1、歐陽科創(chuàng)編2021.02.05Hanfu refers to the pre-17th century traditional clothing of the Han Chinese, the predominant ethnic group of China.Hanfu encompasses all types of traditional clothing worn by the Han Chinese ethnic group. As such, it has a history as long as the history of the Han Chinese people. Han

2、fu was eliminated by Manchuinvaders by force in the 17th century, and is largely unknown in China today, except among a small but vocal group of people advocating the revival of Hanfu as a Chinese national costume.History of Hanfu tradition, Hanfu can be keith traced back to the Yellow Emperor, a gr

3、eat sage king of ancient China whom legend says ruled in the 27th century BC. Hanfu itself has a recorded history of more than 3000 years. It was worn by Han Chinese people from the semilegendary Xia Dynasty (c. 21st century BC - 16th century BC) all the way to the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644). The tra

4、ditional dress of many Asian countries have been influenced by Hanfu, especially those of Japan and Korea.Accordingto ChineseHanfu was regarded by Han Chinese as a very important part of their culture. The wearing of appropriate styles of Hanfu was an important part of courteous refinedbehavi ou 匚Co

5、nfucius considered Hanfu a very important part of Chinese ceremony and ritual and many of his quotations contain references to Hanfu.The disappearance of HanfuHanfu disappeared at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Qing Dynasty was founded not by Han Chinese who form the overwhelming

6、maj ority of the population of China proper, but by the Manchus. Taking advantage of the political instability and frequent popular rebellions convulsing China, thehighlyorganizedmilitary forces of the Manchus swept into the Ming capital of Beijing in 1644 (which itself had earlier fallen to rebel f

7、orces under Li Zicheng), and formed the Qing Dynasty.The Manchus foresaw that they would have great difficulty ruling the Han Chinese, who outnumbered them vastly and had a more sophisticated culture. Soon after the takeover of China proper, the Manchus forced the Han Chinese men to adopt Manchu hai

8、rstyle (the braid) and Manchu-style clothing. (QipaoandTangzhuang)There was enormous resistance to these policies, especially against the braid, which required shaving the entire top front half of the head. (Chinese traditional dictated that removing hair was against filial piety because one receive

9、d one's hair from one's parents.) Popular uprisings flaired up immediately, but those were put down brutally. Up to 30 to 50 million Han Chinesepeople may have perished in total as a result of the Manchu invasion and conquest. Enforcement of the policies was swift, brutal, and effective. Han

10、fu was replaced by Manchu-style clothing. Hanfu was still permited for women, howeverwithout thetraditional support of the palace, women started replacing their hanfu clothing with styles that were influenced by the imperial court and Hanfu was completly gone within a century of Qing rule.After the

11、fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Manchu dress and the braid disappeared quickly in favour of western-style dress. Today most Han Chinese wear western-style clothing, and Han Chinese clothing is largely unknown.Recent attempts by Hanfu advocates in China to wear Hanfu outdoors have provoked curious

12、reactions from onlookers, many of them mistaking Hanfu for Japanesedress.However, there is a small but vocal movement in China to revive Han Chinese clothing as a Chinese national custom.Description of HanfuShenyi is a kind of full- length, one-piece robe which links the Yi and Chang together to wra

13、p 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 garmentJiaoling Youren: "Crossed collars, tying to the right." This is the standard collar style of hanfu. Fo

14、r both men and women, always overlap the right side of the hanfu with the left side. The opposite right-over-left style is for other nations or used to dress a corpse for burial. Qu:sleeve cuffsMei:sleevesChang:skirtQuju: skirt with curved hemformed by circling the fabric around the bodyLegendAccord

15、ing to legend, the first ruler of the Chinese nation and the ancestor of the Chinese people is an immemorial sage king called the Yellow Empero匸 According to traditional reckoning, he unified the North China Plain in 2697 BC. Legends say that under his rule, China was a prosperous and powerful natio

16、n with stable politics and advanced culture. Many cultural and technological inventions are attributed to his reign, such as the Chinese written language, methods of agriculture, music, the Chinese calendar and so on. The Yellow Emperor*s imperial consort,Leozu Su, was said to be the first person to

17、 know how to raise silkworms and make silk from the silkworm cocoon, from which Hanfu was woven. Thus the Chinese Hanfu was invented. Because Leizu had provided China with beautiful silk and Hanfu, she is often revered as the female ancestor of the Chinese people, and respectfully addressed with the

18、 title ofXianchan since the Western ZhouDynasty.The Influences Of HanfuDue to the length of its history andChina1 soverwhelming cultural influence on the region, Hanfu has significantly shaped the styles of traditional costumes of someAsiancountries.Korea Hanbok and Japanese Kimono,they have the unique style , have some differences from Hanfu.But they had been influenced by Hanfu. These clothings have common feature: Youren and wide sleeve. Some people in China today also mistake Hanfu for Korean Hanbok and JapaneseKimono