Young people in China want traditional Han clothing back in fashion
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Across China, some young people are switching from jeans and T-shirts to long dresses, silky robes and black hats.
They’re not cosplayers or period drama actors, but rather members of a booming movement to turn Hanfu, or ethnic Han clothing, into everyday wear.
Not gonna lie, i wouldnt mind people dressing like romans and greeks
Wear a toga
People would think you're cosplaying as some mythology character
I'm not sure, if you're not really fit, it could be sad
No more pants
@@suacemanaquiatan9380 Toga wasn't an everyday outift. It was ceremonial and not very pleasant to wear.
Traditional clothing needs come back to the whole world.
打个繁体字看看
@@inty9578 你要的繁體字，打了，然後呢？
@@maxli8048 我是说这个人要传统服饰 没准从小在国外长得 顺便让他把中文学了
@@inty9578 I can't understand
@@Dave102693 use Google translation then.
No wonder they want it back, it's drop-dead gorgeous!
exactly!
mashallah
Yeah this is kind of inspiring me to get fancy medieval royalty like clothes
@@catboynestormakhno2694alot of ancient Europe transition clothing are very pretty like Crinolines, wearing it look like princesss in middle age
@@catboynestormakhno2694 Nah medieval people looked goofy asf, particularly Europeans wearing ruffs and striped shorts lol
Imagine the world's countries themed as a period in their history but with a level of technology as today. Lit!
Germany goes brrrrrrrr
@@yourlocalcopiumdealer634 oh no
@@yourlocalcopiumdealer634 oh no 2
@@feaaaaaaaaaaaahhh oh *YES*
no
America : I would destroy whole culture thing in this world
because I don't have
I am 100 percent for this, so long as I get to wear Victorian clothes whenever I want.
I mean is that traditional, when it was only wore for a limited amount time
Well, if you consider 75 years a short time.....although, of course, there were different styles even within that time period.
I know someone that wears Victorian and Edwardian clothes wherever she goes and has a 'Vicwardian' lifestyle, I often wear Victorian-inspired (but not historically accurate) clothes just for the heck of it (just with a more Gothic twist), and there's Steampunks and people who do embrace wearing period clothe as everyday things, with varying levels of historic accuracy, and you also get people who wear other traditional European 'national costume' on a more frequent basis than just cultural events. Most 'traditional' clothing for ethnic groups evolved over time, so Victorian is just as much part of the tradition of English dress as Edwardian, or Tudor. I'm in Scotland, and the kilt has a complicated history that's more than just the tartan dress kilt people wear to formal events now, for example.
why not?
Bruno H But, I mean a few decades. Because the victorian era was really the start of mass fashion that only lasted a few years. Before then fashions would take centuries to change and only really changed with the tastes of the elites and the monarch.
Here in Scotland we can wear traditional kilts and tartans whenever we like, so I wish them well with their project.
Ireland, Wales and Scotland have a traditional dress but England has nothing. the closest we came to a traditional dress was the red cloaks worn in the 18th century.
@@kobanogard5701 Yea, England's traditional clothing is probably the stereotypical Medieval European dresses and the Scarlet Uniform or Tuxedo looking Clothing with Bowler Hat
@@hutty8667 18th century fashion is probably the closest you can get i think. The typical red coat i feel would be too problematic (invasion of India and Africa and all that) so maybe red or blue dresses?
if its not windy...
(ps those quilts are cool)
@@kobanogard5701 Well, actually. The male business suits was originally derived from English fashion starting way back in the 17th century.
So if you stretch it a bit, you can say everyone is wearing traditional English clothing every single day.
Yall are overthinking it, people just wanna revive it for fashion and cultural identity, no politics
🙄
No white people allowed
Facts
@@TechCarnivore1 white people are also allowed they wear it all time
yup
It's pretty, it's traditional, it's feminine, it's modest, it has styles for both men and women of all heights, sizes and ages. I say, go for it!
@Eeee get outta here
@Eeee I think they meant because it’s flowy and used with softer and lighter fabrics
back when the 'dress' was unisex.. throw back to those times
@@user-ii2ie2iv1x you get outta here
@@user-ii2ie2iv1x yea you get outta here
This makes sense. Both the Japanese and Koreans dress traditionally for certain occasions. Why not the Chinese?
And other country like Indonesia, India, and other country too
China culture revolution. Many traditions were lost
@@InnerSenseRockBand I like they called Mao suits
because chinese government don't want this
te vege nah they support this
When I see someone wearing traditional clothing on the street, I'd never think negatively of that person, in fact it'd be the opposite of that, I'd only think it's impressive.
@@WoofyMcDoodle lol no they wouldnt they might gawk tho
@@patrickhenry6695 As a young person in a western country, we might beat someone up if they looked like that in school, so, not off the table
@@proh3649 Sure, if youre a child, a minor. But in Normal society no.
@@proh3649 As a former minor in America
@@emilia2108 I have no idea what you mean.
I am Chinese-Filipino. In both cultures, both traditionally wear conical hats when farming rice. I live in America and bought a hat like this at Epcot. I was worried about the stigma of wearing it in public, but a lot of people actually complimented me for wearing it. It made me happy and realize that it's not hard to just be yourself and try things like this, even if you are on the opposite side of the world. :)
Fellow Asian here. Wearing it in public like the mall or indoors would be kind of cringe and out of place to some people, some might secretly take a picture of you and make fun of you on the internet or sumn
This honestly made me smile
Why wear it if you're not collecting rice? Lol
@@BlueToku well you have most of the population coming from Asia to defend you ❤️ also be proud to be Asian and not hide it
It's actually something awesome to do that. You are who you are, and people would endlessly judge anyway
A saw a picture of a young Chinese soldier wearing what looked like traditional Han clothes. he was tall, looked into the distance, with so much confidence in the way he way standing. he had a horse in the background and was just oozing masculinity. that's the most beautiful picture I've ever seen
Did you keep the photo? I'm very intrigued
@Vlad Tepes Actually, the Chinese people aren't as ignorant as you think. Though the government might've destroyed a lot of historical documents, many of the citizens know about their history through their older relatives and books written by overseas Chinese. Chinese culture is also very much preserved still.
@Vlad Tepes uhm idk where you got that from but ok. Westernization came before the ccp
@@wonhoscake1214 Probably from the Cultural Revolution when red guards would roam around the country smashing and burning anything they deemed to be too "traditional" or "old guard" like the tombs of Qing and Ming emperors, temples and such,,, you know, cultural things.
