When you think of cheongsam, you may think of the graceful or bright beauties in movies and TV dramas, the brides toasting at weddings, or the mothers lining up before the college entrance examination to encourage candidates to "get off to a good start". Dignity, grandness, refinement and curves seem to have become synonymous with cheongsam, as if it can only be worn on formal occasions. In fact, under the new Chinese spring breeze, the fashion trend of cheongsam and horse skirt is the same, becoming more and more daily, casual and comfortable. The new Chinese style is very popularDifferent from the past precious fabrics such as silk, today’s cheongsam is more wear-resistant in response to the needs of young people, and is mostly made of Cotton, linen, chiffon, acetate are the main ones, and even strong fabrics such as denim are used. "Fabrics have become affordable and diversified. You can buy one for around 100 yuan. Wearing a cheongsam is no longer a luxury." Chao Yu, a cheongsam enthusiast, said, "It's not that I don't want to use the popular Xiangyun yarn or silk, but I can't. The price is too high, and students pay more attention to cost-effectiveness."Compared…

ZhejiangEditor's note: On this May 1st International Labor Day, we focus on a group of "new workers" - Hanfu designers, AI trainers, Home chefs, accompanying doctors, carbon emission managers... These new occupations that have emerged with new demands and trends are witnessing changes in the industry, improving our lives, and revealing the direction and vitality of economic and social development. From now on, Chao News plans to report on "New Career Apprenticeships". The reporter takes everyone closer to these new careers in the form of personal experience, showing that new workers are taking advantage of the new careers to realize the value of life. Stillness and movement shuttle through Chen Jianmin’s daily work. On one side, there is a quiet office. Chen Jianmin enlarges the canvas in the computer software, his left hand flies on the keyboard, and his right hand moves the mouse flexibly to draw lines, outlining the traditional decorative line drawing on the horse-faced skirt; the other On one side, there is a roaring production workshop, with a three- to four-meter-high rapier jacquard loom running 24 hours a day. With the continuous "intimate contact" between the rapier and the filament, the drawing of the horse-faced skirt he…

Author: Jia XizengIn recent times, the horse-faced skirt, which has a long history and integrates contemporary life aesthetics, has become the top trend of "national style" and leads the new Chinese fashion trend. , and also witnessed the growing cultural confidence in people's hearts. How long is the history of the horse-faced skirt? How many changes has it experienced? How does it embody the ancient Chinese clothing wisdom and aesthetic style? The horse-faced skirt is a very classic and representative style in traditional Chinese clothing. It has a long history, unique appearance, exquisite craftsmanship, and reasonable functions. It embodies the beauty and function of traditional Chinese clothing culture and is documented in literature. Taoist humanistic thought. In terms of shape structure, the horse-faced skirt consists of a skirt waist and two rectangular skirts. There is a skirt door on the left and right sides of each skirt (two skirts, a total of four skirt doors). When wearing, the skirt doors of the two skirts overlap in pairs at the front and middle parts of the back, forming an inner and outer skirt door. The shape is overlapping and covering each other, and only two horse-faced skirt doors are visible on…

In recent times, the horse-faced skirt, which has a long history and integrates contemporary life aesthetics, has become the top "national style", leading the new Chinese fashion trend and witnessing people's growing cultural confidence. How long is the history of the horse-faced skirt? How many changes has it experienced? How does it embody the ancient Chinese clothing wisdom and aesthetic style? ——Editor The horse-faced skirt is a very classic and representative style in traditional Chinese clothing. It has a long history, unique appearance, exquisite craftsmanship, and reasonable functions. It embodies the humanistic thoughts of Chinese traditional clothing culture that integrates beauty and function, and is written down. In terms of shape structure, the horse-faced skirt consists of a skirt waist and two rectangular skirts. There is a skirt door on the left and right sides of each skirt (two skirts, a total of four skirt doors). When wearing, the skirt doors of the two skirts overlap at the front and middle parts of the back to form an inner and outer skirt door. The shape is overlapping and covering each other, with only two horse-faced skirt doors visible on the outside. Its style is similar to the two-piece spiral skirt…

