Han Chinese ClothingHan Chinese Clothing

漢 服漢 服

Presented by Miranda Liu

Han Chinese clothingHan Chinese clothing, or HanfuHanfu (TC: 漢服漢服 ; SC: 汉服汉服 ; pinyin: hànfú; literally “Clothing of the Han people”) refers to the pre-17th century traditional clothing of the Han Chinese, the predominant ethnic group of China.

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Many traditional costumes of Asian countries, such as the kimono in Japan, along with the traditional dresses Korean Hanbok and Vietnamese ao dai, are derived from Hanfu and have the same style as Hanfu.

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In contrast to China, Japanese and Korean traditional dress have been preserved over the centuries, and are close to what pre-Manchu Hanfu looked like.