Guangxi
How fashionable are Chinese clothes? "March 3" in Guangxi will tell you. During March 3rd in Guangxi in 2024, the land of Bagui is full of shows. Men, women, old and young wear national costumes to celebrate the festival, and the atmosphere is directly filled.
00:46During March 3rd in Guangxi in 2024, Guangxi Cloud launched the "Chinese Clothing Trend" national costume theme planning, setting off a craze for "cross-dressing" in national style shirts. Edited by Deng Zilin
The trend of Chinese clothing is not limited to Guangxi. Initiated by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, "Chinese Costume Day" is held on the third day of the third lunar month every year. This year, a series of events called "Chinese Costume Week" were held in Shanghai. Chinese costume enthusiasts from all over the country participated in the ceremony. Nowadays, more and more young people are seen wearing Chinese costumes in tourist attractions, streets and alleys, demonstrating cultural confidence and national pride.
Girls dressed in colorful clothes took photos in Nanhu Park, Nanning City. Picture provided by netizen Junjun
What kind of trend of the times is surging behind the popularity of Chinese clothing? How did Guangxi’s “trendsetters” help it break out of the circle? Reporter conducted an interview.
Chinese clothing has been fashionable for thousands of years.
Huafu is the abbreviation of traditional clothing of the Chinese nation, and it also includes styles improved on the basis of traditional clothing. Chinese clothing carries the culture of the Chinese nation and reflects the long history of exchanges, exchanges and integration among various ethnic groups.
Every year during the National Two Sessions, ethnic minority representatives and committee members in costumes are a beautiful sight. This year, Dong Yuelin, deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of the School of Language, Culture and International Education of Liuzhou Institute of Technology, and Su Haizhen, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and regional inheritor of the Jing Duxianqin art, brought the "most dazzling national style" to the Great Hall of the People. They said that
Wearing their own ethnic costumes to participate in the two sessions not only expresses respect and attention, but also
reflects the atmosphere of multi-ethnic unity.
At the same time Present national culture to the media around the world.
National People's Congress representative Dong Yuelin (left) and National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member Su Haizhen (right) put on carefully prepared Zhuang and Jing costumes to attend the 2024 National Two Sessions. Photo provided by interviewee
“The costumes and accessories of ethnic minorities in Guangxi are very exquisite and beautiful. I have always wanted to incorporate these ethnic elements into short video creation to show everyone different Guangxi. "Ajingzi, the 2023 honorary creator of the China Short Video Conference Fashion Track and a post-95s Guangxi photography blogger, integrated ethnic elements into short video creation and released videos of Zhuang, Dong, Yao, Miao, and Mulao people on social platforms. Short videos of cross-dressing in ethnic costumes such as the Maonan and Maonan ethnic groups have received 58 million views on the Douyin platform alone.
The gorgeous clothes photographed by A Jingzi. Photo provided by the interviewee
Before March 3rd in Guangxi this year
comes, local ethnic clothing stores are welcoming sales sell like hot cakes. In order to rush to make national-style jerseys, some merchants said that "the sewing machine is going to smoke when stepped on." "I bought two sets of blue and red Zhuang costumes for my daughter. She said she looked like a princess." Ms. Nanning Liang said that her child was in the first grade of elementary school and wore Chinese costumes to participate in the March 3rd activities organized by the school. Yu Lezhong learned more about the cultures of various ethnic groups. On April 13, Ms. Huang from Beihai wore a Hanfu made from the Song Dynasty to attend the first Flower Festival Ceremony in Liuxia Village, Beihai. "I am a lover of Hanfu. I got into it (meaning I started buying) in 2015. Now many of my friends are like me." , wear Hanfu to play during holidays
.”
Guangxi Cloud launched the “Chinese Clothing Trend” ethnic costume theme plan, setting off a craze for “cross-dressing” in ethnic style shirts. The Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Ethnic Museums, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Guangxi Song and Dance Theater, Guangxi Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., Nanning Daily and other units, schools, enterprises and media organizations, as well as many netizens jointly participated in "Huafu is the trend" The series of planned products and topics have been read more than 20 million times online.
During March 3rd in Guangxi 2024, Guangxi Cloud launched the "Chinese Clothing Trendy" national costume theme planning. With 12 colorful pictorials, the color aesthetics in the traditional costumes of 12 ethnic groups living in Guangxi are decoded.
The inheritance of traditional culture includes artistic reproduction and innovative design. New Chinese-style clothing is based on modern styles and embellished with ethnic elements. The shape is not completely retro and is more suitable for daily commuting. Since the beginning of this year, new Chinese-style clothing has exploded onto the scene. Videos on the topic of "New Chinese-style Outfits" have been played more than 15.5 billion times on the Douyin platform and have tens of millions of notes on Xiaohongshu. The horse-faced skirt, known as the "New Year's jersey", has been selling like hot cakes and has become a fashionable item for commuting, and it is also the top trendy dress on social platforms.
Everyone appreciates his own beauty, and we share the beauty. From daily life to the fashion world, Chinese clothing is everywhere. Chinese clothing not only represents the clothing system, but also demonstrates the millennium-old heritage of this great country.
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How about Keeping the trend of Chinese clothing steady and far-reaching poses high-dimensional challenges to fashion designers and related practitioners.
"Guangxi is a magical and charming land. The ethnic costumes here are colorful, like a colorful picture scroll. You will be deeply attracted when you come into contact with it." Gui Yi, Nanning, Guangxi Zheng Wenyin, the person in charge and chief craftsman of the National Clothing Co., Ltd., is a Han girl who came from the remote mountains of Longlin. She founded the national clothing company and hired nearly 200 compatriots of all ethnic groups. Zheng Wenyin said:
We focus on the combination of traditional beauty and modern beauty, and are committed to developing and improving traditional ethnic costumes.Cutting and sewing techniques use the shapes, colors, patterns and craft elements of traditional clothing to
make fashionable and creative styles
.
”
Zheng Wenyin at work. Photo provided by the interviewee
Chen Tian, director of the Department of Theater, Film and Television Art Design and senior arts and crafts artist at the School of Film, Television and Media, Guangxi University of Arts, introduced that in the development process of Guangxi’s national costumes, the production materials and techniques There are some obvious changes in style and style. For example, production processes such as embroidery and brocade have also evolved from pure manual work to be replaced by machine production.
“The area where the Jing people live is hotter all year round, so clothes are often made of light and breathable fabrics.” This year, committee member Su Haizhen brought several sets of Jing clothes to participate in the National Two Sessions. “The National Two Sessions are being held at the same time. In March, the temperature in Beijing was still relatively cold, so the designer added a layer of gold velvet mesh sequins to the clothes, and also added linen yarn on the shoulders. This not only achieved the warmth effect, but also maintained the light and elegant look of Jing costumes. Features.”
Chen Tian at work. Photo provided by interviewee
Representative Dong Yuelin
believes that both
should strengthen traditional craftsmanship
The protection and inheritance of national costumes should also be strengthened, and innovation should be encouraged
. "The innovation and development of national costumes lies in the production of products that are more suitable for modern times.Products for social needs and aesthetics. This requires all sectors of society to have a certain degree of tolerance for this kind of innovation and development, and to accept its integration and innovation, so that it can continue to move forward. ”
As for the innovative design of ethnic costumes, Chen Tian believes that it is still necessary to redesign based on traditional ethnic costume elements, rather than simply mix and match, copy or “borrow”. “Otherwise, the elements in traditional ethnic costumes will gradually disappear, and the attributes of national costume culture will become increasingly blurred, which is not conducive to the development and inheritance of national costume culture. ”