All pretty nifty photos--my parents have been going to China for a few years, and they often bring back extremely elaborate clothing (just for display, of course--not sure how easy some of them would be to wear around town!).

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the most beautiful clothes are in Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty....

the Kimono and the Hanbok are both from them...

i think Kimono is also beautiful...

These beautiful Chinese ancient dresses are from the following traditional Chinese clothing workshop:
Hanfu

Clothes represent the culture of this ancient place. Admire.

So beautiful display! I love it!

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> Million thanks, as you know, there are fifty-six
> different ethnic groups in China. Should we all
> wear our ethnic clothing, .



Is that why almost everyone in China wears the Manchurian ethnic clothing known as the qiapo/cheongsam? It looks fine on women, but is absolutely ugly for men.

The Qing Dynasty forced everyone in China to wear the ethnic Manchurian garb, which is why the hanfu is no longer worn.

Technically the traditional clothes is the Hanfu, since it was worn for thousands of years by the mainstream sinitic culture.

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I like simple clothes.

Really cool. I like it. I'm gonna travel to China this year. I manage to go shopping a lot then.
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Wow love it.

the sleeve look better than the Japanese. How do you put on the belt?

Really beautiful ,i hope that i can live in that times...

I think that the sleeves and the fact that they are so extenuated, Make this slightly more attractive than the Japanese Kimono. That's just my honest opinion.

They are beautiful. Does you guys know that From Dec. 7 to Feb. 27, 2010, Magnificent imperial robes from the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911) are currently on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, Britain .

You can google it or read info from this post: http://www.presentalk.com/online-shopping-blog/2010/12/18/imperial-chinese-qing-dynasty-robes-on-display-in-london/

Wow! this is so beautiful. i am so glad to see so pretty pictures at the forum. in china, it is so rare to see on the street. it is like a real culture, in china, chinese clothe's culture is been forgot by most people.

I like it too.

Chinese clothing is not a specific description or name.
The clothing style changed a lot through time.
The most popular among the world should Hanfu,Tangfu,and Qing dynasty clothing.Those three represent the most prosperous dynasties in China history.
Personally I like Hanfu the most.

Its nice one provides a lot data and photos, keep it up.

Nice clothing, interesting post thumbs upthumbs up

Ancient Chinese clothing is rare and few people wear them now, instead, cheongsam and Tang suit becomes more and more popular around the world.

I love to look at ancient Chinese clothing. It's so nice, beautiful and artistic. One of the reasons why I like to watch period Chinese movies and TV dramas are their ancient outfits and their hair.

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I like chinese design too. Unfortunately, it's not easy to find a good one in Indonesia. Any suggestion where should I buy in Jakarta?

They are all awesome. Just love the red color. I'm not Chinese, but I used to watch Chinese movies. I used to have a dream to wear one of those beautiful dresses when I get married someday

tang dynasty painting

han dynasty

qing dynasty

the ancient pottery doll (220 AD — 581 AD)
from this pic you can see real chinese wearings.

tang dynasty sculpture,found in a tomb of xi'an city.

early 20th century

Ancient Chinese clothing, it is comfortable and these cultural and national identity is slowly disappearing clothes, with the development of the times, people prefer fashionable clothes.