Hanfu, The Graceful And Beautiful Traditional Chinese Dress In Action In The Streets

For a long time the Japanese kimono and the Korean hanbok were the only East Asian traditional clothing the world has been familiar with.

These, though, are not the Chinese traditional clothing. 

In fact, for a long time too, the world has only known of the qipao or cheongsam and the tang jacket as the traditional clothing of the Chinese women and men respectively.

Qipao and the tang jacket, strictly, are not the traditional Chinese clothing. They are Manchurian.

The traditional Chinese clothing is the beautiful and graceful hanfu 汉服, literally, the clothing of the Han people.

In fact, hanfu predated the Japanese kimono and the Korean hanbok.

Both the Japanese kimono and Korean hanbok were adaptations of the Chinese hanfu.

Many, however, still mistake the hanfu as an adaptation of Japanese kimono or the Korean hanbok instead.

Not so surprising since hanfu has not been seen except in Chinese period dramas.

Not surprising too, many go agape when they do seen people wearing hanfu on the streets.

However, with the revival of interest among the Chinese themselves in recent years, things are hopefully changing.

I say rich amen to that!