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**The charm of ancient and modern costumes** On the fashionable streets of Shanghai, a unique "Chinese Costume Week·Flowers in Shanghai" event made us seem to have traveled through time and space. Young people dress in Chinese costumes not just for a show, but also to make traditional culture shine with new brilliance in modern cities. **Huafu, the fashion choice of youth** The story of Xiao Wang, a college student in Hangzhou, shows us that Chinese clothing is not just a kind of clothing, it has become a fashion choice in young people's lives. From restored models to improved models, Chinese clothing is like a moving picture in her daily life. **Youth, the source of vitality for cultural inheritance** Young people born in the 1990s and 2000s are using their own methods to revitalize traditional culture. Wang Wanna’s Yue Opera and Wang Junjie’s Huai Opera, every performance they perform is a loving tribute to traditional culture and a vivid practice of cultural inheritance. **Dunhuang, a modern interpretation of ancient culture** Dunhuang culture, this thousand-year-old cultural treasure, is going to the world in a brand-new way. Zhang Xiaogang's introduction allows us to see the modern spread of Dunhuang culture. It is not…

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…

"After visiting the scenic spots, I saw 50 or 60 ladies wearing horse-faced skirts!" Zhang Nan, a tourist from Zhengzhou, sighed after returning from Kaifeng's Qingming Festival Shanghe Garden: "But horse-faced skirts are indeed related to this kind of history and culture. The breathtaking attractions go well together." Since this year, the horse-faced skirt has become the “first skirt in spring”. Many young people not only wear it when shopping and visiting the garden, but even wear it at work. The "Hanfu craze" represented by horse-faced skirts has not only driven an upsurge in traditional cultural consumption, but also fueled people's enthusiasm for cultural and tourism activities. So, with so many styles of new Chinese clothing, why is it that only horse-faced skirts are “out of the circle”? What are the cultural codes behind this skirt becoming a hit? Horse-faced skirt becomes “the first skirt in spring” "Wearing a horse-faced skirt will make you feel good, just like the protagonist of an idol drama that has come into reality." Since the beginning of spring, Hairong often wears a black horse-faced skirt embroidered with silver patterns when going to work. She said that her "new Spring Festival outfit" allowed her to…

During the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, whether enjoying the beauty of nature among the green mountains and rivers, or experiencing the charm of humanity in the historical museums, many people will wear traditional Chinese clothes and take photos to check in. Among them, the horse-faced skirt can be said to be the most eye-catching scenery. Some people fall in love with it because of its appearance, some people understand it because of their love, and some people regard designing it as their career and dream. From niche hobby to popular aesthetics With profound cultural heritage, beauty and fashion, horse-faced skirts have gradually moved from niche hobbies to popular aesthetics, which has made many designers and producers of horse-faced skirts feel unprecedented joy. Liu Wenyue, a "post-00s" girl from Zhejiang, is one of them. Hanfu designer Liu Wenyue: When we were first making horse-faced skirts, there were not many big factories in Haining that were willing to make horse-faced skirt fabrics. They felt that the market was too small. As a result, it was completely eliminated after a few months. It's the opposite direction. Hanfu designer Liu Wenyue: In the past, one picture and one style could be released in a…

On April 4, the first day of the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, ticket bookings for Chengdu scenic spots on the platform increased 2.5 times year-on-year, ranking among the top 10 popular cities. At Qinglong Lake in Chengdu, taking advantage of the beautiful spring scenery, more than 40 Hanfu enthusiasts put on Tang costumes, used grass as mats and skirts as tents, chanted poems, ate cold food, threw pots, played guzheng, flute and flute, and played Cuju , fly paper kites, swing on swings, restore the Tang Dynasty skirt banquet, and feel the romance and poetry of spring. More than that, national style and national style activities based on traditional culture are being carried out in Chengdu in various forms, such as participating in youth leagues, wearing horse-faced skirts, and watching Sichuan opera. National style and national style are becoming a new craze in cultural tourism consumption. A folk Sichuan opera troupe on Futong Street was packed to capacity. It featured Sichuan opera, fire-breathing and other traditional Sichuan opera activities. Tens of thousands of tickets were sold online. Foreign tourists dragged their suitcases and came to watch Sichuan opera. Tasting wine and eating, playing the piano and flute, playing Cuju and…

