Chinese Fashion Through the Dynasties

Need some fashion inspiration? How about taking some tips from the ancient Chinese? Here’s a look at traditional Chinese clothing styles through the dynasties.
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[@testing2488]

Fun Fact: When watching Chinese drama that take place in ancient China, ever notice that when ever a general or visitor reports to the emperor, they have to flick their hands in a downward fashion before bowing? This was to show that they did not carry and concealed weapons (knifes, swords, darts, etc.) up their sleeves.

[@foreverinbloom14]

That is actually pretty cool. Never really thought about it until now 😭

[@IluvHKong]

Interesting !

[@chulinfei0508]

还有一点是表示对皇帝的尊重象征性的挥掉尘埃

[@biggusballuz5405]

Only during the Qing dynasty.

[@prettypapiiflackoha162]

testing2488 i been notice

[@airstyles1989]

Imagine if China somehow revive their traditional fashion, and when you visit China, you see traditional clothing everywhere... It'd be like going into a video game.

[@TrustRyan]

AirStyles VN It will never happen because of the CCP.

[@sejalvshah]

Parts of Japan actually are vaguely full of Kimonos, Yukatas, and Furisodes/Wakkiakes.

[@mrthatguyam]

+A Proud Chinese Who Loves China But Hates The Chinese Communist Party (PLEASE READ MY G+ PROFILE!) 〈 Communist Party is the best.

[@TrustRyan]

mrthatguyam Yeah! +¥0.50

[@TheSaneHatter]

+AirStyles VN There is, in fact, a small subculture of Chinese who have revived "hanfu" (as named at 3:25), one large enough that they even have regular fashion shows. Look up "hanfu" on KZbin, and you can see it in action.

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

Chinese women look very beautiful in traditional clothes. You can see that Chinese actresses look better in ancient dramas than in real life.

[@jasonr3165]

lol kind of true

[@SavCat]

+Thang Nguyen Agreed. Chinese traditional clothes are so beautiful.

[@prettypapiiflackoha162]

Thang Nguyen yup

[@prettypapiiflackoha162]

Jacky Chew wat

[@tjt7247]

True

[@jinnie_athome]

I wish chinese people could wear these traditional clothes regularly just like how the japanese wearing their kimonos.

[@MRKLBS]

yeah, Japanese wear kimonos and Korean wear hanbok on special ocasions, what about China? D:?

[@evildesu]

Samurai Sakura"I'm not even Chinese". Yes you're not Chinese, the allure of exotic clothing like the Cheongsam and Qipao makes it look fashionable and attractive. You wear them since in the Western world, we are starting to see traditional Asian clothing as more fashionable. Just because you wear them, doesn't mean the everyday Chinese wear them, and I must say, I've never really seen any Chinese people wear them. They probably do for formal occasions but even then, most probably go for Western style clothing. Also Yukata are only worn in the summer due to its light material. Kimono are worn on special occasions like they said, primarily weddings and other formal gatherings. Hope you learn something new today

[@wubaduckie]

Samurai Sakura The Qipao/Cheongsam are pretty but it's not something most Chinese people are attached to like the Japanese with their kimono and yukata and the Korean with the hanbok. I'm not sure how to explain it... the yukata and kimono and the hanbok are traditional cultural images that the young still enjoy and they seem to have more "life" (... I guess I mean more appreciation in general). Kimono, yukata and hanbok remain quite traditional but there are ongoing trends that keep it fashionable. You have fashion shows for those traditional clothes (mostly the kimono and hanbok, but Japanese street fashion brands also release their versions of yukata). Ok, not to say that the Qipao isn't fashionable but it's bigger of an icon in the Western world and I think because it's relatively new compared to the kimono and the hanbok, it just doesn't have the same appeal. Also... not everyone can pull off the Qipao. There is the hanfu movement that aims to bring it back but I'm not sure how popular it is. There's no "modern relevance" to the hanfu (thanks Wiki... I think that sums up what I was trying to say). It has a lot of history but it's been out of fashion for so long... it just seems like people wear it for the nostalgia because the tradition of wearing the clothes was lost when they banned it. I gotta say that I love the Tang dynasty dresses very much though - they look so airy.

