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The general dress of the Han people is characterized by a cross-necked

The main features of the Han Chinese dress are the cross-necked, right overlapping, waist-bound, knotted with rope and belt, and also with belt hooks, which give people the impression of being free and easy.

Cross-collar two straight lines like the intersection of the clothes in the center of the line on behalf of the traditional culture of symmetry, revealing a unique neutral and positive charm, on behalf of people to be impartial. Left and right obeisance one inside and one outside of the overlap, this is what Laozi called "everything negative yin and hold the sun". The interlocking collars represent the earth in the heavenly circle, the earth is humanity, i.e., square and upright. A lapel tie, Taoism and Confucianism have the idea. Wear Hanfu cross-collar clothing, must be right overlooking, absolutely can not get upside down.

Knot tassel that tie, belong to the "hidden buckle". The philosophy of Hanbok is to follow nature, with the tailoring surplus material made into a tassel belt connecting pieces of clothing, almost no buttons, not to mention zippers, buttons and so on. A few thin straps, one left and one right in the armpit tie, one inside and one outside on the firmly fixed lapel, can be loose or tight, easy to adjust, look at the floating as if immortal, but also conducive to the warmth of the abdomen.

The general Hanbok sleeve length is "back to the elbow over the wrist", that is, when cutting to leave the arm can go back over the bend of the margin, so that the arm bends when the sleeve length is not affected, when the wearer bends the arm, this sleeve will form a beautiful streamline. Or in the people's hands and feet, or in the wind when standing, broad sleeves will be for people to add a simple and harmonious, elegant and elegant charm.

Origin of Hanfu:

The earliest appearance of Hanfu was during the Yin-Shang period, before there was any archaeological support. About five thousand years ago, China in the Neolithic period of the Yangshao culture, the production of primitive agriculture and textile industry, began to use woven linen to make clothes, the Yellow Emperor's wife Rayon invented the feeding of silkworms and silk spinning, the people's clothing and costumes are becoming more and more complete.

After Yin and Shang, the initial establishment of the crown system, the Western Zhou, the dress system gradually perfected, and the formation of the "crown of the son of God" as the center of the chapter clothing system. "乗殷之辂,服周之冕" is the essence of Confucianism's ideology of governance, the weekly rituals reference to the summer and Shang dynasty rituals and music system.

Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the style of clothing unprecedented rich, mainly in the deep clothes and Hu clothing. In the late Zhou Dynasty, due to the political, economic, ideological and cultural changes have occurred dramatically, especially the Hundred Schools of Thought has a certain impact on the perfection of the dress, the vassal states began to have a clear difference in clothing and customs, and the creation of the deep clothes. Crown system was included in the scope of the "rule of etiquette", became a form of etiquette, since then China's clothing and clothing system more detailed.

All in all, the system of deep clothes, is really the first of the ancient clothes, deep clothes of the leader of the group of clothes, not only in the form of its system, and up and down the general service, in time, the most popular. The same time with the emergence of deep clothing and Hu clothing, Hu clothing is generally composed of short clothes, pants and boots, clothing body tight and narrow, easy to nomadic and hunting. In order to strengthen his army, King Wuling of Zhao was the first to adopt the hu uniform in the Central Plains. As a result, the wearing of hu clothes became a trend for a while.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hanbok