In 2024, the girls' "Spring Festival jersey" will have an additional keyword - horse-faced skirt. The "2024 Douyin E-commerce Women's Consumption Trend Data Report" shows that in the past year, women's orders for new Chinese clothing on the Douyin platform increased by 195% year-on-year, and orders for horse-faced skirts increased by 841% year-on-year; during Double 11 in 2023, 730,000 horse-faced skirts were sold on Taobao alone, and in December it was selected as one of Taobao's top ten products in 2023. On Xiaohongshu, the keyword "#马面skirt" received 1.28 billion views. Horse-faced skirts have become popular from the Spring Festival to early spring, and have become a favorite item for young women throughout the year. Also suddenly popular is the live broadcast room. From February this year to the present, Bilibili, a platform with a large number of young users, has suddenly appeared several live broadcast rooms selling skirts, with titles often containing keywords such as low price of 9.9 yuan. The shape of horse-faced skirts is fixed, and the pattern design can best show the style of a store. However, plagiarism and imitation have led to the frequent occurrence of low-quality knockoffs of Hanfu. The dispute between "Shan Zheng" and…

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…

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…

“After visiting the scenic spots, I saw 50 to 60 ladies wearing horse-faced skirts!” Zhang Nan, a tourist from Zhengzhou, sighed after returning from Kaifeng’s Qingming Festival Shanghe Garden: “But horse-faced skirts are indeed related to this kind of history and culture. The breathtaking attractions go well together." Since this year, the horse-faced skirt has become the “first skirt in spring”. Many young people not only wear it when shopping and visiting the garden, but even wear it at work. The "Hanfu craze" represented by horse-faced skirts has not only driven an upsurge in traditional cultural consumption, but also fueled people's enthusiasm for cultural and tourism activities. So, with so many styles of new Chinese clothing, why is it that only horse-faced skirts are “out of the circle”? What are the cultural codes behind this skirt becoming a hit? Horse-faced skirt becomes “the first skirt in spring” "Wearing a horse-faced skirt will make you feel good, just like the protagonist of an idol drama that has come into reality." Since the beginning of spring, Hairong often wears a black horse-faced skirt embroidered with silver patterns when going to work. She said that her "new Spring Festival outfit" allowed her to…

The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is approaching. Wearing Hanfu and celebrating the New Year is becoming a lifestyle favored by young people. In recent years, the Hanfu track has continued to heat up. It stood out from the "Three Bankrupt Sisters" (JK and Lolita) and embarked on a path of growing and independent development. The emergence of phenomenal hot-selling products such as the "Horse Face Skirt" has pushed the market to an unprecedented new level: Hanfu continues to be eclectic and secular, turning from a niche hobby into a daily wear for many people - a large number of original designs and national fashion brands have also emerged one after another in this process. But just over a year ago, the Hanfu market was a different story. In July 2022, the internationally renowned fashion brand Dior released a mid-length skirt priced at 29,000 yuan. Some Chinese netizens discovered that this skirt is almost exactly the same as the traditional Chinese dress "Horse Face Skirt" - the mutual absorption of different cultures is understandable, but Dior did not mention the "source of inspiration" in the product introduction, instead calling it a " The "new" fashion item using…

News playback In recent years, wearing traditional clothes to visit scenic spots has become a trend among young people. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon that just passed, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province held a free subway event for about a week wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Horse-faced skirts became the "New Year shirt" for more and more people; young girls wore Hanfu to check in at Disneyland. , calling it "the most suitable princess dress for Chinese babies' physiques"; the streets of Quanzhou, Fujian are crowded with tourists who look like Cangpu girls, and they have a unique style wearing clothes that started in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Host's words Gorgeous attire, colorful and feathery clothes, clothing is not only a kind of life aesthetics, but also has a strong cultural identity behind it. How does the generation that grew up drinking Coke, eating McDonald's, and wearing all kinds of clothes view Hanfu, which is becoming more and more common around us? How do young people, who appreciate their own beauty, understand the beauty of traditional clothing? Traditional clothing is popular, but what next? The three reviews explain the beauty…

