If you have ever seen a hanfu photo of a woman in a high-waisted, wide-sleeved dress with a full flowing skirt and a flower-petal neckline, you have seen Tang dynasty hanfu. Of all the historical periods that hanfu culture has revived, the Tang is the one that shows up most often in travel photoshoots, costume […]
From June 6 through the end of November 2026, Shanghai transforms into a living showcase of Haipai qipao culture. The “Chaoyun 6·6 Shanghai Haipai Qipao Month” is not just an exhibition — it is a four-dimensional cultural ecosystem spanning shows, exhibitions, competitions, and shopping, with activities radiating across multiple city landmarks. Whether you are a […]
The 2026 Duanwu holiday in Shanghai is not just about zongzi. Across 12 districts, the city has rolled out 24 officially curated intangible heritage activities, several of which spotlight qipao and traditional textile arts alongside folk customs. Here are the highlights most relevant to heritage fashion enthusiasts. Sanlin Embroidery Meets Qipao On June 20 at […]
On June 13, the “Guochao Style · New Chinese” 2026 Qingpu District Textile Industry Workers’ Labor and Skills Competition wrapped up at Songze Yingxiang (崧泽映巷), showcasing how intangible heritage textiles and contemporary design can produce garments that are both culturally rooted and daily-wearable. Competition Overview Co-hosted by the Shanghai Textile Trade Union and Qingpu District […]
Eight hundred years after they were laid to rest, the finest surviving garments of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) have come together for the first time. On June 12, 2026, the “Crown of Song Clothing” (宋服之冠) exhibition opened at the Huangyan Museum in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, bringing 97 sets of rare Song dynasty artifacts into […]
China’s guochao (国潮) — the national-tide fashion movement — is no longer a niche subculture. National Bureau of Statistics data for Q1 2026 shows online apparel retail sales grew 11.6% year-on-year, with hanfu and New Chinese Style (新中式) clothing emerging as the primary engine. Women’s hanfu transaction volume alone surged 455%, a figure that signals […]
Few garments in the Chinese clothing tradition have generated as much scholarly argument — or as many physical reconstructions — as the shenyi. Mentioned in the Liji, the Yili, and the Book of Rites as the foundational “deep robe” of Confucian ritual, the shenyi has been lost to history in any unbroken sense for roughly two thousand years. There […]
Three kilometers southeast of Quanzhou’s old city, in a fishing village called Xunpu, an unbroken tradition that began on the wharves of the medieval maritime Silk Road has, almost by accident, become one of the most-photographed intangible heritage practices in China. The tradition is the Xunpu women’s hair garland — a circular wreath of seasonal […]
In May 2026, gambiered canton gauze — a silk fabric dyed entirely with plant and mineral materials in the river townships of Shunde — was exhibited at the 22nd China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, where artists used its dense, light-absorbing surface to recreate Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lily” in the medium’s natural ink-black ground. The […]
On June 19, 2026, the Jiangsu Provincial Procuratorate Office — a Qing-era government compound in the heart of Suzhou — opened its heavy wooden doors for something entirely different from its centuries-old purpose. Inside, 85 national, provincial, and municipal intangible cultural heritage (ICH) items filled its restored halls: Nanjing yunjin brocade glowing with gold thread, […]
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