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 and Ming Dynasty, 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 is doing her hair, and the fastest thing is choosing a horse-face skirt. As long as the pattern and pattern are good-looking, she can wear it with a sense of sophistication. She only bought 5 horse-face…

Horse-face skirt - this new "national trend" item, even if you have never bought it, you must have seen others wearing it in the mall, at the subway station, or in the circle of friends. With the popularity of horse-faced skirts, the term "new Chinese style dressing" frequently appears in the public eye. On March 6, Douyin e-commerce released the "2024 Douyin E-commerce Women's Consumption Trend Data Report", which showed that in the past year, the number of orders for new Chinese-style clothing purchased by female users on Douyin e-commerce increased by 195% year-on-year. Among them, horse noodles The order volume of skirts increased by 841% year-on-year, and the order volume of Hanfu, Song brocade jackets, and Xiangyunsha clothing also grew at a considerable rate, with year-on-year growth of 336%, 225%, and 112% respectively. The new top-notch horse-faced skirt sold for 550 million yuan in two months According to CCTV Finance, in Cao County, Shandong Province, the largest production center for horse-faced skirts in my country, sales of local horse-faced skirts were close to 550 million yuan in the first two months of this year alone. In addition, according to e-commerce platform data, in the first two months of this…

01. Horse-faced skirts were "exploded" to beat workers Recently, deliberately wearing ugly clothes to work has become a new type of performance art for workers to fight against work. They wear cotton socks with high heels, down jackets with pajamas, and then go out without washing their hair or face. 25-year-old Fu Chen is one of those who wear ugly clothes to work. Since she clocks in at eight in the morning, when she opens her eyes every day, in order to save time, she will continue to pick up the clothes she wore the day before and put them on again. "My standard outfit is a black down jacket and light gray sports pants, which I usually wear for a week." It wasn't until the Women's Day a few days ago that the company held a Hanfu-themed event, which stipulated that Hanfu must be worn to participate. Fu Chen hurriedly bought a popular horse-faced skirt and reluctantly took off the gray dress that almost stuck to his legs. Sweatpants. Unexpectedly, this black horse-faced skirt made Fu Chen, who had always been unknown in the workplace, receive a lot of compliments. A colleague directly praised her for being "different" than…

This year, the manufacturers of horse-faced skirts in Caoxian County, Shandong Province were too busy during the Spring Festival holiday. "Customers called me on New Year's Eve." Meng Xiaoxia, chief designer of Caoxian Chenfei Clothing Co., Ltd., once again felt the "top status" of horse-faced skirts. At the urging of customers, the company's offline Hanfu showroom opened early on the first day of the new year. "On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, many customers really couldn't wait, so we sent our employees to work early with three times the salary." She said that the entire exhibition hall was full as soon as she got to work, and customers even took away the horse-faced skirts worn by the child models last winter. . Even before the Spring Festival, almost all of the company's products were sold out and there was no overstock. Currently, the factory is working overtime every day to produce. Not only Meng Xiaoxia's company, but the entire Cao County experienced a wave of horse-face skirt craze around the Spring Festival. According to data from the Cao County E-commerce Service Center, so far, sales of Cao County’s Year of the Dragon New Year greeting clothes, mainly…

Visiting the Horse Face Skirt Fever Cao County is a small county in Heze, Shandong Province. A few years ago, this place was ridiculed by netizens as the "center of the universe" and became popular. Recently, it once again "dominates" the hot searches because of its horse-faced skirt. In January and February alone, online sales of horse-faced skirts reached about 550 million yuan. Why are horse-faced skirts so popular? Why is this fire burning in Caoxian County? Can horse-faced skirts remain popular? What is the Chinese story behind the popularity of Hanfu? This issue of "A Closer Look at China" specially invites Moldovan observer Aileen to visit the horse-faced skirt epidemic in Cao County. " Buy a favorite horse-faced skirt Cao County Cao County’s Hanfu industry is well-known nationwide. There are two Hanfu industry centers here, and Aileen visited one of them, Daji Town. The streets here are dotted with Hanfu shops, and Ai Lin couldn't wait to shop around. She wanted to choose a horse-faced skirt for herself. A horse-faced skirt usually refers to a two-piece skirt with a skirt shaped like a "horse face" on a city wall and pleated on both sides. It took shape during the…

