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April 14, Heze City People’s Square. The owner of an individual shop in Cao County who rents and sells Hanfu in the square opposite the Caozhou Peony Garden does not finish dressing until 22:00. This year, although there were many tourists at the Heze International Peony Cultural Tourism Festival, there were more businesses renting and selling Hanfu. This shop owner said: "Today weekend, I only rented out a few sets of Hanfu. Business is too difficult now." Behind the "Hanfu craze", there are some issues that require planning and thinking in advance, and maintaining an open and tolerant attitude. The return of Hanfu is not a time travel, but a true connection with history in terms of cognition, etiquette, festivals, etc. It is an enrichment of cultural life, an improvement in aesthetic quality, and a strengthening of spiritual taste.

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…

During the Qingming Festival that just passed, among the people going out for an outing, young people wearing Hanfu could always be seen, becoming a scene in the spring. At the beginning of the New Year in 2024, the horse-faced skirt, as the "Year of the Dragon jersey", put Hanfu in Caoxian County, Shandong Province on the hot search list. In recent years, Cao County, located in southwest Shandong, has vigorously developed the Hanfu industry and has now formed a complete industrial chain. Sales account for half of the national Hanfu market. In 2023, Hanfu sales reached 7.215 billion yuan. Why can Cao County, which has "mediocre" resource endowments, become so popular with its Hanfu? The old path of the Yellow River is blowing the "Hanfu style" Cao County has a total population of 1.75 million, making it the most populous county in Shandong. For a long time, Cao County, which is located on the old course of the Yellow River, has been labeled as an "economic lowland", "poor county" and "major labor export county". It is popular in the local area to describe Caoxian County as "three excesses" - there are many bachelors, many elderly people, and many left-behind…

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…

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…

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,…

Since last year, the popularity of horse-faced skirts has driven the trend of national fashion consumption. On a certain social platform, there are more than 1 million notes related to horse-faced skirts and more than 560,000 related products. On short video platforms, multiple horse-faced skirt-related topics have been viewed more than 100 million times. Behind the popularity of horse-faced skirts, the scale of China's Hanfu market continues to expand. The report shows that China's Hanfu market size will reach 14.47 billion yuan in 2023, and it is predicted that it is expected to reach about 24 billion yuan in 2027. Driven by this trend, many well-known brands have launched national fashion products that combine elements of traditional Chinese culture, covering clothing, shoes, accessories, beauty, home furnishings, digital and many other fields. The explosion of national fashion products is the result of the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture. It illustrates the charm of traditional Chinese aesthetics that transcends time and space. This popular trend also highlights the self-confidence, self-improvement and high-spirited spiritual outlook of contemporary young people. . Integrity and innovation have given new vitality to China's excellent traditional culture. For example, the horse-faced skirt fully…

Just after the Spring Festival holiday, on February 19, a group of nuns dressed in horse-faced skirts "catwalked" in Chengdu Wangjianglou Park. To the accompaniment of music, the group of them walked on the stage wearing red, dark blue and navy horse-faced skirts. According to reports, last autumn, maids also wore horse-faced skirts and took photos under the ginkgo trees in some parks and other places in Chengdu. Red Star News reporters learned that horse-faced skirts, as a type of Hanfu, have quietly "entered" the wardrobes of young people and even middle-aged and elderly people in recent years. During this year’s Spring Festival, topics such as #马面skirtJackie Chan’s New Year’s Spring Festival Outfit Hot Style#even #caoxian sold 300 million horse-faced skirts are still in short supply#and other topics became hot searches. According to big data from multiple e-commerce platforms, the search volume for Hanfu has skyrocketed since January this year. Among them, the horse-faced skirt has become the most popular item in the Hanfu category, with sales of many hot-selling items exceeding one million. Yuan. In Wenshufang, Chengdu, a Hanfu store's horse-faced skirt sales increased by 20 to 30% during the Spring Festival this year compared with last year, becoming…

It’s flower viewing season It’s also a popular time to take photos in Hanfu "Center of the Universe" Caoxian County, Shandong We are busy again "The dragon leaps over the river and the sea" "The phoenix flies" "Green water and green mountains" The upright and elegant national style elements appear on the skirt Caoxian not only uses the oriental aesthetics of Hanfu It has conquered the aesthetics of contemporary people in all aspects It also started the "wild" journey of the Hanfu industry 01 The sewing machine rings Wanliang of gold Horse-faced skirt as the "New Year's jersey" for the Year of the Dragon Because it can be controlled by all ages It has become the most popular national style clothing item in recent times Only the first two months of this year Sales of local horse-faced skirts in Cao County have reached nearly 550 million yuan Still in short supply It takes about 6 meters of fabric to produce a horse-faced skirt The skirt is decorated with dragons and phoenixes carved with silk threads of various colors These complex and exquisite patterns It needs to be knitted with a high-precision jacquard machine Caoxian County relies on its rapidly rising…

