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Spring, the most beautiful season of the year, arrives with the blooming of flowers, particularly peaches and apricots, which compete in their vibrant displays. Many places have seized the opportunity to create flower-viewing destinations. Coupled with the surge of "national trend" enthusiasm, visitors, especially young women, adorned in various forms of traditional Chinese clothing such as Hanfu, have become a beautiful sight, igniting the tourism economy of their destinations. How are young people embracing the national trend? What sparks are ignited by the fusion of "national trend + cultural tourism"? Admiring Flowers in Hanfu and Savoring Tea Becomes a Favorite Pastime As temperatures rise across the country, flower viewing has become a must-do activity for many travelers. Take the recent Qingming Festival holiday, for example, where Ctrip data shows a 391% year-on-year increase in ticket orders for flower-viewing attractions. Festivals such as the Luoyang Peony Festival, the Lhasa Peach Blossom Festival, the Tianjin Begonia Festival, the Wuyuan Rapeseed Flower Festival, the Shijiazhuang Pear Blossom Festival, the Nanjing Plum Blossom Festival, the Yancheng Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Yili Apricot Blossom Festival, among others, have significantly boosted the popularity of their respective destinations. The recently opened 41st China Luoyang Peony Culture…

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…

Chinese traditional culture has a long history, is extensive and profound. Excellent traditional culture can inject new creativity and inspiration into the clothing and fashion industry, and integrate more excellent traditional clothing culture into clothing design. This not only enhances the cultural value of the product, but also satisfies consumers’ needs for uniqueness and differentiation. At the moment, the Caoxian horse-faced skirt, which is popular all over the Internet, is the best example of designers integrating traditional Chinese "oriental aesthetics" into modern elements and aesthetic needs, thus giving new vitality to traditional Chinese clothing. On March 19, all-media reporters from Peony Evening News interviewed Hanfu enthusiasts and relevant scholars and listened to their talk about the fashionable charm of horse-faced skirts. Behind the "fire" of traditional clothing It is national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence Oriental beauty emphasizes harmony, balance and artistic conception, focusing on the harmony and unity of clothing, nature and the human body. The patterns, colors, lines and other elements in traditional clothing contain profound cultural connotations and artistic values. With the changes of the times, traditional costumes have gradually faded out of people's daily lives, being shelved or used only as decoration for specific occasions. Until November…

Chinese traditional culture has a long history, is extensive and profound. Excellent traditional culture can inject new creativity and inspiration into the clothing and fashion industry, and integrate more excellent traditional clothing culture into clothing design. This not only enhances the cultural value of the product, but also satisfies consumers’ needs for uniqueness and differentiation. At the moment, the Caoxian horse-faced skirt, which is popular all over the Internet, is the best example of designers integrating traditional Chinese "oriental aesthetics" into modern elements and aesthetic needs, thus giving new vitality to traditional Chinese clothing. On March 19, Heze Newspaper’s all-media reporters interviewed Hanfu enthusiasts and relevant scholars and listened to their stories about the fashionable charm of horse-faced skirts. Behind the “popularity” of traditional clothing is national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence Oriental beauty emphasizes harmony, balance and artistic conception, focusing on the harmony and unity of clothing, nature and the human body. The patterns, colors, lines and other elements in traditional clothing contain profound cultural connotations and artistic values. With the changes of the times, traditional costumes have gradually faded out of people's daily lives, being shelved or used only as decoration for specific occasions. Until November 22, 2003, a…

“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…

Horse-face skirt - this new "national trend" item, even if you have never bought it, you must have seen others wearing it in the mall, at the subway station, or in the circle of friends. With the popularity of horse-faced skirts, the term "new Chinese style dressing" frequently appears in the public eye. On March 6, Douyin e-commerce released the "2024 Douyin E-commerce Women's Consumption Trend Data Report", which showed that in the past year, the number of orders for new Chinese-style clothing purchased by female users on Douyin e-commerce increased by 195% year-on-year. Among them, horse noodles The order volume of skirts increased by 841% year-on-year, and the order volume of Hanfu, Song brocade jackets, and Xiangyunsha clothing also grew at a considerable rate, with year-on-year growth of 336%, 225%, and 112% respectively. The new top-notch horse-faced skirt sold for 550 million yuan in two months According to CCTV Finance, in Cao County, Shandong Province, the largest production center for horse-faced skirts in my country, sales of local horse-faced skirts were close to 550 million yuan in the first two months of this year alone. In addition, according to e-commerce platform data, in the first two months of this…