Who would have thought that the "Dior copied Chinese horse-faced skirt" incident would have such great stamina. In July 2022, after Dior's new product was revealed to be a copycat of Chinese horse-faced skirts, sales of horse-faced skirts have been increasing. Cao County, "a big county for horse-faced skirts," made a profit of 550 million from selling horse-faced skirts in the first two months of this year. The sales of Year of the Dragon New Year clothes, which are mainly horse-faced skirts, exceeded 300 million during the Spring Festival. There is a Hanfu brand that has only been in operation for one year, and its turnover exceeded 100 million. Xinghe Hange, which was founded just 10 months ago, has a turnover of 70 million, and once made a daily profit of 1.5 million yuan. What is the concept of making 1.5 million a day? I got 62,500 yuan in one hour, and I earned a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan in one hour, which is what a dozen workers would earn in a year and a half. Another protagonist in the comparison incident, the LVMH Group of the Dior brand, saw its revenue share in China slipping from 35% to…

"Look, the horse-faced skirt that person is wearing is very nice." "The horse-faced skirt that the girl is wearing has a bird statue on it." "They should have made this horse-faced skirt themselves."...Tourists from Beijing When he saw our horse-faced skirt, he told his six companions: "Quickly take a photo of this horse-faced skirt, follow the attractions on this horse-faced skirt to visit, and check out the delicious food on it." In the New Year of the Year of the Dragon, a fashion storm about horse-faced skirts is sweeping across. Classical and modern styles intertwine in the streets and alleys to create a unique style. As if overnight, the horse-faced skirt awakened from its dusty history. Therefore, we plan to do a special issue on the integration of horse-faced skirts and Shanxi culture. Who knows, it is this idea that puts us on a path of "resurrection". Wear a homemade horse-faced skirt and have a dialogue between the past and the present Journalists who don’t want to be tailors are not good photographers When the team discussed the plan, each member had already positioned themselves as a tailor, thinking that it would be cool to make a horse-faced skirt belonging…

No one can tell who started this trend first. But in Caoxian County, there is a "myth" widely circulated among Hanfu merchants: last year, in a live broadcast room in Caoxian County, the sales of horse-faced skirts reached hundreds of thousands of yuan a day. Horse-faced skirts have become a hot money-making opportunity in Caoxian County, and Caoxian County has become the focus again because of horse-faced skirts. In 2021, this county in southwestern Shandong was nicknamed the "center of the universe" on the Internet because of a netizen's "Shouting Mai". The traffic has passed, but Caoxian County is not as "short-lived" as imagined. In the past few years, Sun Xiangyu, a post-95 Hanfu merchant in Caoxian County, has worked in logistics, tried e-commerce, and sold costumes. He has witnessed the return of the national trend blowing to the land of Caoxian through the Internet and constantly reshaping it. With this county. His experience is the epitome of many Caoxian people. In Sun Xiangyu's view, behind Caoxian County's renewed popularity lies the vitality of this county, which will change at the right time and always follow the direction of the market. "There are no limits, opportunities come, let's see who…

In December 2023, the horse-faced skirt, one of the standard features of Hanfu, was rated as one of Taobao's top ten products of the year, and also became a popular "New Year's shirt" during the 2024 Spring Festival. Many consumers' initial recognition of horse-faced skirts may come from the "horse-faced skirt incident" two years ago, from celebrities carrying goods, or from social media promotion, but no matter what, horse-faced skirts are very popular. , and whether the Hanfu represented by this skirt is about to usher in great wealth is worthy of our attention. 01 The Origin of Chinese Clothing: The Horse-faced Skirt Broken by Accident In this Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, you must have seen many people wearing a dignified and gorgeous pleated skirt on the streets and tourist attractions. In this year’s three-piece New Year’s suit of “buying new clothes, getting a manicure, and perming your hair”, horse-faced skirts suddenly emerged and became many people’s “New Year’s shirts” and also became the number one item in many people’s wardrobes. A piece of Hanfu. According to Taobao data, during the Double 11 period in 2023 alone, Taobao sold more than 730,000 horse-faced skirts, which could…

