Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Chinese women's clothing - Hanfu, as the most classic traditional Asian dress has a long history and rich styles. Which styles are popular at present? We have sorted out the popular Hanfu styles and the corresponding style introduction.

Ruqun (襦裙)

Ruqun is a kind of Hanfu, is one of the earliest and most basic clothing forms in the history of Hanfu, and is one of the most important forms of Chinese women's clothing. From the Warring States period to the Ming Dynasty, though the length and width changed from time to time, the basic shape remained the original pattern.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

The top of the upper body and the skirts of the lower body are called Ruqun, which are the typical "Shangyi Xiachang (上衣下裳, upper top, and lower skirt)" clothing systems. The top is called "ru", which is generally shorter than the knee; the lower body skirt is called "qun". Ruqun is actually a combination of two kinds of clothes. Ruqun appeared in the Warring States period, rising in the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Cross collar Ruqun

Based on the height of the skirt waist, Ruqun can be divided into QiyaoRuqun (mid-waist) Gaoyao Ruqun (high-waist) and Qixiong Ruqun (chest). According to the style of collar, Ruqun can be divided into two categories: Cross collar Ruqun and Straight collar Ruqun.

Among Ruqun, the most popular one is Qixiong Ruqun.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Qixiong Ruqun

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Qixiong Ruqun

Aoqun (袄裙)

Aoqun is a general designation for ancient Chinese women to wear a thick top on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body. It has been recorded since the Tang Dynasty until the Republic of China. In Hanfu, the term "Aoqun" generally refers to the "Ming-style Aoqun". Ming Dynasty Aoqun has straight collar, round collar, stand collar, square collar, and other styles.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Aoqun is often worn with a horse-face dress. Horse-face (马面裙) skirt, also known as "Mamian pleated skirt", is one of the classical Chinese skirt styles. Horse-face skirt originated from the Liao and Song Dynasties, there were four skirt doors in front of them, two overlapped, the outer skirt door had decoration, the inner skirt door had little or no decoration, the side of the horse face skirt was pleated, and the skirt waist was mostly made of white cloth and consolidating with rope or button.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

The horse-face skirt is the most typical style of ancient Chinese women's dress in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its style has experienced a series of changes from the fresh and elegant of the Ming Dynasty to the gorgeous and rich of the Qing Dynasty, and then to the beautiful and simple of the Republic of China, but its "horse-face" structure has been deeply rooted.

The combination of a large sleeve cape (披风) and a horse-face skirt is also very popular. Cape is the shape of a garment, different from a cloak. Cape is long-sleeved coats, popular in the Ming Dynasty, which can be worn either outdoors or indoors.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

cape

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

cape + horse-face skirt

Beizi (褙子) + Moxiong (抹胸) + Song pants (宋裤)

Beizi: Beizi is a kind of traditional costume of Hanfu, which began in the Sui Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Beizi was straight necked and split in both sides. In the Song Dynasty, women often used the combination of "Beizi + Moxiong". Beizi is the most representative clothing of the Song Dynasty, which is worn in all seasons.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Moxiong: the “upper part can cover the chest and the lower part can cover the abdomen”. Tied with buttons or belts.

Song pants: the real song pants refer to the single-layer pants with a split edge on the outer side, which is worn for decoration. Because only the Song Dynasty has this kind of pants with a split outside edge, they are called Song pants.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Hanfu elements clothing

Round collar Robe (圆领袍)

Round collar robes first appeared in the Shang Dynasty, it is one of the traditional Chinese women's clothing. After the development of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it gradually spread across the country. Both men and women can wear round collar robes.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Most of the men's round collar robes are solid colors without patterns. Women's round collar robes are brightly colored and have many patterns. After the Song Dynasty, the round collar robes became one of the official costumes of the officials, which was also widely used in the later Ming Dynasty, and became the most convenient way to distinguish the official class. The convenience and comfort of the round collar are self-evident, and it is also popular today.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Of course, the article only lists a part of the current popular traditional Chinese women's clothing, and now more and more improved Hanfu styles appear, making it easier to wear and express traditional cultural emotions so that more people can feel the charm of the Chinese women's clothing.

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing
Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

The 5 Most Popular Styles of Oriental Dress & Clothing - Asian Robe

Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing
Top 5 Popular Traditional Chinese Women's Clothing

Guide to Traditional Chinese Clothing - Hanfu

Creative License: The article is the author original, udner (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Copyright License. Share & Quote this post or content, please Add Link to this Post URL in your page. Respect the original work is the best support for the creator, thank you!
3 Comment(s) A文章作者 M管理员
  1. 陈

    Hmm... Beizi is not a "cape" by English definitions :v

  2. Merriel

    These fabrics arer just glorious!

  3. XiaoLingKai

    I really like the second last Hanfu picture 😍🔥