@@yatta4059 Hanfu and other Han culture are banned by ethnic Jurchen/Manchu, ethnic minority in China. Long before the communist/CCP are born
In Japan we love our yukatas and kimonos. If Chinese people want Han clothing I'd say go for it, there is no bad nationalism here
I thought the word was wafuku?
@@user-tp7ne1du1n kimono and wafuku can be used interchangeably. Yukata is a type of kimono.
@IKnow Daway >.>
Western media likes to depict anything China does in a bad light
Wearing cool clothes doesn't hurt anyone, and I support this fully
This is interesting because in JAPAN festivals and visitors will wear their traditional clothing kimono. China should normalize their Han clothing
@Justin Xie ya duh China influences their languages also. But they've all grown culturally apart from the Chinese stuff. The kimono should be respected by itself why go "ya but it's from China"
@@roshn.i Because it is important to acknowledge the origin of everything. Justin Xie didn't say Kimono came from China, but that it is based on Ancient Han-Chinese's Hanfu.
@Justin Xie 你的中式英文真是令人一脸懵逼
Japanese are just Chinese on an Island.
China destroyed their culture under communism. Japan did not. This is no longer part of their culture.
Han Chinese: are proud of their identity and showing it off with beautiful clothing
White Chinese studies "expert": This is troubling
Why does it not bode well? The majority of Chinese are still proud to call themselves Han Chinese even though the Han dynasty has passed many centuries ago. The Manchu and Mongolian people can still wear their own dynastic clothes if they want to, nobody is stopping them.
That would look awesome. I mean, it's like a celebration of ethnical diversity from many different provinces and also appreciation towards various existing cultures.
Looks like you doesn't know anything about Chinese people. Han people doesn't refer to Han dynasty to the Han Chinese ethnic majority. In china there's 56 ethnic groups. Han Chinese was the majority
@@masterkoi29 So? Everyone should have the right to wear their own traditional clothing.
Americans: get the powdered wigs boys, we high fashion now
"rAcIsT! ReEEeeEee!!!"
Lol, Mauricccio, even chinese clickbait videos for 3-year-olds can tell you that a Yankee Doodle doesn't know how to wear a Macaroni.
@King-Solstice For real, colonial American outfits are rad.
Get the cowboy hats boys
wheres my wooden teeth
I can’t lie. China traditional outfits look stunning, wow
Yessss I agreee it’s absolutely gorgeoussssss
All traditional outfits are stunning
@@joj4096 yes that’s true. I’ve been watching a lot of traditional cloths from other countries. It’s absolutely stunning
Is niceeeee!
They look beautiful and comfortable. Lovely colors.
Makes me want to tell everyone in Hawaii to start wearing our traditional clothes. It would be so cool
yup! there needs to be de-angloization
@@003mohamud umm what does that word mean? Sorry
@@pirateofthepacific9687 hmmm I guess I mean that the traditional culture should be celebrated and maintained, and American/mainland cultural influence minimized.
@@003mohamud oh well then YES!!! I definitely agree I mean the western style is so overrated in my opinion, I don’t know why countries try and westernize things, unfortunately for Hawaii we were forced to so I can’t say anything about that.
@@pirateofthepacific9687 I think it's cause the West is so ahead in tech, and Europeans thanks to the industrial revolution shot ahead of the rest of the world. They became "prestigious", and people copy whatever is prestigious. Nowadays as the 3rd and 2nd world is catching up people will learn to love themselves more.
What's the situation in Hawaii? I live in MN so I have no idea(we don't get much news from Hawaii). Is there a large percentage of native Hawaiians? Is Hawaiian taught in schools? How's the state doing these days?
I'm not even Chinese, and I'd love to wear a gorgeous Chinese dress. But scared about the social outrage.
Go for it. I give my approval as a chinese american haha. But for real, if you do it from a place of appreciation, there is no harm done.
No outrage. If it's done in the spirit of celebrating and appreciating the culture I'm sure it's fine. Non Japanese are welcome to wear kimono's, I think the same applies for Chinese style clothing too. Not for African though! Due to their history of exploitation.
Actually, Chinese people tend to view foreigners wearing Chinese clothing very favorably.
Do it!!!! As a chinese person, do it!
If you come to China, people will encourage you to do it. haha
In Japan seeing a kimono in Tokyo is not that rare. It's nice that they could keep this traditional clothing in their daily life.
Yep. Kimono and Yutaka aren't abnormal at all in Tokyo.
Kimono are expensive.
@@zulkanainbaharuddin2185 but Yukata aren't, you can get a pretty one for around 4000¥ :)
I live in Tokyo and it's true.
especially in summer, we usually wear jinbei(甚平 kimono-like outfit for summer condition) outfits.
and in a hotel, we usually wear yukata after we take a bath and sleep with it. like a bath dress of Europe.
@Guppy's Gaming Channel You’re right. Basically no Japanese person knows how to do it either. Since it’s become rare to use it as everyday clothing, everyone has forgotten and we need people to help us to do it when we wear them on festivals etc. It takes thirty minutes-ish to put a proper formal kimono on, even with the assist of a helper 😬
That's it. I'm getting me a Viking outfit.
Get the helmet right, don't put horns
@Ahmed Ghazi I'm even more curious about the indigenous people of Scandinavia, the Sámi. I wonder how many Scandinavians have indigenous roots and if the Sámi are of European or maybe Asian origin.
@@Sabnoc1234 they are Uralic.
Oh dude u gotta do it
@Ahmed Ghazi Viking is not a people, it is a job description, basically means pirate. All Vikings were Scandinavian but most Scandinavians were not Vikings. When people say viking they just dont know what it means.
Traditional clothing needs to come back. All of it is so beautiful and unique
remember everyone: you can love the clothing, but you don't have to love the social standards
wise word from a wise man himself, jonathan joestar
@@sen0440 thank you:D
What social standards do you mean? Are you saying that Chinese people are living with lower standards?
Based take Jonathan Joestar
@@rairinirin perhaps
I swear if this becomes a trend around the whole world, I'll be soooo thankful abt it
The current western style is boring and uncomfortable. It's basically a mixture of older military uniforms and working garment.