Do you know what a "horse face skirt" is? The horse-faced skirt is a half-length skirt that was popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is made of several pieces of fabric and needs to be worn around the waist. It has two flat skirts at the front and back, and pleated trains on both sides. The glossy skirt door that looks like a trapezoid from the front is called a "horse face". This year, the horse-faced skirt has become the “standard New Year’s greeting attire” and “the most popular among the people.” Mainstream media such as "Sanlian Life Weekly", "Daily People", and "China Business News" have reported that the epidemic of horse-faced skirts has strengthened the popularity of Caoxian County in Shandong Province. The central position of Hanfu production has even revitalized many fabric and tie factories in Zhejiang. The first time the horse-faced skirt entered mainstream public opinion was in 2022. In July of that year, Dior released a mid-length skirt priced at 29,000 yuan. The front and back pieces of the skirt were overlapping. The introduction line "adopting the iconic Dior silhouette" angered Hanfu enthusiasts because they found this The design of the skirt is almost…

I am "the little fox girl's fox words and fox language", a person who likes reading, coding, crafts, and food, and hopes to spend every day happily and fully. Like-minded friends are welcome to follow, comment and forward, and discuss every detail of life together. During this year’s Spring Festival, a Hanfu horse-faced skirt called the “New Year’s Jersey” became very popular. It is said that the sales of a certain production area have exceeded 300 million yuan, but the sales of such high products are still in short supply. The inheritance of culture and the gradual improvement of classical aesthetics are naturally important reasons why people love horse-faced skirts, but please don’t forget that horse-faced skirts are just one of many Chinese Hanfus. In the history of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, clothing has always been an important traditional cultural element. It includes not only the shape of clothing, but also patterns, colors and various design details, which are all components of Hanfu. Want to know what they all look like? Please open this book "Chinese Hanfu", enter the world of Hanfu in the "Oriental Aesthetics Pocket Book" series, and experience the beauty of Hanfu together. The book…

In recent times, horse-faced skirts have become particularly popular and have become the focus of everyone's attention. At the same time, more people will focus on Cao County again. It is not difficult to find that whether it is "Cao County 666", New Year's greetings clothes, or horse-faced skirts, Caoxian County has been receiving widespread attention over the years. So, after the popularity of horse-faced skirts during the Spring Festival, how did Caoxian County seize the wave of horse-faced skirts and continuously innovate to keep its popularity and enter the homes of ordinary people with a high cost-effective advantage? The main reason why horse-faced skirt fabrics are in short supply "The batch of horse-faced skirts currently being produced are made with colorful craftsmanship. They look silver when viewed up close and green when viewed from a distance. They are even more colorful under the sun. The main selling point is that they change color. Although workers have been working overtime recently, The finished horse-faced skirts are still not enough to sell." Yesterday, in the production workshop of the Tang Dynasty Hanfu production base, store manager Jiang Lefang introduced to reporters the current hot sales of horse-faced skirts. Behind him was…

Cao County in Heze, Shandong Province, is located at the junction of the four provinces of Shandong, Suzhou, Henan and Anhui. Last year, Caoxian Hanfu’s online sales reached 7.215 billion yuan, accounting for 40% of the country’s market share. Netizens jokingly called Caoxian the “center of the universe.” Behind the Hanfu industry, what are the secrets to getting rich in Cao County? What are the combined forces behind the popularity of “the first dress in spring”? Search volume for Hanfu has skyrocketed since January this year The horse-faced skirt has become the most popular item in the Hanfu category In an e-commerce live broadcast room, two anchors skillfully introduced the store's horse-faced skirts. Since January this year, the number of searches for Hanfu has skyrocketed. Among them, the horse-faced skirt has become the most popular item in the Hanfu category. A Hanfu manufacturer in Caoxian County saw business opportunities and launched dozens of horse-faced skirt suits with dragon elements during the Spring Festival. In just two months, sales exceeded 30,000 sets. Yao Chixing, the general manager of the company, was initially worried about not being able to sell the product. Once the product went online, her concern became "overselling." "With…