[@jenny7_hi]

Samurai Sakura Also, technically, the qipao isn't purely Chinese. Or I should say, it's not purely Han. It was the clothing style of the Manchurians in the Qing Dynasty when they took over China, and since it was the last dynasty, the hanfu from previous dynasties basically just disappeared. But I think it would be awesome if wearing hanfu in normal life became relatively normal... like how some older Indians wear saris outside all the time. It wouldn't be the most practical though, since there's so many layers in hanfu, but it would certainly be pretty awesome :D

[@Omegaures]

If you want to wear that stuff just wear it. Others won't tell you off just because they don't.

[@johnnythao]

The information in this video is nessasary and needed for Hollywood filmmakers who get every outfit wrong while making Chinese/Asian theme films. Last I checked Qipaos and Kimono's did not exist during the Qin Dynasty era.

[@angeliquewu8318]

Ew what movie did that???

[@johnnythao]

@@angeliquewu8318 There is a few, but the easiest one to see online was a "Xena:Warrior Princess" episode where she traveled "East to Great Chin(aka Great Qin Dynasty)" and you can clearly see the esthetics were completely messed up with modern Qipao's and Imperial's dressed like Fu Manchu and women with Ming Dynasty neck collars. LOL!

[@angeliquewu8318]

@@johnnythao Oh no..... 😫😫😑😑

[@jeanmunoz6953]

@@johnnythao 那个时候还没有日本

[@sophiejones3554]

True, in a roundabout way. It's not that Hollywood designers can't use wikipedia (the Chinese diaspora community is very very good about making wikipedia articles you can find out pretty much anything about historical China on there despite modern mainland China pretending it doesn't exist). What is true is that they don't care about accurate representation: their overriding concern is that the actresses look sexy. They also correctly assume that the people who matter, their target audience and the critics, won't know any better. You'll note they tend to be more accurate with the menswear, ya know... because girls don't buy movie tickets in the minds of Hollywood execs.

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

The Tang Dynasty dresses were so gorgeous... o - o I want to wear one.

[@laurab659]

Same, that would be soooo cool! Is there a festival where you can do this or something like that? I really hope so!

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

Yoongis GhostieGirlfriend I think there are replicas.

[@Elleyferranis]

Me too. I am Vietnamese but I recently got married to my chinese husband. His dad wanted to have me fly to china and wanted to get me a chinese wedding dress. I wanted one like in the Tang dynasty but he said those are olden time and didn't want me to wear it. =( Just going to wear a red qipao.

[@avalee4367]

actually you can order one on Chinese online shop

[@xinchen6533]

that's not easy to find...but han dynasty clothing can be found much easier.

[@gogumadalpaengi]

Man, what would I do to wear one of those dresses for a day...

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Stéphanie Klein you can buy these :-)

[@katarzynamatracz4011]

I wanna wear these for a day

[@laurab659]

I'd love to do this with the matching hairstyle!

[@leelilac4869]

I think you can rent them when you join some festival of china.

[@trtidk8305]

@@NTDOffTheGreatWall where

[@amberong7649]

Chinese culture is just so beautiful.

[@lemon2524]

Nice.

[@gordonlekfors2708]

yea but also grim and terrifying and abusive.

[@TheTamago]

I hate the western style, chinese fashion is SO awesome ! I'm not even Chinese, i'm just an admirer

[@Elleyferranis]

Well this was back in the day. Chinese people generally wear similar clothes to us except on special occasions. I do agree though that I would rather wear stuff like this then stuff of the norm today. =(

[@iamnoone348]

Greek and Roman clothing are also beautiful, I also like the Baroque, Rococo and Victorian styles.

[@DerMessiasderSatire]

Elle Ferranis About 60 years ago that was different.

[@aygulmemet4201]

You can buy these clothes online. I want to wear one too but I’m so tan, I might look weird in them 😂

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

More like layer robes.

[@beckthejaammer7710]

Im Chinese, but i only speak cantonese and based on what my parents have told me, im descended from the Han era. I live in america, but I used to wear a lot of hanfu outfits when i was smaller for special occasions. Nowadays, i see less and less chinese get so traditional and my parents eventually stopped having me wear them. Gotta admit. The material was hella soft and I LUVED IT ❤

[@user-gu8qi4me8x]

I actually genuinely agree with you

[@PokeTomodachi]

I'm proud of this Han Chinese culture. Hanfu is so...you know...Awesome ! Japanese Kimono is origin come from Hanfu. ( Since Tang Dynasty ). Also, Korean Hanbok is origin come from Ming Dynasty. Kimono and Hanbok is connect with Hanfu.

