#aoqun

[rissaito]

ming dynasty miku!! 🪷

inspired by the “brazilian miku” trend on twitter and a gorgeous outfit i discovered from an online hanfu shop! link and close-ups under the cut :)

close-ups!!

the inspiration:

Fashion Hanfu Traditonal Chinese Clothing Ming Dynasty Hanfu Dress Winter - Fashion Hanfu

The Hanfu in the fashion Hanfu store is not only clothing, but also the splendid traditional culture of the Chinese nation for 3000 years.

[newhanfu]

Fall & Winter Golden Hanfu Outfits

From Hanfu Photographer: Jiu Chuan Mo Zong

[ziseviolet]

Do you think Hanfu should have a standard style? I mean, we can wear everything but there is this style which representes Hanfu, I think 齐胸襦裙 could be the best style to represent the standard because it cheap, good quality in general and comfortable! What do you think? Or it is better 袄裙？

Hi! Thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply! (image via)

No, I personally don't think hanfu should have an all-encompassing standard style. Rather than somehow mandating a standard style for everyone, I think it's better to let individual groups, organizations, and institutions set their own standard style if they wish.

Furthermore, as I explained in my post on how I feel about the inconsistency of the hanfu revival movement, even if there was a standard style, it would be very difficult to enforce.

If I had to choose a standard style, I'd probably go with the 交领襦裙/jiaoling (cross-collar) ruqun (image via):

I'd choose jiaoling ruqun because it's:

the most representative style of hanfu imo

commonly depicted in media (well-known)

relatively comfortable & easy to wear

unisex

As for the two options you suggested - 齐胸襦裙/qixiong (chest-high) ruqun & 袄裙/aoqun - while qixiong ruqun is iconic as the representative women's hanfu style of the Tang dynasty, it's not as convenient to wear compared to the other two styles (image via):

Compared to qixiong ruqun, aoqun is probably the better choice when considering convenience & comfort. It's also the representative women's hanfu style of the Ming dynasty, and thus more recent compared to other styles (image via):

With that said, I stick by my opinion that a representative standard style is not necessary for the hanfu revival.

Hope this helps!

[cepheusgalaxy]

Lmao i tried doing some picrews for Wen Ming but they didn't have ming dynasty hanfus (i mean. Not that i should be much surprised since thats a little specific). HOWEVER some of then (apart from the ones that had more modern chinese style shirts yknow the ones) had kimonos and I managed to put a kimono over a skirt and then it looked like an aoqun (type of hanfu where the top/shirt is over the skirt instead of tucked under) so we winning

The picrew (right) and an aoqun for comparison (left)

[ID 1: A Chinese lady wearing a blue aoqun, composed by a large shirt with large sleeves and a crossed collar falling over a big skirt, with some red strings decorating it. 2: A fullbody picrew of a girl with long white hair partially tied in pigtails wearing a green short kimono like a shirt over a big skirt. /end ID.]

[bouquet-and-strawberries]

𝐻𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓈𝒸𝓊𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 by 燕云织造局

[audreydoeskaren]

Is the early 20th century aoqun's skirt a mamianqun?

It was until the 1920s, when skirts of other construction became more popular. You can check out my series on early 20th century womenswear for the exact changes in skirt style through the decades. Skirts in formal ensembles like wedding qungua were still commonly made in the mamian style though, and some could be seen even today. Aoqun skirts faded into obscurity due to cheongsam replacing aoqun as standard womenswear since the 1930s, but they briefly resurfaced in the 1950s and that was the last we hear of them. It should be noted that early 20th century mamian skirts may not be consider genuine mamianqun, as they were often just pleated in a mamian style but didn't have two separate pieces of fabric i.e. the seams were sewn shut, and weren't actually wrap skirts as they could also be closed with buttons or hooks and eyes etc.

1910s cover of literary magazine 中华小说界, showing a mamian skirt.

Photograph of the Song sisters, showing 1920s skirt styles.

Infrographic about qungua from fashion historian 撷芳主人.

1950s aoqun from the 1958 issue of fashion magazine 服庄, the rightmost design has a mamian skirt. These designs were considered quite unique and not that common in the 50s though, cheongsam and Western clothes were much more popular.

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[hanfugallery]

Chinese hanfu mixed with Merry Christmas elements by 海棠私语