Sino-Japanese Cultural Collision: What's the Difference between China Hanfu and Japanese Kimono?

Kimono is the national costume of Japan. Before the Edo era, it was called Five Blessingg, and the words came out: ancient story, Japanese record, a dream from a window. Before kimono was called, Japanese clothing was called "wearing things", while in ancient Japan, Wufu was a kind of "wearing things". Kimono can be divided into public property and military property. Now the so-called kimono, in fact, was small sleeve in ancient times. The appearance of small sleeve started from the Muromachi era, and the white sleeves of nobles gradually became the clothes of ordinary people. "Things to wear" include not only "Wu clothes", but also shoulder clothes, hunting clothes in peacetime, etc. These are not from Wu clothes, but from local traditional costumes. Twelve orders were improved from Shang Tang clothes in Nara era, and then changed and innovated.

The origin of kimono can be traced back to the 3rd century. In the Nara era, Japanese envoys came to China and received a large number of dazzling robes. The following year, Japan imitated the costumes of Sui and Tang Dynasties. In Muromachi era, kimono was improved on the basis of inheriting the costumes of Tang Dynasty, while kimono pockets were created under the influence of Christian missionaries wearing robes and belts.