The hanfu dresses are so beautiful and look so comfortable - though they are pretty unhandy for work.
@@norbertfleck812 They would be great to wear on special Chinese holidays and celebrations though
there’s a similar trend in the West of dressing vintage or historybounding, which is basically dressing from other eras of European fashion
I want to wear the Hanfu and I don’t even live in China. They are stunning.
This is the reaction of one who has been living in a mechanized society that has drained itself of all vibrancy and vigor when they see genuine culture or tradition. Its not to late for your people to return to your ways.
I don't like how the world has become one homogeneous culture everything has become more Americanised we all need to be proud of our cultures and embrace them.
This is exactly what the han are doing though, this video claims that 92% of china is Han but that's is overwhelminlgly false, they try to make everything look han for political purpose
As a Dutchman, I've noticed how my country is slowly Anglocizing (?) and I'm not sure if I like it. It seems to mess with the locally shared culture that people have.
I'm afraid it may be a part of what brought down empires like the Roman's. The feminization of men, and the masculation of women, in general, may play a part in this too... I'm aware I may sound like some tinfoil hat crazy person (thanks, CIA! /s), but I simply don't know what to look for to figure out if that is indeed what helped the downfall of an empire: the lack of cohesion.
@@DutchmanDavid What do you mean by the feminization of men and the masculation of women?
To do with my original comment I see children in my country become more American day and day using American slang and way of speech everything is becoming so bland both character left most one culture. It is extremely sad.
@@DutchmanDavid Everything you mentioned in your comment is correct; those things do indeed play a part. Take it from someone who has just spent the last six years of their life working on the intersection of technology, economics and society - a big part of which was looking into the research around why empires and civilisations fall (www.amazon.co.uk/Transition-Point-Singularity-Sean-Culey/dp/1789014859). I highly recommend reading Sir John Glubb's 'The Fate of Empires' newworldeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TheFateofEmpiresbySirJohnGlubb.pdf
@@kilougi why do you think it's false?
What they said is kinda true. Whenever I search videos to learn about Chinese dynasties, customs and habits, nearly 95% of the videos are related to the Qing. I try my best to learn about the Han culture. I'm happy that now people are involving themselves more in the Han Revival Movement.
Some advice: Watch ancient dramas from Hong Kong. They're more diverse.
@@user-tp7ne1du1n Surely
@@user-tp7ne1du1n Or watch ancient dramas from mainland China.
The modern ones have a larger budget, and some of them tend to have more pressure to be accurate because of the recent revival in interest in ancient times.
Han is cool and all, but Xia and Shang is the real deal
This is not fringe nationalism,this is called cultural revival.
This fascinates me as a Scotsman, as we wear kilts to special occasions e.g: weddings, funerals etc. You should wear this cultural dress with pride!
Men used to wear kilts all the time no? Way back when?
@@nibirue back when they were free and have a braveheart.
The thing that I'd be wary of is to be careful not to dress according to the stereotypes. To actually dress in accordance with old regional costume/daily traditional wear. I'm not sure about Scotland, but for example in Germany, each village and small region has their own traditional wear. (Ex. the Bollenhut of the Black forest is today synonymous with the Black Forest cultures, however only 3 villages ever actually wore the Trachten with the Bollenhut
Scots never purged Tradition and History after WWII, and that's about it really
Didnt England ban the kilt ??
White foreign dude: This is a conspiracy to make the youth nationalist!
Chinese woman: We just like the clothes.
Ah, clever. Pre-preemptive strike. Create a negative before people call it out for the party motivated conditioning that it is.
@Oricand oy vey
It's a threat to "ethnic diversity" in China. Who decided that China needed ethnic diversity exactly? Not the Chinese, of course, but it's the intersectional left that knows what's best for everyone, so shut up racist!
Conor Corrigan There are 56 recognized minorities in China, just FYI. They have historically been excluded from government. They were all in their regions of China before the Han came. Except the Jews who aren’t actually recognized. (Yes, there are Chinese Jews. It’s super weird because they haven’t had a Torah in their language in a long time.)
@@genli5603 I never cease to be amazed at the intersectional left's ability to apply Marxism to whatever situation it encounters. It's a highly culturally adaptable ideology. The way you just described the Han was almost indistinguishable to the way Western leftists describe white people. They are the majority and hold most of the power, therefore they are oppressors, and any celebration of their culture is a celebration of oppression.
I've read this script before...
For foreign friends, as Han Chinese, i want to say that our country was occupied by Manchu in 1644. Manchu forced us to wear their clothes and wear pigtails. The revival of Hanfu is a cultural phenomenon. I don't support CCP, but I love my nation.
u love ur ethnic not ur natuon 👍
I came across Hanfu dresses on the internet and thinking I may wear it to an upcoming dance. The more I delve into it’s culture and background, the more I’ve come to realize just how much this outfit means to the people from China. If I do end up wearing it to the dance I will wear it with pride even if I’m not Asian. I know I’ll get a lot of looks and questions as I’ve never seen it before, but it is such an elegant dress style that I could care less what people think
A return to tradition from the youth is happening all over the world, turkey, iran, china, japan and all over the west
Because the souless free-market bazaar of America might create wealth, but cannot nourish the "soul" of human existence. Humans need much more than hyper-wealth and the over-abundance of plastic toys and same-same abstract glass buildings to live a fullfilling and satisfying life.
Agree!!
Do you have more info on that? This interests me. I feel that in my country at least, young people are losing their traditions and getting americanized.
Agreed. I'm Turkish and really would love to wear a Turkish entari on a daily basis
@@yourmailishere dude! Same! I'm also a Turk and I wish we could dress more traditionally! I would totally wear uc etek on a daily basis, I think it looks amazing!
Lol that guy's so worried about "cultural diversity" and it's not even his own country.
He means he doesn't agree with the central government poorly treating the small ethnicities of the areas that were conquered relatively recently.
@@Cruxador many minorities in China still wear their traditional clothes everyday, no one force them
because everyone wearing t-shirt and jeans rags is so incredibly diverse. lel
@@loongsiu4766 i think you should check up on the news- the chinese government really does treat ethnic minorities poorly. I'm sure the people that are wearing hanfu don't mean harm, and I definitely think that the style of clothing they are wearing is very beautiful, but we can't deny that the current Chinese government is pushing Han culture, and even sending Han people to places in China where other groups make up the larger portion.