This Chinese New Year holiday, horse-faced skirts with unique Chinese characteristics are selling out. According to media reports, Caoxian County, Shandong Province is one of the production and sales bases of Hanfu in my country, with annual sales of Hanfu exceeding 7 billion yuan. This year, the sales of Year of the Dragon New Year clothes, mainly horse-faced skirts, in Caoxian County have exceeded 300 million yuan. Horse-faced skirt is a kind of traditional Chinese clothing. It has unique design, smooth lines, beautiful shape, and various styles. It is suitable for people of different occasions and age groups. Horse-faced skirts can be grand or everyday. Because of its versatility and strong traditional cultural charm, it is welcomed by consumers. Many people choose to wear horse-faced skirts to confidently and calmly express their love for traditional culture during festivals. This year, more and more people are choosing Chinese-style clothing as their New Year’s clothing option. The bright "Chinese red" and eye-catching "dragon elements" on the clothes fill the atmosphere of the Lunar Year of the Dragon. Whether in popular scenic spots or on the streets of temple fairs and lantern festivals, people can see young people wearing horse-faced skirts taking photos…

In Guangzhou Sunac Paradise, tourists wearing Hanfu take photos with models What once again brought Hanfu "out of the circle" was the horse-faced skirt, known as the "New Year's jersey", which triggered a new round of traditional clothing craze. In this national trend, the industrial chain of the Pearl River Delta has played an important supporting role. More people are falling in love with Hanfu On Yunpu 4th Road in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, during morning and evening commutes, you can often see a figure wearing Hanfu and carrying a briefcase. She is Xia Siqi, a Hanfu enthusiast. Half an hour before going out, Xia Siqi first tied up her hair with a hairpin, selected the best one today from more than a dozen tops from different dynasties and styles such as Tang, Song, Ming, etc., put it on the most matching horse-faced skirt, and finally put it on Walking on the clouds or walking on the head. She said that the slowest thing was doing her hair, and the fastest was choosing horse-face skirts. As long as the patterns and patterns are good-looking, she can wear them with a sense of sophistication. She only bought 5 horse-face skirts, which is…

Haining has another label outside the Fur City. When did horse-faced skirts become popular? Different people will give different answers. In the memory of Zhang Jun, a Hanfu enthusiast, she got into horse-faced skirts in 2019. That year, she bought many horse-faced skirts of various colors. "The shipping places are Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan...all over the country." She read out the place names while looking for orders, but among the many orders for horse-faced skirts, none of them came from In Cao County, Shandong Province. On today's social media, horse-faced skirts and Caoxian County are closely bound together. The latter is like the "capital of horse-faced skirts", but in fact, Caoxian County has only begun mass production of horse-faced skirts in recent years. Qi Yue, a Hanfu enthusiast, believes that in the Hanfu circle, horse-faced skirts have long been popular, and they were most popular about four years ago. Four years ago, entrepreneur Xu Haoming opened a Hanfu store in Caoxian County. At that time, Hanfu was still a relatively niche business, and no one cared about horse-faced skirts, and he did not make any money from it. Xu Haoming told Hedgehog Commune: "The turning point for the horse-faced…

During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, horse-faced skirts suddenly became a popular item of clothing. On short videos and self-media platforms favored by young people, the horse-faced skirt has become a "traffic password". Many well-known bloggers and influencers wear it to visit cultural relics and popular attractions. A report released by a well-known short video platform shows that in 2023, users of the platform posted content related to horse-faced skirts in more than 90 overseas countries and regions. The horse-faced skirt has become a typical example of Chinese culture going overseas. The popularity of horse-faced skirts has also brought Xucun Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province, out of the circle. Customers from Hangzhou Sijiqing Clothing Wholesale Market, the "Cosmic Center" Caoxian County in Shandong Province and even overseas have come to this town in search of jacquard fabric, the main raw material for horse-faced skirts. Xucun Town is one of the largest jacquard fabric bases and production and marketing centers in China. Some merchants said that just by providing a design drawing, Xucun Town can know the fabrics they want and the related production processes. Horse-faced skirt brings splendor to traditional textile town "During the Spring Festival,…

"After visiting the scenic spots, I saw 50 or 60 ladies wearing horse-faced skirts!" Zhang Nan, a tourist from Zhengzhou, sighed after returning from Kaifeng's Qingming Festival Shanghe Garden: "But horse-faced skirts are indeed related to this kind of history and culture. The breathtaking attractions go well together." Since this year, the horse-faced skirt has become the “first skirt in spring”. Many young people not only wear it when shopping and visiting the garden, but even wear it at work. The "Hanfu craze" represented by horse-faced skirts has not only driven an upsurge in traditional cultural consumption, but also fueled people's enthusiasm for cultural and tourism activities. So, with so many styles of new Chinese clothing, why is it that only horse-faced skirts are “out of the circle”? What are the cultural codes behind this skirt becoming a hit? Horse-faced skirt becomes “the first skirt in spring” "Wearing a horse-faced skirt will make you feel good, just like the protagonist of an idol drama that has come into reality." Since the beginning of spring, Hairong often wears a black horse-faced skirt embroidered with silver patterns when going to work. She said that her "new Spring Festival outfit" allowed her to…

"Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms every day." Over the past few days, everyone has had a busy and fulfilling Spring Festival holiday. There were nearly 2.3 billion cross-regional people movements in society, 474 million domestic trips, a total expenditure of 632.687 billion yuan, and the total box office of Spring Festival movies exceeded 8 billion yuan... A group of "hot" summary data, behind which is condensed During the festival, there are beautiful moments that are either heartwarming or touching. The bustling Spring Festival not only brings "new peaches", but also more new atmosphere. The most obvious thing is that the ancient festival of Spring Festival is increasingly combined with modern elements. The combination of traditional culture and commercial elements gives people new ways to celebrate the festival and new experiences. This can be seen from a horse-faced skirt. A different trend than in the past. Horse-faced skirt is a traditional women's clothing that is fresh and elegant, simple yet gorgeous. More than ten years ago, traditional clothing represented by horse-faced skirts was still limited to small circles such as Hanfu Club and Comic Exhibition, but now it has become more and more "regular clothing". It…

During the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, whether enjoying the beauty of nature among the green mountains and rivers, or experiencing the charm of humanity in the historical museums, many people will wear traditional Chinese clothes and take photos to check in. Among them, the horse-faced skirt can be said to be the most eye-catching scenery. Some people fall in love with it because of its appearance, some people understand it because of their love, and some people regard designing it as their career and dream. From a niche hobby to a popular aesthetic With profound cultural heritage, beauty and fashion, horse-faced skirts have gradually moved from niche hobbies to popular aesthetics, which has made many designers and producers of horse-faced skirts feel unprecedented joy. Liu Wenyue, a "post-00s" girl from Zhejiang, is one of them. Hanfu designer Liu Wenyue: When we were first making horse-faced skirts, there were not many big factories in Haining that were willing to make horse-faced skirt fabrics. They felt that the market was too small. As a result, it was completely eliminated after a few months. It's the opposite direction. Hanfu designer Liu Wenyue: In the past, one picture and one style could be released…

The horse-faced skirt can be called “the first skirt in spring”. Previously, #400 college students returned to Caoxian town to sell horse-faced skirts# became a hot search topic. As one of China's major Hanfu production bases, Cao County in Heze City, Shandong Province, has ushered in a "tremendous wealth" with the popularity of horse-faced skirts this year. According to reports, starting from the year before, as of February this year, the sales of the Year of the Dragon New Year greeting clothes mainly produced in Caoxian County have exceeded 300 million yuan. A Hanfu horse-faced skirt merchant in Cao County said that offline sales increased dozens of times during the Chinese New Year, and a single online live broadcast account could also have an average daily sales of 200,000. After the Spring Festival, the popularity of horse-faced skirts has not diminished, and it has become a fashionable item for many people’s daily shopping and commuting. Picture source: Tu Chong Creative So, how did the horse-face skirt become so popular? Why is the horse-faced skirt “out of the circle” among so many styles of Hanfu? How did Caoxian County catch this "vast wealth"? The particularity of horse-faced skirt First of all,…

It is the "shirt" worn by celebrities in street photography and shows. It is a hot search as soon as it is worn, and it has become a topic and popularity. It is the most beautiful scenery in spring. The elderly, Gu Liang and children all wear their own horse-faced skirts. It collides with spring; it is also popular on social platforms. Fashion and travel bloggers take horse-faced skirts to check-in all over the world, reproducing the elegance and charm of oriental Chinese clothing; and, wearing horse-faced skirts to check-in and take photos People can see it everywhere, which also proves the popularity of horse-faced skirts from another direction. Picture source Xiaohongshu From being a niche to being popular now, why is the new Chinese style represented by the horse-faced skirt so popular? Today, let’s talk. 01. How popular is the new top horse-faced skirt? Whether a phenomenon or a behavior is really popular can be easily judged from the data on major social media. How popular is the horse-faced skirt, which is said to be the new top trend, on major social media? On Weibo, there are nearly 30 hot search topics about horse-faced skirts, among which #马面skirts are…