The authors also highlight how hanfu reflects cultural exchange. The yuanlingpao (round-collar robe) of the Tang Dynasty (618 ...

As the "hanfu (traditional Han Chinese clothing) fever" has spread widely in China during recent years, people are not surprised to see young ladies wearing hanfu on the street. During holidays, like ...

Dressed in a flowing long robe adorned with beaded floral embroidery from a bygone era, stylist Xiao Hang looks like she surfaced from a time machine as she strides across the bustling Beijing metro, ...

Late this May, I met a friend of mine for a day out on the town. It was a reassuringly normal experience after months of COVID-19 stress: Just the two of us hanging out, grabbing lunch, and snapping ...

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of a wider CNN Style series on how culture in China is evolving in the Xi Jinping era. Beijing, China CNN — When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she would watch the ...

They feel more comfortable in voluminous robes than in a taut pair of jeans, and these advocates of a clothing style that goes back thousands of years are determined to ensure it remains with us for a ...

As spring arrived in April across Beijing, it wasn’t just the multitude of blooming flowers that caught the eye. In a phenomenon that is rapidly growing in popularity over the last two years, spring ...

College students wear traditional hanfu clothing as they dance at a park in Fuyang, Anhui province, in April. [Photo provided to China Daily] About 300 days a year, 25-year-old Zhou Zhiluo wears long, ...

Qi Pao also known as cheongsam in Cantonese, the qipao -- meaning Qi robe -- began as a long, loose dress worn by the Manchus or Qi people who ruled China from the 17th century to the early 1900s.