@Non Filios Tuos Videbis Vacillantes conspiracies lol
I love the Hanfu style. It’s one reason I’m hooked on Chinese historical dramas.
If Japanese people can wear their traditional clothes on their streets, why can't Chinese people?
Because Japan has hatred for China, before Japanese imperialism invaded China in the last century.
@@Kejun1999 Nobody in Asia likes the Japanese government after world war 2
@@Kejun1999 Take your meds pal, you can still wear your traditional dress even if you were occupied by another country in the past. Study English first before making comment in English.
We Indians never left our traditional clothing for Western attire. I would love to see more traditional outfits everywhere in the world.
Lots of love to China
@Monsur Abdullah i see so many indians wearing saris growing up, and I dont even live in India
@Monsur Abdullah the fact that indians wear their traditional dress outside of india in the midst of many other cultures says a lot
@Monsur Abdullah Um no.
Respect to India for that from China💗
@Monsur Abdullah Indians love their traditional dress, I’m Australian, Indians here wear their national dress first chance they get.
Indains already wear their traditional clothes as everyday clothing, although they have seperate attires for casual and formal occasions. So I see nothing wrong or abnormal with this.
india is a big country not everyone is the same
@@juniorcrusher2245 but if 90% of indian wears traditional often time to time then there is definitely no problem if only 10% are uncultural.
Yeah, that's going to change soon. Maybe not in your lifetime, but believe me, once they get on board with everyone else in the world. It's going to change.
@@jereykobalt8874 it will not!! India is already on board with everyone. We are well aware of western clothing and we do wear western clothes regularly but we did not let go of our traditional clothing. That's our pride. It didn't change and will never!!
@@haripriyakr14 What is Indian clothing. Hindus never use to wear cloths until the Delsultanate made in compulsory to were Persian cloths back in 10th century.
I live in an ethincally diverse suburb in Australia! I see a lot of older people continuing to wear traditional clothing while out of daily tasks. I think it's really pretty and I'm glad they have a way to keep connecting to their culture while living in a new country.
Nothing wrong with Han people wanting to wear their own ethnic clothing, just like a Manchu wanting to wear Manchu Qipao clothing. all ethnic groups in China are welcomed to wear their ethnic clothing. So why is Han people wearing a Hanfu an issue? In fact, they were oppressed too long from enjoying their culture by being forced Manchu clothing. Kudos to Young Han people to finally be okay to wear Han clothing
Qipao is technically not 100% Manchu traditional clothing. It first appeared in 1920s, partly based on a Han-Manchu hybrid clothing style, but was invented by Han prostitutes to attract 'customers'.
Modern T-shirts and pants are so boring, we need traditional clothing back everywhere.
Traditional clothes (if you wear it everyday) will be quite costly to maintain
@@joj4096 Not necessarily, if you take into account the undergarments of the time you will do well. For instance, for a long time in wester clothing, chemises were worn. These were washed regularly and the fancy nonwashable outer layers would remain clean enough to not have to be washed too often. While I only know this for western clothing I think it would work in other cultures clothing. Plus, we could use modern materials that are easier to launder.
What if my countries traditional clothing isn't fun and rather itchy? I'd take bright dresses of the black old dresses. Also, people would assume I'm a religious extremist.
Lol boring many wear shirt and pants beacuse it more comfortable and easy to use lol youll get bored eventually if you see traditional clothing for thousands of times
@@ice-tgaming4609 no I dont get bored btw all modern clothes are western so Asia succc
I get the reasons behind this movement, but shouldn't we acknowledge that you could just wear hanfu for aesthetic reasons? Not everything needs to be a political statement man.
Word!.
These people...geez!
Nurlinda F Sihotang zzzz
The west loves making everything political.
Thank you for this statement. I guarantee a majority of the youth are motivated to dress traditionally because of the popularity of historical period dramas/stories. I don't think it's tied with any kind of agenda - we see a lot of historical clothing being worn and celebrated in Asian countries like Japan and Korea, we'd just like to do the same. It's just pretty, and it was lost for awhile.
If you didn't notice, everything is political. Yes, everything, even the most mundane thing like the food you eat. For example the staple food like rice and bread
I know I’m black but I’m tempted to have clothing like that too no joke I love Chinese people
As a Chinese go ahead and buy one! It’s lovely to see foreigners appreciating our culture!
I know I'm 2 years late to this comment and hopefully you'll see this, but I as an ethnic Norwegian man choose to wear traditional Arab clothing, purely for the sake of it being beautiful. Us Norwegians also have our own beautiful clothing, though it is expensive and I own none at the moment. Had I had some, it's called "Bunad" if you'd like to see examples, I would wear it every day the weather was favourable to do so.
Revival of Chinese traditions is just. Many in Singapore wouldn't understand. They
have become anglos. Maybe the ones in Malaysia will feel some affinity.
I'm very skeptical of what that man is saying about conspiracy theorists. I'm more inclined to believe what the woman said about personal expression and a search for cultural identity. Here in Austria, wearing our traditional dress (dirndl and lederhosen) has had a revival for about ten years. In our case, I think it's got to do with our people finally being able to express a love for our country again without fearing that others might think we're nazis for that. But on a personal level, I think most young people here that wear dirndl or lederhosen just enjoy the look and take pride in being able to wear a style of clothing that has a lot of history.
I can also imagine that Chinese see that Japanese wear their kimono, and Koreans nowadays wear hanbok more often too, and get a feeling of wanting to reintroduce hanfu as well. Wearing traditional clothing IS a nice way to feel closer to your cultural heritage in a very globalised world, I know that firsthand. And as beautiful as qipao are - isn't it nice for a people as large and culturally diverse as the Chinese to have a broader variety of things to choose from?
@That girl No one associates it with Nazis? In Hamburg or Berlin they might not agree. But in the south (of Germany) and Austria, I see people wearing it at least once a year.
His argument is literally as flawed as it can get. Wearing hanfu is essentially reviving one major ethnic/culture. How is it a threat to the other ethnics? Is not allowing hanfu to be brought back also a threat to the chinese ethnic cultures in general? Is normalising only Manchu clothing as “chinese clothing” and having most people wear western clothing nearly all over the world not also a threat to the other remaining ethnic groups and culture? Heck, most people probably just wear it because the like it, not because they necessarily want to “revive” a culture and stomp all over the minorities. And there was someone else in another comment thread who said that the government doesn’t threat the minorities well. Well, are the government representative of the people who wear hanfu?