The horse-faced skirt is a traditional costume in ancient China. It is named after the "horse-faced" defensive building on the ancient city wall. In the past two years, Hanfu has continued to enter the public eye. Among them, the horse-faced skirt has become the "New Year's shirt" for young people with its simple and versatile style. During the Spring Festival this year, horse-faced skirts have become the "New Year shirt" for many people. Many young people will wear horse-faced skirts when visiting temple fairs, lantern viewing parties, and even visiting relatives and friends. With the popularity of Hanfu culture in China, sales of Hanfu, represented by horse-faced skirts, have surged on e-commerce platforms, and they have frequently appeared at major Spring Festival galas. This "most dazzling Chinese style" is not accidental For most consumers, the first time they got to know horse-faced skirts was the "plagiarism of horse-faced skirts" incident by an international brand in July 2022. On the streets abroad, many Chinese and international students wore Hanfu and held placards to protest, calling on the international brand to "plagiarize horse-faced skirts". Brands stop cultural appropriation. After this incident, horse-faced skirts began to appear in the public eye. From international…

Around Chen Xiaofeng, a wave of career changes quietly arrived. In the past, hardware workers would open Hanfu shops; girls who married out of town would have to return to their hometowns to sell Hanfu. Even the mayor of Daji Town in Caoxian County said that there are now 400 college students from Caoxian County who have returned to their hometowns to sell horse-faced skirts, and they are all so busy that they don’t even touch the ground. One of the most talked-about things among the locals is that a company in Cao County that originally made headphones turned around and started making horse-faced skirts. "All funds and personnel will be directed towards Caoxian County" Caoxian once again became the focus of everyone's attention. This time, it is not "666, Caoxian, Heze, Shandong, my baby" that is popular, but a skirt. The horse-faced skirt, a traditional costume originated from the Song Dynasty, has become a daily routine during this Spring Festival. When going from house to house to pay New Year greetings, many adults and children are wearing pleated and patterned silk horse-faced skirts. On social platforms, wearing horse-faced skirts has become a hot topic. The popularity reached its peak…

On March 8, a report from Douyin e-commerce: In the past year, the order volume of new Chinese-style clothing purchased by female users on Douyin e-commerce increased by 195% year-on-year, among which the order volume of horse-faced skirts increased by 841% year-on-year. This shows that female consumption plays an important role in the cultural inheritance and market expansion of national trends and intangible cultural heritage. According to the Qianzhan Smart Investment Recruitment System, 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. Merchants selling Hanfu and horse-faced skirts in Cao County said that production was in short supply, offline sales had increased dozens of times, and a single online live broadcast account averaged 200,000 per day. National trend promotes the popularity of Hanfu In recent years, the consumption craze for domestic products has continued to heat up, and the national trend has spread across all walks of life. According to data from Baidu and the People's Daily Online Research Institute,…

Caoxian horse-faced skirt □ Chutian Metropolis Daily Jimu News reporter Shen Wai Li Ying Photography: Chutian Metropolis Daily Jimu News reporter Li Ying Caoxian has two completely different looks. A look is “engraved” on the Internet. In 2021, this county in southwestern Shandong with a population of 1.75 million became popular because of an Internet celebrity calling Mai. In the carnival-like jokes made by netizens about "Bei, Shanghai, Guangcao", Caoxian is described as a cyber high-tech city with high-rise buildings and spaceships. It is a "universe" where even two apartments in Shanghai cannot be exchanged for "a bed in the outer ring". center". The other is the real Caoxian County. This county, part of Heze City, Shandong Province, is famous for its large population. It only takes half an hour to take the urban rail from Heze City to Caoxian County. Caoxian County has sharp-edged streets and buildings. There are few trees on both sides of the streets. Except for newly developed residential buildings, there are almost no high-rise buildings. Because it is close to Henan Province, Henan braised noodles and other restaurants can be seen everywhere on the streets. The locals' accent is also "Cao Pu" mixed with the…