Clothing is a material expression of the culture of the times. As two adjacent dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties had very different clothing styles. The humanities and arts developed under the political background of "emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts" had a very important impact on the changes in clothing. The clothing in the Song Dynasty had a very obvious trend of simplicity, pragmatism, elegance and advocating nature. 褙子： It is the most distinctive costume of the Song Dynasty. It is usually worn in the living room. We can see it in Zhifu. It is developed from the previous half-arm and mid-single forms. The trousers are not only suitable for women to wear. With the continuous evolution and development, they have become a kind of clothing that can be worn by both men and women, regardless of high or low, regardless of culture and martial arts, and by both the government and the public. "History of the Song Dynasty·Yu Fu Zhi" says: Huachai Zhaiyi is a formal dress, and the back is for daily wear." Queens and ladies also wear it in informal occasions. Reason for recommendation: comfortable and decent, the most cost-effective item. Skirt: Skirts in…

The "new Chinese style" horse-faced skirt can be regarded as the latest trend. 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, mushrooms, 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…

Last year, the international fashion brand Dior was caught in the controversy for plagiarizing the horse-face skirt, a traditional Chinese dress. A basic plain-colored horse-face skirt, which sells for tens of yuan in Hanfu online stores, sells for as high as 29,000 yuan in Dior and is sold out. It is reported that the skirt in question was made by a Korean designer. What’s even funnier is that the Dior store in Seoul, Korea, which sells the skirt, said: “The design combines French and Korean culture.” Later, although the skirt was removed from the online mall, it aroused the thinking of many Chinese people. From the Dragon Boat Festival to horse-faced skirts, from movable type printing to plum blossom sportswear, there are so many pieces of traditional Chinese culture that have been coveted and "stolen" by others. In this issue, we will walk into the horse-faced skirt with Xu Jiao and truly feel its charm. I hope that the lost popularity of horse-faced skirts is not a flash in the pan. When it comes to inheriting traditional Chinese culture, you and I are both masters. 1. The red carpet of the Golden Rooster Awards was filled with flowers, and Xu…

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,…

Readers who like Hanfu will often hear the terms "Ruqun" and "Shenyi". Today, we will take you through the most common style of Hanfu in movies and TV series: the attire of women during the Tang Dynasty, and let you know about Hanfu and see what knowledge and secrets are hidden in the chest-high skirt. What's so embarrassing about a chest-length undershirt? Many historical and cultural works describe the grandeur and openness of the Tang Dynasty, often using the revealing and open clothing of women in the Tang Dynasty as examples. In various portraits and sculptures, almost all Tang Dynasty women have their snow-white breasts and cleavage exposed. What creates this visual effect is the chest-high skirt. In many Hanfu books, the existence of waist-length skirts is ignored, and chest-length skirts are all classified as high-waist skirts. In fact, a high-waisted underskirt refers to an underskirt with the waistline below the chest. If the waistline is above the chest, it is considered a chest-length undershirt. Why are you so embarrassed to shout about the chest-length undershirt? Influenced by traditional and conservative ideas, the Hanfu style of chest-length skirt has never been renamed. In today's society, "butt-length skirts" are accepted by…

In the history of Chinese clothing, the top and lower skirt are the most basic form of Chinese clothing, and there are many styles. Among them, the skirt, shirt skirt, and coat skirt are the favorites of women. They are also the ancient suits that best reflect the feminine charm of women. . The ancient skirts, shirt skirts and coat skirts are colorful and have different styles. They not only change the unavoidable singleness of the matching of deep clothes, but also can correct the body shape and show the elegant posture and unique charm of women. They are A clothing combination that has been universally loved by women throughout the dynasties. 01 The graceful style of undershirts, shirts and coats As tops, jackets, shirts and jackets are slightly different. Generally speaking, jackets are single-layered and jackets are multi-layered or sandwiched. The jacket can be single-layer or multi-layered, but it is usually divided around the waist and divided into layers. There is a "waist gusset" next to it. This small idea makes the woman's waist line more prominent, making it look delicate and restrained, giving it a unique charm. Early undershirts were generally short, only reaching the waist, so they…