👏👏👏👍
I agree. I think too it’s just people appreciating the older styles of clothing. There’s a whimsy feel to traditional clothing from any culture, whether Japanese, Victorian, etc. We do the same in the US, there’s Renaissance festivals that people go to to dress up and experience what it was like back in the day. But also in a more fairytale way.
Just looking at the Han style to me it looks pretty practical, it’s loose which appears comfortable to me. I think it also is so beautiful compared to plain modern style.
In some ways that’s one big thing missing from modern clothes is beauty. When you’re walking down the street in jeans and a t-shirt it is more plain. As a woman though it doesn’t make you feel beautiful. But I’m sure if you wore a dress that looked as beautiful as those Han dresses even walking around the grocery store you’d feel beautiful, lol.
Anyways, I can see liking both. The modern style does have some charm but so does old styles.
I lived in Vienna for 4 years and completely fell in love with the traditional woman’s clothing. It was made for a woman’s shape and very flattering. Lovely country and lovely people.
Umm, don't the Japanese wear their Kimonos in public whenever they feel like it? I think people just want to wear beautiful things.
Have you ever been to Japan? It’s not really like that.
The kimono/yukata is hard for daily life since it slips easily :(
Where did you learn that?? False info lol. You watch way too much anime
@@Surteronarto no,the whole japan is made of weirdos so nobody would care
yep, it's really cool how the Japanese mix their traditions with modernity so well. Walk around Tokyo in the summer and you see lots of Yukatas, turn a corner and behind a skyscraper is an ancient shrine or temple that somehow does not look out of place at all. People exit nightclubs in Azabu and flock to the wooden Yakiimo carts when they hear the traditional song for a snack in the colder months.
No joke, I wouldn’t mind if traditional clothing came back
Don't blame them, I kinda wish there would be a revival of Celtic clothing here in Ireland.
Brits "I want to dress like a Victorian"
Americans *Wild West intensifies*
you say this as if cowboy clothing revival ain't already a thing
old town road periodt
You meant southern getlemen and belles style? Or the new orleans french flairs? They are beautiful!
@@tigress1699 *Cotton picking intensifies*
@@tigress1699 country boys
Chinese youth in the 60's:
Smash and destroy old culture!
Also Chinese youth, but 2010's:
Where did our cultural identity go?
Western Youths in 2019: I sexually identify as an attack helicopter and am very offended you called me a “sir”. How dare you wear that traditional Kimono outfit for your Prom Dress. I am offended on behalf of Chinese or Koreans or Japanese or Mongolians since I don’t know about Asian culture but anyways I’m still offended! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
More like 1644- Manchuria barbarians: “loose your hair or loose your head.”
thats not true theres also a lot of old Chinese people like traditional culture like my grandpa
@@user-wu6xl4wq5q You killed me😂😂😂
@@user-wu6xl4wq5q quite the exaggeration lol
Elegance is what pops into my mind when I see such clothing
I’d love to embrace this even though I’m not Chinese. If Levi’s are worn around the world I hope to be able to wear Hanfu or Saree respectfully without offending anyone. Beautiful attire and peace and love to all.
Traditional clothing is beautiful in its own way. Globalisation has lead the world to dress in the same way, wearing the same basic silhouettes consisting of jeans and t-shirts. Ethnic clothing should never have diminished as much as it has.
Agree
I believe globalization also leads to whats happening in this video, once people see how similar we all are/could be, they embrace their culture and identity and what makes them individual
Yeah, but how do you get people to sacrifice cheapness and practicality to use traditional clothes. It be more realistic to use traditional clothing for special occasions or parties. Or to make new practical realistic clothing based on traditional styles. But there is a reason why lots of people don’t want to use complicated clothing
I agree. I have Ukrainian roots, and I love the traditional clothing so much that I asked for a vyshyvanka (a traditional embroidered shirt). I wear it whenever it's possible, and even use jeans and modern clothing with it.
I’m ethnically Han, but didn’t find out about hanfu until 4-5 years ago. Two years ago, I wore a hanfu to a cultural themed university ball and so many ppl kept asking why I was wearing a Korean outfit!
Truly a shame that the cultural influence of ancient China has declined so - all the ignorant westerner recognises are the flashy dresses they see in anime and k pop
@@eleanorbrushia We always knew about Hanfu, even our grandparents questioned the legitimacy of the Manchus, but admired them anyway because there is no other. an alternative to turn to. (And you were probably killed for trying to chop off the silly Jurchen bald-braid off and start wearing your old robes for fun).
But if there is no actual tradition to back up the clothing, then at the end of the day, everyone is just cosplaying and playing pretend like a night at Halloween.
Well, aint that a face-palm moment...
@@eleanorbrushia Dude why would westerners need to know the influence of ancient China, when one: it didn't affect western powers; and two: it is far removed geographically from the west.
Is not like you know the old clothing from medieval Europe and colonist America, so why would westerners learn or have to care about that? It is not ignorance when you don't need to learn from a culture that doesn't really influence westerner culture.
It does remind me of what Koreans wear, but I would guess the Koreans borrowed it from the Chinese. :)
Ngl after seeing how beautiful and graceful the clothing in The Untamed and similar dramas are, I totally support this!
Understandable.
They're pretty and those cultivation novels has been a hit for years now.
This makes sense. Wearing traditional clothes for festivals. Very much like Japan, Kimonos...etc. Always nice to see China bring back old traditions after the Qing and the Great Leap Forward took it away.
Cultural Revolution by Mao
Pleinair Allaprima kimono came from han fu during Tang Dynasty.
@@epicenter6213 I think both the Korean & Japanese traditional clothing were based on Chinese styles
They should wear like this for Mid Autumn, Lantern, Qixi, Duanwu, and every other traditional Chinese holidays
@@lemons2300 yep
Traditional clothing is not "nationalist", only U Americans with only 300 years of histories would think that lol.
Think you missed the point of the video... If you cannot tell what the underlying messages of wearing hanfu as a statement is to current Chinese politics, then you are failing to notice what you yourself say to your own government and place in the world.
@@BlackHayateTheThird can you enlighten me about the underlying messages ??
Nationalist means being pro-your nation/culture...