"Horse Face Skirt" has quietly become a new star in the fashion circle? Don't worry, today we will take a closer look at this magical item that leads the unique trend of "Spring's first skirt". Moreover, we will also reveal the secrets of this craze The driving force behind - Caoxian, an originally quiet small county, how to stand out in this fashion storm! I. The craze of horse-faced skirts First of all, let's talk about this wonderful new fashion favorite called "horse face skirt". You may have known nothing about this term before, but now, if you look at social media, you will find that it is all the rage. #马面skirt# has been on the hot search list, and a group of young people have flocked to it. People can’t help but wonder what kind of magical existence this horse-faced skirt is. What is even more surprising is that the center of this fashion trend is not in the first-tier cities, but in a small county - Cao County. Yes, Caoxian County is a well-deserved "Hanfu production base" and has ushered in "tremendous wealth" overnight. II. The importance of horse-faced skirt Okay, let’s sort out what Hanfu is and…

The breath of spring is not yet strong, but horse-faced skirts have already successfully occupied the C position and become the hottest new "top trend" in the clothing industry. How popular are horse-faced skirts? Caoxian County, Shandong Province has the most say. Yes, it is Cao County, which is known as the "center of the universe". At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, sales of New Year's greeting clothes, mainly horse-faced skirts, in Caoxian County have exceeded the 300 million yuan mark! In this small town, 400 college students who returned home to start their own businesses joined the horse-faced skirt industry. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the sales peak arrived as expected, and the daily packaging volume of some stores was as high as 2,000 pieces. The dazzling costumes, the "face" and "lining" of the horse-faced skirt From spring outings, wedding toasts, to New Year's jerseys, horse-faced skirts have swept across all kinds of important occasions, moving from the niche to the public, and successfully "flying into the homes of ordinary people." Taobao data shows that during the Double 11 period in 2023 alone, Taobao sold more than 730,000 horse-faced skirts, which could fill 105…

Wearing new clothes is a must-have Spring Festival ritual for Chinese people. A horse-faced skirt has suddenly become the first choice of "battle robe", which can be regarded as the top choice during the festival. According to reports, Caoxian County, Shandong Province, is one of the production and sales bases of Hanfu in my country, with sales of Hanfu exceeding 7 billion yuan a year. This year, in Caoxian County, the sales of Year of the Dragon New Year clothes, mainly horse-face skirts, have exceeded 300 million yuan. Horse-faced skirts are in short supply. What’s so attractive about them that they’re the first to emerge among traditional costumes? The integration of traditional clothing into modern life not only fully explores excellent historical and cultural resources, but also helps it gain new vitality and achieve creative transformation and innovative development. From the horse-faced skirt, we see a series of surprising changes: traditional Hanfu has become everyday, gradually reaching the public from the niche circle. In the past, more people who wore Hanfu were Hanfu lovers. Nowadays, more and more people are wearing horse-faced skirts in their daily lives. Whether it is a Chinese-style shirt or a modern-style short-sleeved shirt, there is…

It’s the flower-viewing season, and it’s also a popular time to take photos wearing Hanfu. Caoxian County, Shandong Province, the “center of the universe,” is busy again. The upright and elegant national style elements of "dragon leaping over the river and sea", "phoenix flying" and "green water and green mountains" are vividly displayed on the skirt. Caoxian not only conquered the aesthetics of contemporary people with the oriental aesthetics of Hanfu, but also opened the door to Hanfu The "wild" journey of the industry. When the sewing machine rings, there is a thousand taels of gold As the "New Year's jersey" of the Year of the Dragon, the horse-faced skirt can be worn by all ages and has become the most popular national style clothing item in recent times. In the first two months of this year alone, the sales of local horse-faced skirts in Caoxian County reached nearly 550 million yuan, and demand is still in short supply. It takes about 6 meters of fabric to produce a horse-faced skirt. The hem of the skirt is carved with dragons and phoenixes with various colored silk threads. These complicated and exquisite patterns need to be knitted with one stitch by…

In the eyes of the person in charge of the Shanghai Hanfu Copyright Center, "Hanfu" has always been a hot social phenomenon. There are three reasons for this: First, the profound Chinese culture and colorful Chinese stories are a treasure trove of creating "Hanfu" fashion topics; second, it has not become popular. The prediction of trends is limited, and there is no benchmarking by international brands, which gives a broad cultural space for the creation of a unique "Hanfu brand"; third, the rich clothing of past dynasties and the mature clothing industry chain have greatly reduced the "Hanfu design" and "Hanfu design". The entry threshold of "Hanfu Industry" Reporters Zhong Han Zhang Yi Shi Chenlu This Spring Festival, the Hanfu horse-faced skirt known as the "New Year's jersey" is very popular. In Caoxian County, Shandong Province, sales of New Year clothes for the Year of the Dragon, mainly horse-faced skirts, exceeded 300 million yuan. Topics such as "Caoxian County sold 300 million horse-faced skirts but still in short supply" became hot searches. On e-commerce platforms, the number of searches for horse-faced skirts has skyrocketed, and horse-faced skirts are also seen at major Spring Festival galas. There are so many styles…

