Nowadays, with the rise of the Hanfu revival movement, Hanfu culture is becoming more and more popular. When you go out or travel on a daily basis, you should have noticed that the number of cute people who love Hanfu and wear Hanfu is also increasing. While everyone is wearing Hanfu, it is natural that they also need to have a good understanding of Hanfu culture!
So, do you know the difference between the two common types of clothing in Hanfu, jackets and skirts? Next, let’s take a look at this issue with everyone! I believe everyone will gain a lot~
The jacket skirt is a style of Hanfu upper and lower skirts. It is actually one of the categories of skirts.
Aoqun is a general term for ancient Chinese women wearing a coat on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body. Skirts and jackets have been recorded since the Tang Dynasty until the Republic of China. Some people's definition of jacket skirt is actually a relatively wrong and vague one, because during the Ming Dynasty, shirts were still worn outside the skirt. The pottery figurines of the Sixteenth Kingdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty also show that the jacket was worn outside the skirt during this period. Therefore, the term "coat skirt" cannot be defined based on whether it is worn outside, but should be defined in the basic context of wearing a coat on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body.
"Coat" is a lined top. The coat we wear in winter now. The meaning of "coat" is actually not much different from the ancient coat skirt. The coat skirt was mainly used by the ancients to keep out the cold in winter. Most of the cuffs The styles are all tightened, such as pipa sleeves, narrow sleeves, etc., which are windproof and warm.
Generally, the lower skirt of a coat skirt is usually paired with a horse-face pleated skirt or an ordinary pleated skirt. There are also cases in the Tang Dynasty that used torn skirts to match the coat. Since the Ming Dynasty was the prosperous period for coats and skirts, when we talk about coats and skirts in modern times, we generally refer to the skirts and coats worn in the Ming Dynasty.
Due to the influence of the Ming Dynasty, Korea in the early days of the Lee Dynasty also followed the coat skirts of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually developed its own national characteristics, and evolved into the chiguri skirt style common in modern Korean clothes.
The Ruqun is a type of Hanfu. The short jacket worn on the upper body and the skirt worn on the lower body are collectively called the Ruqun. It is a typical "top and lower skirt" clothing system. The top is called "Ru", which is short in length, usually no longer than the knee. In the northwest region during the Han and Jin Dynasties, it was mostly a skirt with a waist and no side slits. The lower body is called a "skirt". Ruqun appeared in the Warring States Period and rose in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Underskirts are divided into waist-length underskirts, high-waisted underskirts, and chest-length underskirts based on the height of the skirt waist. Depending on the style of the collar, underskirts can be divided into cross-collar underskirts and straight-collar underskirts. According to the difference between whether it is tucked in or not, the undershirt is divided into single undershirt and compound undershirt. The single undershirt is closer to a shirt, and the compound undershirt is closer to a coat. The difference lies in the presence or absence of waist gusset.
Ruqun was the daily wear of ordinary people (women) until the early Tang Dynasty, and was gradually replaced by shirts and coats.