The sewing machine is "smoke"! Recently, Caoxian, the "center of the universe", has once again made an appearance because of Hanfu, especially the horse-faced skirt, which has become the top Hanfu trend on social platforms. "Orders are pouring in in 2023, and the goods are sold out immediately." Liu Shenfeng, the person in charge of Caoxian Time Travel Datang Huafu, told China Business News. He said that 2023 will be the fastest growing year since the company was founded, and Hanfu's sales have increased tenfold compared to 2022. Data from the Cao County E-commerce Service Center shows that during this year’s Spring Festival, sales of clothing for the Year of the Dragon, mainly horse-faced skirts, exceeded 300 million yuan. iiMedia Research estimates that the market size is expected to reach 24.18 billion yuan in 2027. From the perspective of practitioners, the popularity of Hanfu in recent years has not only promoted the development of the industry, but also spawned new business formats, such as Hanfu experience hotels and so on. As it develops, Hanfu also faces challenges including rising raw materials, homogeneous competition, and high return rates. Hanfu sales doubled Data from multiple e-commerce platforms show that sales of Hanfu…

It is the time when spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and the popularity of Hanfu is also heating up. The "flower viewing season" has become the "Hanfu travel season". On March 23, the 6th Yuntai Mountain Hanfu Flower Festival opened. Hanfu enthusiasts wore exquisite costumes and shuttled among the sea of ​​​​flowers, taking photos on the quaint stone bridge, giving people a sense of historical "travel". "This is my first time wearing Hanfu on the street. I feel very beautiful. It's even more shocking to see so many tourists wearing Hanfu together." 31-year-old Zhang Yingying looked a little shy, wearing a red and white skirt, with her long hair gently pulled back. Decorated with step shakes, it looks classic. At 10:30, the first round of Hanfu parade officially started at the Xiaozhaigou Visitor Square in Yuntai Mountain. Along with the sound of ancient music, hundreds of Hanfu enthusiasts were either wearing plain cloth shirts, long bodies or elegant clothes. , or wearing armor and majestic... let tourists feast their eyes. "The popularity of Hanfu has stimulated the development of clothing rental, makeup, photography and other industries. We have been busy from 8 o'clock to now and have not…

The hit drama hit Luoyang and attracted the attention of many Jimei people, especially the costumes and styles, which stunned our eyes with the costume style of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, politics and economy were highly developed, culture and art were prosperous, foreign trade was developed, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe. Native culture and foreign culture absorb and integrate with each other. Flower patterns are commonly used in craft decoration. The composition is lively and free, dense and well-proportioned, plump and round. The design of the pattern tends to express a free and full artistic style. Silk and gauze were the most commonly used materials for clothing in the Tang Dynasty. Colorful brocade often appears on women's face scarves, ribbons and other small items. The main clothing in the early and middle Tang Dynasties was the Ru skirt. In the Middle Tang Dynasty, the Ru skirt was wider. The characteristics of the underskirt are short undershirt and small sleeves, while the long skirt is tied at a high waist, usually above the waist, and some are tied under the armpits to show a pretty and slender look. The half-arms are short-sleeved, with…

Hanfu, the full name is "Han nationality traditional clothing". Hanfu "began from the Yellow Emperor and was prepared by Yao and Shun" and originated from the crown uniform made by the Yellow Emperor. It was finalized in the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty formed a complete crown and uniform system. Hanfu has also influenced the entire Han cultural circle. The costumes of many Asian countries and regions all have or draw lessons from the characteristics of Hanfu. Hanfu has been inherited for more than 5,000 years, but was marginalized in the Qing Dynasty and even withdrew from the stage of history. At the beginning of the 21st century, Hanfu began to have a revival - this revival was known as the Hanfu movement among the people. Phenomenon: “More than ten years ago, if you wore Hanfu on the street, you were likely to be looked at strangely by passers-by. However, nowadays, during festive holidays, you can often see people wearing Hanfu in bustling commercial streets. ” On November 22, 2003, an electric power worker named Wang Letian walked on the streets of Zhengzhou wearing Hanfu. Although some people pointed fingers and even laughed at Wang Letian, he still walked…