clothes, crooked clothes, robes, straight clothes, robes, etc. It belongs to long clothes.
Deep clothes can be worn by both men and women, just as a dress. It is a very practical dress. It is also the clothes of monarchs, officials and literati when they live in Yanju, which refers to informal occasions and belongs to casual clothes. The popularity of Shenfu is very high, which has been circulated for more than 3,000 years. From the pre-Qin period to the end of Ming Dynasty, a Shenfu system was gradually formed.
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Hanfu is developed from the clothes of "Huang Shun governs the world by hanging down its clothes". The ancient Six Clothes for the Emperor, Six Clothes for the Empress, Confucian Clothes and Sword Clothes are located in the center of the Hanfu system, which has been more than 4,000 years. The coronation suit is the foundation of Hanfu, which can best reflect the belief of China people that "Heaven is a Jedi", and it is also a good costume for the Han people to worship gods and ancestors and communicate with heaven and earth for thousands of years.
The combination of Heavenly Emperor's Six Clothes and Empress's Six Clothes not only symbolizes the number of days, but also represents the heaven of Gankun Tiandi, Chensan and Wuxing respectively, which represents the two basic clothing systems of Hanfu, namely the clothing system and the deep clothing system.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-hanfu