Qing Dynasty dress robes and coats, why is it called robes and coats? What is the meaning of the lab coat a

Horse coat, nomadic clothing, Hakka also known as the lapel shirt, is one of the men's clothing of the Qing Dynasty in China, set in the cheongsam or Manchu-style tunic outside wear, some similar to the undershirt or jacket, so wear neatly and called "long shirt and horse coat". The Manchu conquered China and established the Qing Dynasty. Began to force the implementation of shaved hair and easy to wear, so that the traditional dress Hanfu almost all banned from wearing, replaced by this Manchurian robe. It became popular throughout the country in the late Qing Dynasty. The waistcoat is a sleeved top, different from the sleeveless vest. Divided into three kinds of lapel, lapel, pipa lapel. General length to the navel, sleeve to the elbow. Early in the Qing Dynasty, only Manchu people wear, due to the public forced Han people to shave their hair and easy to serve, Kangxi and Yongzheng years began to be widely popular, divided into a single, folder, yarn, leather, cotton and other types. In the Qing dynasty, the yellow waistcoat is the emperor's special gift guards warriors, military merit and line fence hunting outstanding achievements, on behalf of the royal grace. So other people may not wear yellow coats. The first year of the Republic of China (1911), the Beiyang government promulgated the "service system case" will be listed as one of the men's robes and coats. In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), the Nationalist Government published the "Regulations on the Clothing System", which officially listed the blue robe and the black waistcoat as "national dress". Most of the Chinese comedians and other opera singers still wear robes when they perform their programs, but after the founding of the Republic of China, most of them changed to Zhongshan suits, and now most of them are shirts or suits.