How to wear Ming Dynasty Hanfu? What are the styles of Ming Dynasty Hanfu?

Nowadays, many young people like to wear Hanfu. Hanfu is actually a relatively important culture for our country. Ming Hanfu is the style of the Ming Dynasty. So how should Ming Hanfu be worn?

How to wear Ming Dynasty Hanfu

There are many ways to wear Ming Dynasty Hanfu. As a common women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty, the skirt is an important style that has been preserved from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is generally worn with a "collar on the upper body and a pleated skirt on the lower body". The aoqun is a general term for wearing a jacket on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body. The lower body is usually matched with a horse-faced skirt or a pleated skirt. The half-sleeve is also called a half-sleeve. It developed from the upper jacket of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, the half-sleeve evolved into a dagger, which is called a vest in literary terms and can be matched with aoqun.

What are the styles of Ming Dynasty Hanfu?

Ming Dynasty Hanfu is divided into two types: men's and women's clothing. There are many styles. Ming Dynasty Hanfu refers to the clothing of the Ming Dynasty, specifically the Hanfu of this period, that is, Ming Dynasty Hanfu. The Ming Dynasty was a period of great diversity of Hanfu in Chinese history. The following styles are divided into two types: men's and women's:

Women's clothing: There are Ming Dynasty-style jackets and skirts, the Ming Dynasty's clothing style of upper jacket and lower skirt. Women in the Ming Dynasty often wear a short waist skirt outside the skirt to facilitate movement. There are also waist-length skirts, double-breasted skirts, jackets, cloaks and jackets from previous dynasties.

Men's clothing: There are clothes from the pre-Qin period, various Ming-style deep clothing imitating the Qin and Han dynasties, and round-collared robes inherited from the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. The round collar is also called a round collar, which is actually a collarless collar. The collar is round, covered with a hard lining, and has buttons on the collar. The Taoist robe with Ming Dynasty characteristics is the outer garment for men at home in the Ming Dynasty. It can also be used as a lining robe or a wedding dress for civilian men. The straight-body, daily-wear long gown is an important costume in the Ming Dynasty. The style of the straight robe has changed and is popular among literati and scholars, and is also used to make Hanfu.

What is Ming Dynasty Hanfu?

Ming Dynasty Hanfu refers specifically to Hanfu from the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, re-established the clothing system based on the traditions of the Han nationality, "inheriting the Zhou and Han dynasties and taking the Tang and Song dynasties". This clothing uniform is the Ming Dynasty Hanfu. In the middle and late stages of the development of the Ming Dynasty Hanfu, new styles and designs that were not seen in previous generations appeared, such as stand-up collars, and a large number of buttons were used in conspicuous places on a piece of clothing. It was gradually banned during the Qing Dynasty, but a few styles and features are still passed down to this day. The national costumes (Hanbok, Ryukyu costumes, Yuefu) of the Korean, Ryukyu, and Kinh ethnic groups in modern times are also deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty costumes.

Classification of Ming Dynasty Hanfu

1. Capes in the Ming Dynasty: Capes are double-breasted outer garments that can be worn by both men and women in the Ming Dynasty. People in the Ming Dynasty believed that they evolved from the jackets of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

2. Ming Dynasty jackets: Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty mainly included shirts, jackets, shawls, back jackets, vests and skirts.

3 Ming vertical collar: The vertical collar clothing appeared in the Ming Dynasty, first appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

4 Ming Dynasty Bijia: Bijia is a sleeveless, collarless, double-breasted vest with slits on both sides that reach below the knees.

5. Ming Dynasty Helmet: A thick coat worn by soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

6 Ming Dynasty jacket and skirt: Women in the Ming Dynasty often wore a short waist skirt over their skirts to facilitate movement.

7. Yisa of the Ming Dynasty: One of the more popular costumes in the Ming Dynasty, evolved from the braided jacket of the Yuan Dynasty.