@@BlackHayateTheThird This is crazy, nobody talks about Japanese wearing Wafuku being nationalist, the double standard is so apparent and absurd here!
@@themeowzers93 Just the same old "China bad"
Its basically like how in the US, everyone wants to dress like the 80s or 60s...
No, 60s is modern clothing. Traditional clothing would be 1500s pilgrims, or cowboys
@@user-tp7ne1du1n , or just European clothing
Oh yeah. Americans have DNA of various Europeans. It wouldn't make sense
Cowboys wouldn’t really fit Americans, as that attire came from northern Mexico.
Id dress 18th century french fashions if i was brave enough lol
It's more akin to the body modification and the unique gender identity thing going on in the west. The Chinese channel it more positively
Simplify it and officials should wear it in the office like batik in Indonesia we wear it on friday.
it used to make me so sad thinking of such beautiful clothes werent worn nowadays by its own ppl anymore, even occsionally when chinese wear hanfu it would be mistaken as kimono or kanbok (bith of which are based on hanfu) all nations are starting to lose their unique identity gradually. seeing this just make me so happy, young gen has done great job of reviving their culture
To be fair, most people were not using such clothes in the past, only a very small number aristocrats. If they want to revive their real culture might as well dress as peasants.
That’s globalisation for you. However, I do love when culture remains alive in wholesome ways. Cultures spring up to suit the people of the land, after all. To deny culture in some way is to disconnect yourself from your surroundings really.
@@raftc1 Agree, in europe we have "traditional" clothing, a XIX century mix, invented by the romantic and regionalist movements.
The farmers clothes changed little over the centuries and were "practical".
@raftc1 Nobody wore such fancy clothes in the past anywhere aside from proprietors, the rich and nobles. But now we're in an era where everybody can afford to have fancy looking clothes of the past.
@Heldchenklein lol, idk, I mean, if you live in your own Forbidden City then congrats, but I've visited quite some palaces around the world, very different from the apartments found in big cities in China (or anywhere else really).
I wore my Hanfu for my heritage day at school last year, it was hot but definitely worth it. I got tired of seeing the Qipao from the Asians and non Asians at school so I decided to go traditional.
Great to hear!
Gotta keep your traditions alive to help you keep a sense of identity.
Keeping tradition alive is pretty healthy for people. It brings a sense of identity and security in knowing that your ancestors are proud of you.
Want to celebrate what you call your tradition, but don't want to live where what you call tradition was birthed and actuated. Interesting. Are you really celebrating your tradition or expressing an affectation for wanting to appear to be of a certain tradition? That is, assuming you're actually an American of Chinese descent.
both are traditional...
AllThingsExpendable Actually no, I’ve never lived in America and I was not born there. Annually my school allows us to dress in traditional clothing from different cultures on Heritage day especially the cultures that contributed to my country which included China. Both of my parents left China to find work to provide for their families and then they met here, got married and decided to start a family here. We still visit China whenever we can.
Honestly, I can say that I would like traditional clothing back as well. We can be local in a very global world. Also, all those people in han traditional clothes are so cute!
Modern Western clothing is the real enemy.
Speaking as a modern westerner, our clothing is boring and corporate corporate and... I don't want it.
I've been adding elements of older clothing styles to my everyday clothing, and honestly it's just better.
I can definitely understand and support a traditional clothing movement in China!
But erasing Qipao when they assert other countries' tradional clothings are Chinese is definitely toxic nationalist behavior. We can't change the history.
Do we need a white dude criticizing what we should wearing? Why not focusing your own country
We don't need non whites to tell us what to do either, yet they do it on a daily basis.
@P C Didn't the Han Chinese culturally appropriate the Manchu clothing style during the Qing dynasty?
@@TheFreshEC You've never been around many Chinese people, have you?
@@luluah1198 Literally no white person will accuse you of cultural appropriation if you wear a suit. Only Whites are accused of cultural appropriation.
P C that mostly white people criticizing other white people of cultural appropriation or behalf of other ethnic groups which I hate. If ask most Chinese people they don’t care that white people wear it. I only take offense if it was in mocking way. But even then it depends on the situation.
Question to the white guy being interviewed: So you think that wearing a Western style collared shirt and suit IS celebrating diversity?
Carol Xiong: Well said, Carol. You go, girl.
I think he meant diversity in regards to all the *other* Chinese ethnic groups...
@@jemts5586 how's han chinese wearing hanfu harming the diversity? all the other groups have their own traditional clothing and han people wearing hanfu won't effect that.
@@jemts5586 Chinese are 92% Han anyway. Ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Miao, Hakka, etc., do have their own ethnic clothing.
@@renanfelipedossantos5913 I'm aware that Han are 90%+ of the population, and I'm aware that other ethnicities have their own clothing. I was just replying to the other comment about what the man in the video said, and why I thought he said it.
Hanfu has influenced the traditional clothing of many neighbouring cultures, including the Korean hanbok,[7][8] the Japanese kimono (wafuku),[9][10] the Okinawan ryusou,[11][12] and the Vietnamese áo giao lĩnh (Việt Phục).[13][14] Up to a certain extent, hanfu has also influenced some elements in Western fashion, especially those influenced by Chinoiserie fashion, due to the popularity of Chinoiserie since the 17th century in Europe and in the United States.[15]: 52 [note 1] Silk remains a core element of Hanfu and Chinese traditional clothing.
Those academics interviewed in the video are way overthinking it. People simply want to put on traditional clothing, which is great! Having people dress in their ethnic clothing embraces diversity rather than suppressing it.
I personally like Han clothing, it looks very elegant.
And comfortable
the historic/ethnic information.in the video.is wrong
@-- you have a link to support your statements? I’m reading the opposite.
@-- I would like to know your source for this information too :))!
@Keep cool head King of Korea（1552-1608） said: "China is my parents, Korea and Japan are foreign countries, like a son. Just like the relationship between parents and children, our country is a dutiful son, and Japan is a thief."--From《宣祖实录》卷37（Historically, all Korean history books were written in Chinese, not Korean）
Now that food and shelter is not so much of an issue in China, people are looking to art and culture for spiritual fulfilment.
I always thought the traditional Han clothing in movies and dramas were beautiful. Would love to see a true modern revival in my lifetime, and perhaps we will also see the styles of the old great dynasties like the Tang and Qin too.