Hanfu is mainly composed of clothes, skirts, trousers, robes, and hakama. The development of national costumes to the present day has no distinction between classes and dynasties. ☞Middle coat☜ The general term for Hanfu shirts, also known as "lining", is worn between underwear and outer clothing. Specifically, there are middle shirts, middle trousers, middle skirts, and middle singles, which play the role of body protection, warmth, and plastic surgery. Mainly white, but can also be other plain colors. Middle coat (women) Middle coat (men) ☞Rurt☜ Ruqun is a type of Hanfu that appeared in the Warring States Period and rose in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The short coat worn on the upper body and the skirt tied on the lower body are collectively called the skirt, which is a typical "top and lower skirt" clothing system. The top is called "ru" and is shorter in length, generally no longer than the knee. The lower body is called "skirt". "Ruqun" is actually the collective name of two types of clothing. l Depending on the collar, it is divided into cross-collar underskirts and double-breasted (straight collar) underskirts. l According to the waist height of the skirt, it is divided…

Hanfu is my country's traditional national costume and is inextricably linked to traditional culture. Hanfu has a long history, rich and diverse styles, and has undergone changes throughout the dynasties. Everyone knows that Hanfu is gorgeous, but many students are put off by it because the shape is too complicated, and the knowledge found online is too fragmented and difficult to understand. Today we will learn about the common Hanfu styles through the Q version of Hanfu. 1. Half-breasted arms and half-armed collars As the name suggests, the half-arm is that the sleeves are only half the length of the arm, and the body is as long as the waist. It is actually very similar to the modern short-sleeved top, but it is worn with a blouse on the outside. Half-arm sleeves became popular among nobles from the Sui Dynasty. They were first worn by female officials in the palace, and then were introduced to ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty. From then on, they were out of control. The popular explanation is that the two front plackets do not overlap and are symmetrical, while the cross-collar means that the front plackets cross and overlap. The half-arm reflects the layering…

Clothing is a material expression of the culture of the times. As two adjacent dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties had very different clothing styles. The humanities and arts developed under the political background of "emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts" had a very important impact on the changes in clothing. The clothing in the Song Dynasty had a very obvious trend of simplicity, pragmatism, elegance and advocating nature. Today we will take stock of some classic styles of Song Dynasty clothing. Song Dynasty women's clothing 褙子： It is the most distinctive costume of the Song Dynasty. It is usually worn in the living room. We can see it in Zhifu. It is developed from the previous half-arm and mid-single forms. It is also said that kuzi developed from the attire of maids. The important basis for this statement is that this kind of clothing has the function of "convenient and beneficial to the body". The style of the turban is characterized by the length of the garment reaching below the knees or directly to the feet, and the left and right armpits are sewn together with fabric at the front and back, making it flexible and not…

At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, Caoxian County in Heze, Shandong Province became popular again. Topics such as "Caoxian Horse Face Skirts sold for more than 300 million yuan during the Chinese New Year are still in short supply" and "College students return to Caoxian County to start a business" were frequently searched. So what exactly is the charm of Hanfu in Caoxian County? Let’s start with the entrepreneurial experience of Wei Pingan and his wife Wang Qingqing. The couple are college students who returned to Caoxian County in 2019 to start a business. Last year, the turnover from selling horse-faced skirts reached tens of millions. How the horse-faced skirt became a sought-after "New Year shirt" During the Spring Festival this year, sales of Hanfu, mainly horse-faced skirts, in Cao County exceeded 300 million yuan. Almost all Hanfu manufacturers in Caoxian County are operating at full capacity, and Wei Ping'an and his employees are working overtime day and night. This time, the two dragon-patterned horse-faced skirts produced by Wei Ping'an have become hits. Wei Ping'an: Because this year's Chinese New Year is the Year of the Dragon, we specially designed two more beautiful horse-faced skirts with dragon…

For a long time on TV screens, costume dramas dominated by Qing Dynasty palace dramas. There are many reasons, but one of the big reasons is that it is close to us. It must be only two or three hundred years behind us. As the last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) has relatively comprehensive historical data. The Chinese nation has always had comprehensive and long-lasting historical records and continuous civilization. "Who cares if the history of more than 4,000 years has not been interrupted? I am the Chinese." - Liang Qichao. There are good stories that can be filmed in all dynasties. Not to mention the Qin and Han Dynasties, there are many popular works in the Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties, such as Di Renjie, Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, the unofficial history "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Song Ci, the torturer of the Song Dynasty, and Bao Qingtian, who is surrounded by Ma Han of the Dynasty, has classic works such as "Young Bao Qingtian", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "Water Margin", etc. The rule of the Yuan Dynasty feels darker, you can read "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword",…