According to a report from Zongpan News on March 18: "Let the world see the beauty of China, the 31st stop is Prague, Czech Republic." On March 13, in a video released by the short video blogger "Dada See the World", she was wearing The traditional costumes of the Chinese Uighurs were used to promote Chinese culture on the streets of Prague, attracting many foreigners to watch and admire. She introduced to the onlookers over and over again in fluent English: "There are fifty-six ethnic groups in China. It’s Uighur clothing.” Yang Yue (middle in the back row) in Budapest, Hungary Foreign girls wearing Hanfu call on more foreign friends to learn Chinese history and culture The blogger "Da Da Kan Shi Shi", whose real name is Yang Yue, was born in 1994 in Xinxiang, Henan. In August 2023, she gave up her high-paying job as a regional manager of a well-known luxury brand, drove alone from Xinjiang in a RV, and headed west along the "Silk Road", along the Eurasian continent from Kazakhstan through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and then to Russia. , from Russia to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, then to Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, and then through Italy,…

From solemn robes to casual blouses, from gorgeous accessories to exquisite patterns, each has its own unique charm. No matter when and where you are, Hanfu allows people to experience a calm and contented elegance. As the temperature gradually warms up, many Hanfu enthusiasts with classic looks and fluttering clothes appear in many parks and teahouses in our city. They dress up carefully, chat and relax, pour tea and drink together, or take photos to check in. , enjoy the good times of spring. As one of my country's national quintessences, Hanfu carries outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetics such as dyeing, weaving, and embroidery. At the same time, with the rise of national trends and styles in recent years, Hanfu is no longer just for women, it is attracting everyone. According to the "2024-2025 China Hanfu Industry Status and Consumer Behavior Research Report" released by iiMedia Research, the scale of China's Hanfu market continues to rise and expand, reaching 14.47 billion yuan in 2023. In 2027, China's Hanfu market The scale is expected to reach 24.18 billion yuan. Ms. Chen, the person in charge of Zibo Nianxi Hanfu Cultural Center, told reporters that the capital turnover of her experience center last…

In recent years, wearing traditional clothes to visit scenic spots has become a trend among young people. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon that just passed, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province held a free subway event for about a week wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Horse-faced skirts became the "New Year shirt" for more and more people; young girls wore Hanfu to check in at Disneyland. , calling it "the most suitable princess dress for Chinese babies' physiques"; the streets of Quanzhou, Fujian are crowded with tourists who look like Cangpu girls. They have a unique style wearing clothes that started in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Host's words Gorgeous attire, colorful and feathery clothes, clothing is not only a kind of life aesthetics, but also has a strong cultural identity behind it. How does the generation that grew up drinking Coke, eating McDonald's, and wearing all kinds of clothes view Hanfu, which is becoming more and more common around us? How do young people, who appreciate their own beauty, understand the beauty of traditional clothing? Traditional clothing is popular, but what next? The three reviews explain the beauty and beauty of…

On the occasion of the Chinese Valentine's Day this year, the marriage registration offices of civil affairs bureaus in many places welcomed many new couples. Dressed in Hanfu, they experienced a unique Chinese-style certificate-receiving ceremony. Hanfu has made a perfect transformation from film and television shooting, stage performances to daily wear today. Behind the "bright Hanfu style", we see the charm of China's excellent traditional culture based on national self-confidence. Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han nation. Also known as attire, clothes, and Chinese clothing. Hanfu is the embodiment of China's "land of clothes", "land of etiquette" and "splendid China". It carries China's outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetics such as dyeing, weaving and embroidery, and inherits more than 30 Chinese intangible cultural heritages and protected Chinese arts and crafts. . Since ancient times, Hanfu has been characterized by a formal dress with a broad belt and a short coat with wide sleeves. Compared with Western clothing of the same period, Hanfu has indisputable excellence in human nature. While Westerners use breastplates and skirts to restrict the development of women's bodies, the wide Hanfu has realized the characteristic of allowing the body to stretch at will. The reason why Hanfu…