Three years ago, when I first started wearing hanfu in public, we would have attracted far more attention. Back then, my outfits frequently drew stares on the street. Someone once asked me if I was ...

Li agrees, “I [style it with contemporary clothes] sometimes because I would like to see Hanfu worn on a daily basis rather than just a formal dress for events. It’s normal for the Japanese to ...

One of their biggest annoyances is people mistaking their clothes for Japanese or Korean traditional costumes. There are distinct elements that distinguish hanfu from other Asian countries ...

We talked about Japanese haiku, but nothing from China. On the Chinese mainland, the hanfu movement was kickstarted by Wang Letian, a power worker in the central Chinese province of Henan, who ...

Nevertheless, hanfu's popularity should grow naturally, and people should neither be encouraged nor discouraged to wear it. Japanese students are often seen wearing kimono at their graduation ...

As shown in the video, during the photo shoot, an agitated police officer approached her and the photographer saying, “I wouldn't have said anything if you wear a Chinese Hanfu, would I? But Japanese ...

Models walk down the runway in hanfu at an event held in Luoyang, Henan province, in September, 2023 (ZHANG YIXI / FOR CHINA DAILY ) Hanfu, the traditional Chinese attire, has gained popularity as ...