Hanfu is a collective term for the clothing styles worn by the Han people in the dynasties before the Qing. That includes Tang and Qin. In fact most of the hanfu seen in this video is Tang style.
i keep coming back to this cause i love the style!
Please let this be a global trend!
India has preserved it's ancient clothing style in spite of the British and Islamic invasions, sarees and kurta dhoti are all still worn everyday by many people. Though in weddings and festivals there are more richer and more colourful clothes worn.
Erm cool cool but don't bring Islam please. I don't know what these so called Islamic people did but they are not Muslims at all so please don't. I'm Pakistani Muslim and I wear punjabi clothes and it doesn't matter if ur a Muslim or not. My countries clothes are my countries clothes. And so r urs.
Rosaleen Herondale Pakistani Muslims maybe preserved , but our Indian muslims acts more like Arabs , wear Arab cloths during Ramadan.
@@k.h5971 It's true that during Ramadan many Pakistani Muslims do wear Arab influenced clothing, however it's also true that in Pakistani Weddings, they traditionally tend to wear a more ethnic Indian subcontinent style of clothes. Also, if Muslim women in Pakistan aren't wearing Burqa's or Niqabs, then they're very likely to be wearing Sarees, dupatta's, shawls, etc.
Personally, I think the Subcontinent style of clothing is very ornate and beautiful looking, whereas the Arabian inspired ones tend to be either flat colors or geometric patterns.
Rosaleen Herondale no they were muslims and were doing what their prophet taught them
@@luluah1198 I'm not lying. Hindus were pretty peacful until they were forced to retaliate by aggressive Muslims in India. I have knowledge of the religious conflicts and I can tell you that the Muslims weren't the peaceful ones. I'm not even Indian btw and even I know this.
There is nothing wrong with having national pride and celebrating it.
Except that their communist government spent the last five decades trying to erase old Chinese culture for being too bourgeois and now they suddenly care about just about the dumbest cultural issue they could find. It's totally fake and everyone knows it.
There is nothing wrong with that
@@s0vhjfe4SA08adc9js if it is a fake .. so whats wrong for try to fake it out and bring it to modern days? ... is it wrong? .. i prefer all chinese to wear their traditional outfit ... looks more beautiful than h&m bland boring minimalist style outfit ....
Except when it's white tho
China in 2019, national pride means being loyal and obedient to CCP. CCP hate these stuff.
The clothes are so beautiful, I love them I don't know why people always have to put an agenda on everything I bet some people including me just see the beauty of the clothes and feel like I want to wear them and show it off, there are so many amazing traditional clothes that are just elegant and beautiful and I wish more cultures would wear their traditional clothes out and about. I know that in some jobs it would be a safety hazard or just inconvenient to wear traditional clothes but I think for going out and having fun it's perfect. I love the flowy-ness of the dresses and now I want one. On a side note I wish that everyone could wear clothes that they just liked no matter what race or culture they are or what race or culture the clothes were from this would make me happy.
This is an excellent movement. I hope it grows to become the majority popular clothing style in China. And I hope huge revivals of traditional clothing and other culture occurs all across the planet. For far far too long Western culture and clothing has dominated. It's not right. And I am British. But it is not right.
This looks so much more appropriate and elegant and classy
@Cosmic Rift which is a traditional, formal western attire.
Nothing can beats Chinese Hanfu in terms of elegance, prestige, and aesthetics zillion times or more than all combined Western countries.
It looks like it could be but many of the outfits were of very poor material.
@@Cruxador Traditionally the outfits were made from the finest handwoven silk but now they are made in factories which removes some of the quality. I hope they bring back the originals.
@@brandonchan5620 Things can be made in factories to a higher quality than this. It was so bad that I could tell it even from the video; it was barely better than costume quality.
I love hanfu, im not chinese, but their traditional clothing is beautiful, so for me, I'd like if hanfu and medieval dresses could take over the world again cuz I love them and I wouldnt mind wearing them at all
with you on that
Is there a more specific name than "medieval dress"? I'm sure there's multiple ethnic groups in west Europe
@@user-tp7ne1du1n yh I guess depending on the country it has a different name but idk the names
@@user-tp7ne1du1n well there's the doublet, the lederhosen, chaperon, veil, tunic, codpiece, bag hat, etc.
so agree!
Seems Traditional HAN clothing is the most beautiful Clothing in CHina. even I am not chinese, I support HAN Clothing revival
Nobody is bringing the pigtail back😢
Because pigtail is not originally Chinese, Pigtail is from Jurchen/Manchu which is an ethnic minority in China
and a couple of times a year my husband and I wear medieval clothing from a certain period in germany. so what? could we just let people wear what they wanna wear?
and lets also not call it nationalistic.
As long as it isn't from a certain other period in Germany :P
@@MrTVintro that would then not be medieval.
MrTVintro I get what you mean but WW2 fashion was really great. It's a shame that such awful people were dressed so well :(
In the part of Chicago where I live it is not uncommon to see three or four guys walking around wearing kilts with full Scott's accoutrements, a few guys in dashiki's and another in lederhosen. Rogers Park/Edgewater/Andersonville is a diverse area of the city.
I LOVE THIS!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL CLOTHING 😍 and seeing this makes me soft 💕
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Me too.
I hope not to offend because I want to wear Hanfu one day.
@@nicoleraheem1195 same!! actually im more hakka chinese but i'm from oahu and I wanna wear a hanfu one day it's actually been a dream of mine for a long time :""D exeot we only have qipaos i mean its not bad but its something
i try to get my wife to wear qi pao. she'd rather dress like she's in red dead redemption
Fun fact the Han Dynasty were one of the only ruling governments that put peasants as the second highest social rank! Followed my Artisans than merchants. China had a beautiful and prosperous time under the rule of the Han Dynasty.
It's really sad how much of China's culture was lost and destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. It also makes this new trend kinda ironic and tragic. Young people want the culture that their grandfathers attempted to destroy.
RyoKasai25
If you are from the US or Western Europe you will see this take place again.
@@RyoKasai25 You seem genuine, but you're also really ignorant.
A lot of really bad things were destroyed as well, like patriarchy and hierarchy, and I would say that those are arguable more important than material history. It was actually really bad back then for women and people of the lower class.
Uh
No.
No one, not even Chinese people call the Han dynasty beautiful and prosperous.
It was much more chaotic and violent.
