Hanfu

Hanfu covers a complete set of the traditional attire worn by the Han people, including clothes, headwear, hairstyles, face ornaments, shoes, and accessories. Hanfu represents more than 30 traditions of China's intangible cultural heritage. It is an embodiment of the artistry and craftsmanship of textile weaving and dyeing. China was known as huaxia in ancient times, in which the character hua implies fine attire.

Legend has it that Hanfu as a fashion style was developed by Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) more than 4,000 years ago. It subsequently evolved with the changing times resulting in

a plethora of clothing types, patterns, and craftsmanship, including daily wear for the common people and formal attire for monarchs and offi- cials, creating rigid dress codes. The y-shaped jiaoling youren is a typical style of Hanfu, featuring overlapping collars at the front that close to the right side, reflecting the traditional concept that the right side has priority. Ceremonial Hanfu typically has wide sleeves and is decorated with various patterns that reflect the wearer's iden- tity and status. It developed to fit into feudal society's hierarchy and ceremonial systems.

In addition to a focus on aesthetics, Hangfu highlights the importance of ritual conformity, and vividly reflects China's reputation as a nation prizes proper and fine attire, values etiquette, and celebrates splendor and beauty. Hanfu spread widely along the ancient Silk Road and through people-to-people exchanges, and left its mark especially on countries under the influence of Confucian culture, such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Its styles and patterns have also found their way into fashions of the Western world.

漢服

漢服即“漢民族傳統(tǒng)服飾”，是一套包括衣裳、首服、

發(fā)式、面飾、鞋履、配飾等的整體衣冠系統(tǒng)，濃縮了紡織、蠟染等工藝和美學，傳承了30多項中國非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)。古代中國又被稱為“華夏”，其中“華”字就蘊含了“服飾華美”之意。

相傳4000多年前，黃帝發(fā)明衣裳，漢服由此起源。此

后，漢服經(jīng)歷了復雜的演變過程，服飾種類日漸繁多，紋樣和工藝不斷豐富，既有百姓的日常穿著，也有君主和百官的正式禮服，構筑出龐大的服制體系。漢服的典型標志是“交領右衽”，左、右兩側衣襟在領口處交叉形成“交領”， 在外觀上表現(xiàn)為“y”字形，形成整體服飾向右傾斜的效果，體現(xiàn)“以右為尊”的傳統(tǒng)觀念。漢服的禮服一般是寬袖，多繪有各種紋樣，顯示出穿戴者的身份特征，成為封建社會等級差別和禮制范式的重要內(nèi)容。