Visiting the stalls by -阿舍-. The women in the figure are wearing Ming-style hanfu. All of them were wearing a mamianqun. The two women on the side were wearing a suling (standing-collar) as an undershirt with a panyuanling (round-collar) shan/ao. The women on the left wore a pair of gongxie. The two women in the middle wearing some sort of shuitianyi (patchwork gown, “paddy field garment”).
Hi! I enjoy your blog because it offers much information and is aesthetically pleasing! I was wondering if you could talk about the shoes? What did people wear back in the days? And what are proper and fitting to wear today if you are wearing hanfu? Thank you.
Today, when wearing Hanfu, most people wear traditional Chinese cloth shoes that are decorated with embroidered designs. The most formal type of shoe is the 翘头履/Qiao Tou Lǚ,which is a type of shoe with an upturned toe. The upturned toe was historically used to hold the hem of the Hanfu up, so it wouldn’t drag on the ground. Below - examples of modern Qiao Tou Lǚ with different styles of upturned-toe shoe tips:
More casual and commonly worn is the 弓鞋/Gong Xie, which has a less exaggerated upturned toe:
As you can see, nowadays it’s quite trendy for such shoes to have lace-up ribbons and embellishments such as pearls.
Another type of shoe that’s commonly worn with modern Hanfu is the traditional Chinese boot called 靴/Xue. This type of shoe is often worn by men:
Bonus - you can wear the shoes with traditional Chinese socks called 袜/Wa:
For more references, please see my Shoes tag. Hope this helps!
A brief overview of some common hanfu shoes. There are some traditional shoes that have been worn continuously till today such as 北京老布鞋 etc. There also are wooden sandals worn by people from the south, but I have not seen anyone wearing it with hanfu.
A brief overview of some common hanfu shoes. There are some traditional shoes that have been worn continuously till today such as 北京老布鞋 etc. There also are wooden sandals worn by people from the south, but I have not seen anyone wearing it with hanfu.
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