were there any specific clothing for children or did they wear the same outfits as adults? :0
Hi, thanks for the question! The Chinese-language Wikipedia article on “hanfu” has a section on children’s clothing, so I took the following information from there:
Children’s clothing was generally similar to that of adults. Cross-collar designs were favored, as they were considered gentle on children’s delicate skin. Children mostly wore outfits with separate tops and bottoms, such as shuhe(cross-collared top extending to the knees + tied trousers). They also wore banbi(half-sleeve jacket) by itself. Below: Song Dynasty child wearing shuhe (left), and Tang Dynasty child wearing banbi (right).
Full-body one-piece garments were worn as well, though not as often as two-piece garments. Below: children from the Song Dynasty (left) and Ming Dynasty (right).
Tang and Song Dynasty girls wore ruqun, and Ming Dynasty girls wore aoqun. Below left: Song Dynasty girl dressed in beizi (jacket) and ruqun, and wearing a guzi (headband). Below right: Ming Dynasty girls wearing aoqun.
Some young children would just wear underwear such as dudou, moxiong,liangdang, etc. Below: Song Dynasty children wearing dudou (left), and liangdang (right).
Children had headgear unique to them. Babies and young children often wore tiger-hats, because of the belief that the tiger’s power could protect them and make them strong. The fengmao (wind hat) was a hat with an extended back used to block wind. Children did wear some of the same headgear as adults, such as fujin. Below left: children wearing fujin (top) and fengmao (bottom). Below right: Ming Dynasty child dressed in a pifeng (Ming-style jacket) and wearing a tiger-hat.
Guzu was a headband/hat that was often decorated with tigers, flowers, etc. Below left: Ming Dynasty child wearing guzu and dressed in yuanlingshan(round-collar top). Below right: child wearing pifeng (Ming-style jacket).
Finally, young children often wore shoes with designs of animals, such as tiger-shoes and pig-shoes.
Hope this helps!
