Hey,which do you like?

[barefoot serpent]

well, it just reminds me of that time I accidentally found myself inside Madame Wongs House of 10,000 Delights -- just off of Alvarez in LA Chinatown. So I don't actually have first-hand lnowledge of the real thing.

[ashke]

Why were you in a costume? It looks like those wu3 xia2 (kung fu) costumes they have in dramas. Heheh...

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by ashke

Why were you in a costume? It looks like those wu3 xia2 (kung fu) costumes they have in dramas. Heheh...

it seems you know a little han.

I am han.I speak han.I eat han food.why can't I wear han costume?I can feel I am closed to my ancesters when I wear it.wu xia costume is han costume too,it's one system.

the most important reason so many young han wore han costume is we decide to renew han costume today

I like them both, equally, but for different reasons.

[Ibby]

wo xiang na ge han de yi fu bi man chu de yi fu hao kan, ke shi han de yi fu gen ri ben de yi fu cha bu duo yi yang...

[xoxoxoBruce]

OK, for everyone that's as confused as I was, this will explain.
http://www.answers.com/topic/han-chinese-clothing

We don't much care what you wear....except......

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

OK, for everyone that's as confused as I was, this will explain.
http://www.answers.com/topic/han-chinese-clothing

We don't much care what you wear....except......

it's a good link.

I only hope you(westerners) know which the real China traditional dress is.Manchurian can't stand for China.Their dress can't stand for China dress.Only han-chinese traditional dress can stand for China.Only han culture can stand for China.Han is the primary nationality of China.Manchurian is just like mogolian and japanese who wanted to kill out han-chinese to invade China.In China history mongolian manchurian and japanese were all invaders to China people.Invaders' traditional culture(including dress) can't stand for the real China culture.

ya,maybe westerners only care how much they can get from China.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by sevenseven

I only hope you(westerners) know which the real China traditional dress is.

I do now, thank you - very interesting.

ya,maybe westerners only care how much they can get from China.

I don't care about how much I can get out of China and I think it's unlikely many people on this forum do either. However national dress as a symbol of Han Chinese suppression is obviously important to you, and I respect that.

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I do now, thank you - very interesting.


I don't care about how much I can get out of China and I think it's unlikely many people on this forum do either. However national dress as a symbol of Han Chinese suppression is obviously important to you, and I respect that.

I should say thank you too.

It's difficult to renew traditional dress which was suppresed for 362 years.But we(young han people-the hope of China) can't give up even though so many chinese thought han-costume is japanese kimono or korean hanbok when we wore it in the streets.It's like revolution about national traditional.It's young han's turn.We can't pretend not seeing the fact that manchurian is standing for China in other countries now.We will do everything for our national and country even die.Neighbouring countries can study everything from China.But they can't say it's original from their countries.Chinese can't say it's japanese or korean symbol yet.We also hope all the world know the fact.Because China become more and more important now.We should introduce the real China culture to the whole world not a invader's culture.

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by Ibram

wo xiang na ge han de yi fu bi man chu de yi fu hao kan, ke shi han de yi fu gen ri ben de yi fu cha bu duo yi yang...

Many traditional costumes of East Asian countries, such as the kimono in Japan, along with the traditional Korean dress, Hanbok, have been heavily influenced by the Chinese Hanfu due to the extensive cultural exchanges between the neighbouring countries. In contrast to China, traditional Japanese and Korean dress have not been affected by similar changes like in China and thus have retained many core elements of the original Hanfu.

Are you studying han-chinese language?Ni zai xue han yu ma?Ni de han yu pin yin he yu fa hai bu cuo.

[wolf]

Leaving aside any possible "they all look alike" commentary ... in the photo Sevenseven posted ... see the guy in the brown on the left with the Buddhist monk serenity vibe going on? Check the large version of the picture that's in the link bruce posted ... same guy?

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by wolf

Leaving aside any possible "they all look alike" commentary ... in the photo Sevenseven posted ... see the guy in the brown on the left with the Buddhist monk serenity vibe going on? Check the large version of the picture that's in the link bruce posted ... same guy?

He is my friend who works in Guangzhou City.He is a normal han-chinese man not buddist.Yeah,same guy.

[Undertoad]

Culture changes all the time, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. What people choose to wear is not as important as their job, their education, having enough, and raising the children.

[sevenseven]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Culture changes all the time, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. What people choose to wear is not as important as their job, their education, having enough, and raising the children.

It's a side of culture.I think culture has spirit and root like human-being.Who creat the culture?Human-being!It's living.

As a modern han-chinese people,I accept western culture,but it doesn't mean I will give up my national culture.Chinese is good at studying then add the good of other cultures into our own culture.It's han-chinese national character.

[Ibby]

Dui, wo zhu guo bei jing san nian, gen xiang gang yi nian... wo xian zai zhu zai tai bei, xian xue han yu.