What's the difference between a Chinese tunic suit and a suit?

Zhongshan suit, named after Sun Yat-sen, is designed on the basis of widely absorbing European and American costumes, and it combines western-style clothing and Chinese-style clothing elements. This four-piece pocket dress with straight lapels and pocket covers was widely loved by adult men in China in 1960s and 1970s.

The difference between Chinese tunic suit and suit

Different versions

Chinese tunic suit: closed splayed neckline with sleeves, 5 buttons in the center of front placket, and seamless back. The cuffs can be decorated with split nails, fake split nails or without split buttons. Open the bag, symmetrical left and right up and down, covered with a button. The upper two small pockets are flat patch pocket, and the bottom corners are curved. The middle of the pocket cover is curved and pointed, and the two big pockets below are tiger bags. Pants have three pockets, and the bottoms are rolled up. The modelling of Zhongshan suit is based on the basic modelling and combined with China's traditional consciousness. The overall silhouette is padded with shoulders and waist, balanced and symmetrical, and it is stable and elegant to wear.

Suit: Also known as "suit" and "dress". Suit is a kind of "foreign culture". In China, people usually call a coat with lapels and lapels, three pockets and a length below the hip circumference a "suit".

Detailed introduction of Zhongshan suit

As the new national costume of China. Sun Yat-sen expounded the ideological and political meaning of the dress: the four pockets outside the dress represent "four dimensions" (namely, courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame), and the five buttons on the front and five pockets (one inside) respectively represent Sun Yat-sen's five-power constitutional theory (executive power, legislative power, judicial power, examination power and supervision power) to show the people's supervision function of supervision power. The three buttons on the left and right cuffs respectively represent the Three People's Principles (nationality, civil rights and people's livelihood) and the concept of * * * harmony (equality, freedom and fraternity), and the collar is closed with lapels, indicating the rigorous concept of governing the country; The pocket cover protruding from the middle of the arc above the pocket, the shape of the pen hill represents the importance of intellectuals, and the back is not stitched, which indicates the great significance of national peaceful reunification.

Zhongshan suit has many advantages, such as balanced and symmetrical shape, elegant and generous appearance, elegant and steady dress, convenient activities, free movement, warmth and so on. It can be used as both formal and casual clothes. Its disadvantage is tight neckline and close to the neck. Zhongshan suit has attracted the favor of middle-aged and elderly people and overseas Chinese with its unique calm, sophisticated, steady and generous style, especially intellectuals still regard Zhongshan suit as a daily dress. When you wear it, you should pay attention to the meaning conveyed by the Zhongshan suit, which conforms to its attitude towards life. We should close the buttons. Some people will open them for temporary comfort, which will make them look nondescript, elegant and serious in everyone's eyes.

After the reform and opening up, due to the popularity of suits and other fashions, Zhongshan suit was gradually forgotten by people. But in recent years, with the rise of retro fashion and national costume culture, Zhongshan suit reappears on the stage of current clothing.