Shanghai Museum

What is Hanfu? Is there any Hanfu style that can “unify the present”? Hanfu enthusiasts place their hope on the academic community to give authoritative answers. In this regard, the reporter interviewed Yu Ying, an associate researcher at the Department of Crafts and Crafts of the Shanghai Museum. Shangguan News: What exactly is Hanfu? Yu Ying: Strictly speaking, there is no so-called "Hanfu". It is a new concept. The public's interest in Hanfu originated from a series of textile cultural relics unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty. One of the plain yarn garments weighing 49 grams aroused people's initial surprise and admiration for Hanfu, as well as the national culture and traditional craftsmanship behind it. The craze for Hanfu started with the pursuit of Han Dynasty clothing, but the problem is that, academically speaking, there is no real Hanfu in the Mawangdui era. The clothing of the Han nation has integrated and borrowed the easy-to-wear advantages of various ethnic groups. Including the so-called Ming Dynasty Hanfu-shaped dark clothes that became popular later, the introduced robes were also widely popular robes that had long absorbed the excellent functions of northern ethnic costumes, rather than the robes…