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Material, At the very beginning, the ancient Chinese only covered their bodies with leaves. As agricultural development increased, more clothing material appeared. In later years, linen, cotton, and silk were prominent materials. During the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), according to the government’s policy of physiocracy and restriction of business, businessmen were forbidden to wear silk clothing, even if they were rich. The Hanfu, Zhongshan suit (Mao suit), Tang suit, and cheongsam (qipao) are the four most distinctive types of traditional Chinese clothing. 1. Hanfu — The Most Traditional Chinese Clothing Women's clothes became more relaxed and revealing than their previous counterparts, owing to women being less restricted by the Confucian ethical codes. Hanfu features a loose yi (/ee/) 衣 'upper garment') with sleeves, and a skirt-like shang (/shung/ 裳 'lower garment' ). The belt sash was often decorated with jade. There are a plenty of hanfu styles, each of them could be assembled by a set of clothing pieces. Yi (衣)

Finnane, Antonia (2008), Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation, New York: Columbia University Press . It is popularly worn in China as a wedding dress, traditionally in red. Cheongsam is usually embroidered with elaborate gold and silver designs. Brides in southern China wear Qipao or a modified two-piece style, elaborately adorned with a gold dragon and phoenix pattern. Dragon and Phoenix is a traditional wedding dress favored by Chinese brides nowadays. 3. Men's Style - Tang Suit Qiao Hong (September 2009), "Chinese Clothing: From Gray-Blue to Coloured Years", Confucius Institute Magazine, vol.4, Beijing: Office of the Chinese Language Council International .During the Qin and Han dynasties, few changes were made to the details of the Hanfu. The shenyi was still the favored style of dress for the Han people and the Huns alike. The Western-style clothes and the Chinese attire were compassable at the turn of the 19th century and the 20th century, during which Hong Kong and Macau compatriots distinguished the Western toilette from the Chinese toilette according to the differences between the Western-style suit and the Tang suit. Every category has its own production techniques, and considerable discrepancies could be observed when comparing different categories or 1 category at different times. Rhoads, Edward J.M. (2000), Han and Manchus: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928, Studies on Ethnic Groups in China, Seattle: University of Washington Press, ISBN 9780295980409 .

Taylor, Adam (10 Nov 2014), "APEC's Silly Shirts: The Awkward Tradition That Won't Go Away", The Washington Post, Washington {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link).This article provides a brief introduction to each category. By reading the following contents, the basic frameworks of traditional Chinese clothing could be structured. 1. Traditional Chinese Dress - Hanfu The Tang suit has had a great influence on the clothing styles of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Vietnam in history. The Japanese kimono is made on the basis of pao of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and it has become the national clothing of Japan.

Religious diversity in Muslim-majority states in Southeast Asia: areas of toleration nad conflict. J. Saravanamuttu, Bernhard Platzdasch, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2014. ISBN 978-981-4519-65-6. OCLC 893518385. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) For exploring the world of traditional Chinese clothing, it is necessary to learn the most classic 5 categories: Respectively, Hanfu, Cheongsam, Tang suit, Zhongshan suit, and customs of the minority ethnics. Manchu is an ethnic minority lived in the northeast of China, they established the Qing regime, overthrew Ming and ruled the whole China gradually. After that, Manchu's costume style made a big impact on Han people, and Han officials were forced to wear "Magua" then. It was stipulated that the third-rank officials and above wore green silk pao and shenyi, and the common people wore white linen pao during the Qin Dynasty. Hanfu in the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties (581 – 1279) Modern Tang suits are increasingly being worn during special occasions, such as during Chinese holidays, festivals — particularly the annual Spring Festival — and, of course, weddings. More and more modern grooms are choosing to sport Tang suits over traditional western style formal suit options, or decide to wear both at different points of the wedding celebration to unify Eastern and Western traditions.One is the stand collar, the front center opening of the upper garment, originated in the Ming Dynasty vertical collar, at first for women's clothing, after men's clothing also use stand collar. Traditional Dresses Welcome Spring Festival", China Daily, Beijing: China Daily Information Co., 8 Feb 2002 .