What are the categories of Hanbok?

The main types of Hanbok are the "深衣" system (the upper and lower garments are sewn together), the "上衣下裳" system (the upper and lower garments are separated), and the "襦裙" system (襦, or short coat). short jacket) and other types.

Of these, the imperial robe with a top coat and a bottom garment was the most solemn and formal dress for emperors and officials; the gown (deep coat) was the regular dress for officials and scholars, and the 襦裙 was the favorite dress of women. Ordinary working people usually wore a short coat on top and long pants underneath.

Extended information:

I. The status of the Han Chinese dress

The Han Chinese dress had a far-reaching influence due to the spread of the Chinese Confucian King's culture, which was spread by neighboring ethnic groups, including many other Confucian Cultural Circle (Han Cultural Circle) countries borrowed some features of Hanfu by emulating the Chinese ceremonial system, which is used for the five rituals of auspiciousness and badness, and for the Bingjunjia (military) and the Jiajia (five rituals).

Additionally, the Chinese ceremonial rite of passage stipulated that the rulers of the four barbarians had to wear their own national costumes in order to meet the Chinese emperor, which was called "the masters of the tombs had to wear their national costumes". In the Han and Tang dynasties, there was a system of regular visits to the emperor by the leaders of the neighboring ethnic groups, the so-called "Chaojie" system.

Whether it was a foreign monarch and his envoys or courtiers who visited the Chinese emperor to receive an official position and to make a contribution, or whether it was the Chinese emperor who hosted a banquet for a foreign monarch, the foreign monarch was required to wear the national costume.

The national costume system encouraged neighboring peoples to form their own national costumes. For example, Emperor Taizong of the Khitan Dynasty entered the Jin Dynasty and came into contact with the Chinese clothing system, and after his return to the north, he formulated his own national costume and Chinese clothing system with reference to the Chinese clothing system. In the past dynasties, there was a "Tribute Map" depicting the costumes of other countries' envoys

Second, the cultural connotation

Hanbok was developed from the clothes of "Huangdi, Yao, Shun, and the world's rule". The ancient six suits of the Son of Heaven, the six suits of the Queen, the Confucian suit, and the sword suit are located in the center of the Hanfu system, which has been inherited for more than 4,000 years. The coronet is the root of the Han Chinese dress, and it can best reflect the Chinese belief of "Jedi Tian Tong", and it is also the auspicious dress for the Han Chinese people to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and to communicate with the heaven and earth for thousands of years.

The six suits of the son of heaven and the six suits of the queen not only symbolize the twelve of the heaven, but also represent the heaven and earth, the three eons and the five elements of the heavenly way, and represent the two basic service systems of the Han Dynasty - the garment system and the deep garment system.

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