Chen Sui, a 2023 graduate of Qilu Medical College of Shandong University, still remembers that at the graduation ceremony in June of that year, she attended the graduation ceremony wearing silk flowers on her head and a horse-faced skirt. Her bun was draped over her shoulders and she matched her bachelor's uniform, which attracted a large number of onlookers and compliments. . During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, she once again wore the "top trend" horse-faced dress. Nowadays, horse-faced skirts are everywhere whether on commuting buses, subways, or in the fashion capital of Paris, France. Shandong’s collection of Ming Dynasty costumes is one of the best in the country. Not only is it large in quantity and good in quality, it also enjoys a high reputation in the industry. The “Culture of Clothes – Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition” is a top-notch costume feast. The popularity of Ming Dynasty costumes further activated the traditional aesthetic genes in the hearts of the public and awakened the public's attention to traditional Chinese culture. Behind this are the outstanding achievements of cultural "two creations". The popularity brought by a top clothing exhibition It has been three years since the…

During the Spring Festival this year, the horse-faced skirt became a hot-selling "New Year's shirt", and the topic #Caoxian sold 300 million horse-faced skirts and is still in short supply# became a hot search topic. Red Star News reporters found that as early as 2021, Caoxian County, Shandong Province, became a hot topic of public opinion due to keywords such as "performance costumes, Hanfu, Taobao Village". Before that, Caoxian coffins became very popular because they were exported abroad. Why was Caoxian given "vast wealth"? Under the Internet tide, why can Caoxian County always seize the opportunity? Zhang Longfei, director of the Cao County E-commerce Service Center, told the Red Star News reporter that it was not an absolute coincidence that Cao County was able to seize the horse-faced skirt business opportunity during the Chinese New Year. The local situation had been predicted and consciously prepared for more than a year. It was put into full production years ago. Thanks to deliberate promotion, sales of horse-faced skirts have surged last year. Public data shows that during the "Double Eleven" promotion period in 2023, from the start of pre-sales to the end of "Double Eleven", Caoxian County sold more than 730,000 horse-faced…

This Spring Festival, the horse-faced skirt, one of the standard features of Hanfu, has become a popular "New Year's shirt". In live broadcast rooms selling clothing, buyers are constantly asking if the goods are in stock; in subways, scenic spots, museums and other places, girls wearing down jackets and coats can be seen everywhere, with fluttering horse-faced skirts exposed at the feet of their clothes. At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the traditional Chinese pattern creation show "Nian Brocade" allowed people to see the oriental beauty of traditional clothing such as Song brocade vests, Xiangyun gauze jackets, and embroidered horse-faced skirts. Data from multiple e-commerce platforms show that since January this year, the number of searches for Hanfu has skyrocketed, and the horse-faced skirt has become one of the most popular items in the Hanfu category. As one of the production and sales bases of Hanfu in my country, Caoxian County, Shandong Province, has sold more than 300 million yuan of clothing for the Year of the Dragon this year, mainly horse-faced skirts. Why are horse-faced skirts so popular all of a sudden? Photo courtesy of Visual China The "new jersey" coming out of the museum The blue satin skirt…

According to The Paper, during the Spring Festival this year, Hanfu not only appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, but also entered ordinary streets. Some places even launched a "free subway ride with Hanfu" campaign. Big data from multiple e-commerce platforms shows that since the beginning of this year, searches for Hanfu have skyrocketed, and horse-faced skirts have become the most popular item in the Hanfu category. The horse-faced skirt once became the "New Year's jersey", triggering a wave of traditional cultural consumption. How popular is the horse-faced skirt? In Caoxian County, Shandong, a Hanfu distribution center, sales of Dragon Year clothing, mainly horse-faced skirts, have exceeded 300 million yuan. People can be seen wearing horse-faced skirts in cultural evening parties and temple fair performances at tourist attractions in Luoyang, Henan, and Quanzhou, Fujian. As one of the representatives of traditional Chinese clothing, the horse-faced skirt has taken on new vitality in modern society and has become a commercial phenomenon. This not only shows the charm of traditional culture, but also highlights its infinite possibilities in modern society. Behind the popularity of horse-faced skirts, there is credit for commercial promotion, but it also stems from people’s love and pursuit…