Hanfu

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Hanfu ( , lit. "Han clothing"), also known as Hanzhuang ( , "Han attire") or traditional Chinese clothing, are historical Chinese clothings worn by the majority Han Chinese people from at least the 2nd millennium BC to the mid-17th century AD — encompassing nearly all of the recorded history of China up to the end of the Ming dynasty — until violent conquest and forced assimilation by the Qing dynasty led to their replacement by the Manchu qizhuang and magua in a historical event known as Tifayifu. Due to the rise of China since the start of the 21st century, there is currently a growing cultural movement among the younger generations in Mainland China and the Chinese diaspora to revive and reinstate hanfu as the genuine, orthodox representative of Chinese culture and aesthetics, as opposed to the Manchu-inspired qipao and tangzhuang and the Japanese school uniform (gakuran)-inspired Mao suit. There are several representative styles of hanfu, such as the (a long skirt worn high over the upper garment), (an upper garment with a long underskirt), (a loose-fitting, open-front coat) and (one-piece robe), and the (an upper-body garment with trousers). Historically, the most common formal style of hanfu consists of a broad-sleeved robe named paofu for men, or the pairing of an upper garment named ru (jacket) with a lower garment named qun (skirt) for women.…

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