However, the Tang was the most prosperous time of China, and it's a much better dynasty in my opinion.
@@angeliquewu8318 I’m Chinese
The clothing and style is so beautiful. I'm glad they feel connected to their heritage with these styles.
The Hanfu is absolutely gorgeous, I had no idea that it existed prior to this video. In my opinion, I truly believe traditional clothing should be brought back.
Oh you've seen it. Korean Hanbok is heavily inspired by Ming Dynasty hanfu. Japanese yukata/kimono is heavily inspired by Tang Dynasty hanfu
@big boy gustav Not at all just influenced.
@@kylin3197 No that's a misconception. East Asian traditional clothes were inspiring each other
권도휘 but u can’t deny that China was the one who started all that right?
@@yingqisheng6950 Hanbok is derived from hobok ,the clothes of the northern nomadic people. not your hanfu ok? pls we don't want to intertwine your country. maybe Japan thinks same. so just go each coutry. so if you chinese want to wear hanfu? just wear it but do not say Korean and Japan clothes came from hanfu~.it's not truth and it makes me disgusting. And how can you use youtube? I know that your contry restricts your internet.
The clothes look fly, *of course* they want them back!
As a Ugandan I admire when other Africans (Nigerians, Kenyans, etc) wear their traditional clothing. I also admire when cultures from around the world display their style...
I wish traditional clothing was a worldwide movement because, to me, we are beautiful in our uniqueness!
Love and respect to China! ✌💕
Africa has an actual rich history that doesn`t involve the BS the left tries to push, the Kingdom of Mali, Kingdom of the horn, Land of Axum, the Kingdom of Kongo and so on
@@sandrothenecromancer6810 I know right??!!! Africa is so much more than we think
@@sandrothenecromancer6810 oh honey we have SO much!! Do you know how annoyed I was to find out that west Africa, where I'm from had multiple writing systems as well as a range of instruments including wind and string. I hate that despite living in Africa I must discover that we are more than what the media makes us out to be. Thank you for mentioning.
My very own country is made up of 6 kingdoms/empires
Not gonna lie, i wont mind if people start dressing in traditional clothes from all over the world . i really like those hanfu outfits they look so amezing just like any asian traditional chlothing .
The Han fashion looks beautiful for both men and women. Never be ashamed of your roots and culture. You don’t need to dress westernized to feel accepted in society.
This movement isn't against western clothing, it's just embracing traditional Han Chinese culture. For the last 200 ish years of China's monarchy under the Qing dynasty, the Manchurian rulers forced the rest of China to wear their clothing and adopt their customs. During the Qing Dynasty, people could get killed or imprisoned for wearing Han Clothing and not adopting Manchurian style. This created clothing that most westerners think are "traditional Han Chinese". Keep in mind, the Manchurians have a population of only 10 million - compared to over 1.4 billion Han Chinese. younger people are just starting to wear Hanfu, and other Han Chinese clothing - rather than Manchurian inspired clothes.
I love Manchu style clothing but Hanfu clothing is also so elegant! You instantly look like royalty wearing both types of clothing and I would love to see both styles work their way back into main stream fashion for Chinese people across the world!
不是看起来，满族他们原本就是皇室
Can't blame them, always admired Han garments.
I am half Japanese and I bought a hanfu to wear on Halloween...I love it but I am going to enhance it with embroidery.
I love the idea, you get my support!
There's a huge thing about people saying nationalism = bad.
I think its not true. National identity should be much more celebrated thing. That doesn't make anyone racist to be proud of your ancestry, and being proud of your ancestry should not be used as a guise for racism.
I'm really happy that Chinese are starting to wear their traditional clothing. Many more people and nations should do that more, imo.
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Nothing wrong with ethno-nationalist.
I think they’re being patriotic. While the term ‘nationalism’ sounds similar, it has more to do with how ‘you’ are BETTER then ‘them’. It usually gets violent and leads to war. 💔
Too many self haters out there, anything that brings pride to people they hate on.
Certain word bears certain meaning. In general understanding, nationalism is bad in the western ideology context and brings back those sour memory they are removed from the colonies in 50s.
As a history enthusiast from Central Europe I'm all in for the traditional clothing revival. I love wearing medieval clothes for daily occasions :)
Great for you, dude! That sounds cool!
We need to make a resurgence of casually wearing traditional clothing all around the world!
It's still impractical
@@pokemasterx4244 You'd be surprised how practical some medieval clothing is.
You don't have pockets but the belt pouch is spacious, and wool is a very practical fabric.
If you think about it stuff like the modern business suit isn't very practical either, it either feels too constricting in hot weather or too drafty and thin in cold weather, the arm holes are cut to look nice when standing still but try raising your arms above your head and the whole jacket rises up.
i personally love the krakow dancing dresses. poland and all other slavs have a very rich culture with colourful clothing and dresses
As one of fans of three kingdoms, I love to see this
ahh lets time for battle of chibi hahaha
It's a long long way to Ba Sing Se, but the girls in the city they look so pretty!
If they dressed like Qing-era style clothing, yes it would more fit lol
But most nationalistic Han Chinese would hate it, because in China itself the Qing Dynasty is one of worst dynasty ever in Imperial Chinese era
@@theasianboy315 you want people to wear Qing clothes just cause a bunch of cartoon girls wore em?
@@maniacram That's not my point
@@theasianboy315 then make some actual sense. Qing clothes are some of the ugliest Chinese clothing I ever seen.
@@maniacram you misread his comment lol
meanwhile ppl in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa:
_What do you mean it's been out of fashion for decades?_
Yep. I was like "huh? They dont wears it in formal occasions or in graduation? Why?"
Muslim clothing survived because muslims think wearing western clothings automatically means submitting to the hidden meaning of christian culture.
@@gambigambigambi
No because it means letting colonialist culture crawl into your society and then destroy it from within, because that is what colonialists where trying to do.
yessir
I have made a motto for myself 'You take my sari, I take your life.'
Because no one is allowed to mess with my culture.
Even if we don't show it to the world my culture has a mixed hatred for British regime. My family does like the full on westernisation of the youth. Bad thing should definitely be removed but we should still stay true to our roots.
That clothing is insanely beautiful.
A lot of old timey fashion looks comfy af
I wish more countries would bring back their ancient clothing. I think it is more beautiful. I would also love to see traditional wedding outfits back rather than a white gown.