As Hanfu continues to become more popular, I believe everyone’s familiarity with Hanfu is also increasing! After many years of experience in the "Hanfu pit", everyone should be familiar with some basic concepts of Hanfu.
However, some newbies may not know that much about Hanfu! So, let’s talk about the difference between coat skirts and underskirts in Hanfu. Do you know? Today, let’s take a look at this issue with everyone!
Ruqun is a type of Hanfu. The short jacket worn on the upper body and the skirt worn on the lower body are collectively called the Ruqun. It is a typical "top and lower skirt" clothing system. The top is called "Ru", which is short in length, usually no longer than the knee. In the northwest region during the Han and Jin Dynasties, it was mostly a skirt with a waist and no side slits. The lower body is called a "skirt". Ruqun appeared in the Warring States Period and rose in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Underskirts are divided into waist-length underskirts, high-waisted underskirts, and chest-length underskirts based on the height of the skirt waist. Depending on the style of the collar, underskirts can be divided into cross-collar underskirts and straight-collar underskirts. According to the difference between whether it is tucked in or not, the undershirt is divided into single undershirt and compound undershirt. The single undershirt is closer to a shirt, and the compound undershirt is closer to a coat. The difference lies in the presence or absence of waist gusset.
Ruqun was the daily wear of ordinary people (women) until the early Tang Dynasty, and was gradually replaced by shirts and coats.
In other words, the underskirts in Hanfu are generally waist-length underskirts. The waist-length skirt in Hanfu is a style popular around the Wei and Jin Dynasties (the chest-length skirt is actually a chest-length skirt, which is made in the Tang Dynasty).
A correctly shaped underskirt has a waistband, but most businesses today make a mistake and make it into a blouse (the same as a coat, except that the single layer is a blouse and the double layer is a coat). The correct way to wear an underskirt is to tie the top into the skirt, but occasionally it can be taken out. There are two types of sleeve shapes for underskirt: wide sleeves and straight sleeves.
The jacket skirt is made in the Ming Dynasty, and the sleeve shapes include wide sleeves, straight sleeves, pipa sleeves, etc. Collars include square collars, round collars, stand collars, etc., which are not available in skirts. When wearing it, the jacket is on the outside and the skirt is on the inside. At present, most of what merchants do does not have any form problems.
So if we want to talk about the under skirts and coat skirts made by modern merchants, the only differences are: 1. How to wear: the under skirt is tied in, and the coat skirt is not tied. 2. The coat skirt can have lute sleeves, round collar, square collar, stand collar, etc. Underskirts cannot. 3. Among the types of clothing such as underskirts, there are chest-length underskirts. But among a category of clothing such as coat skirts, there is no chest-length coat skirt.
If we want to talk about the correct shapes of underskirts and coat skirts, it is: 1. Underskirts have waistbands, and coat skirts do not. 2. The underskirt can be tied in, but the coat skirt cannot. 3. The underskirt does not have lute sleeves, round collar, square collar, stand collar and other shapes.
After reading this article about the difference between underskirts and coat skirts, have you learned more about underskirts and coat skirts? Do you prefer to wear an underskirt or a coat skirt? Let’s leave a message to discuss!