[@feintatlas8594]

Jacky Phantom uh... you might want to do more research then. The kimono and hanbok sharing similarities with the Hanfu isn’t just a “coincidence”, the Japanese and Korean took major inspiration from it. It’s just like how the Japanese use Kanji, and how Japanese culture holds so much in common with Chinese culture. Korea used to use chinese characters on a daily basis as well, now that they have their own alphabet they only use chinese characters for higher levels of education. East Asia in general was extremely influenced by China because it was the oldest and most advanced civilization at the time, all the way up until Manchuria screwed it over. You can’t just say “I’m pretty sure the Japanese came up with it themselves” and ignore history. The Japanese made their own version of the Hanfu and later refined it into the Kimono. Even the Maiko make up style in japan is inspired by the make up styles used in Peking Opera. The Japanese sent scholars over to China to learn the language and culture and they brought it back to japan with them, I can guarantee you any similarity you see between Chinese and Japanese culture is no coincidence.

[@arifinumar2099]

Jacky Phantom Do you know that kimono is called gofuku by japanese which means the cloth of people from go country. Go is a country located in China during ancient times.

[@apple-eg5xl]

@Jacky Phantom the fact is that ancient Japan and Korea were influenced by Ancient China in many ways from language, culture, clothing, food, etc. That's just how it is. (key word: influenced). Just like how today, Korea and Japan influence China with their makeup, fashion, entertainment, etc. trends. Nothing shameful or wrong about it.

[@etoilli]

Hanbok was influenced by Tang and Song, not Ming. Actually, Ming dress was influenced by Korea not reverse. That's cultural circulation.

[@AZ-ee8vq]

@@etoilli False! You can learn some trues by this:kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZWZi2WQhN-Vhbs

[@chrissy1109]

0:39- XIA & SHANG DYNASTIES 1:02- ZHOU DYNASTY 2:03-QIN DYNASTY 3:11- HAN DYNASTY 4:43- TANG DYNASTY

[@justchillandbreath5070]

Thanks!

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[@blackwidow9592]

I love the Tang dynasty fashion because of the series "The Empress of China" Like seriously the fashion in that era is just enchanting. Honestly, between (korea, japan and china) I have always been a fan of the Chinese traditional clothing especially the Tang fashion. It's just flowy and elegant.

[@lemon2524]

Nice.

[@user-ef7mt4ge8i]

I love Tang dynasty too It's a whole fashion week. And I especially love historical drama set at that time.

[@cwlau4172]

Actually , yellow became Emperor's private was only started at Tang dynasty , before that Chinese emperor mostly wear black and red .

[@nancyhuang8560]

Wait, I thought yellow didn't become official color for emperors until Qing dynasty.

[@cwlau4172]

Thats bright yellow , close to gold.

[@danielchiaszehann9141]

@LOCK FUTURE 人家傻啊自己华人不懂华人文化历史那还做什么华人

[@newname3718]

Dark colour naturally look more reliable, and harder to dye. So only the rich and powerful can get them. Yellow was at a time associated to soil dirtied colour so only the lower rank workers naturally have them.

[@sgcl10658]

@@nancyhuang8560 No if you look at Taizong emperor painting, he is in yellow robe and Emperor Wu of Han's painting, he is in black robe.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

HEY EVERYONE!!!! glad so many of you liked this video. We already filmed part 2 which will cover the rest of the Dynasties...stay tuned :-)

[@yuvalmilman4282]

thanks so much! i did wonder why you stopped mid way, now i cant wait for it to come out! for me, reading wikipedia values about these sorts of things is very interesting, so getting the information in this form of media is just amazing =]

[@ikelly77]

Awh what! super cool! Who draws these illustrations? o.o

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Kelly Chen our friend flora :-)

[@JoannaDey]

Great piece of history of ancient fashion & habits! I will share it for sure with fans of FashionPassion! Thank you a lot!

[@chaosgoettin]

Off the Great Wall I´d love to see of every explanation you brought up an example like the fotos you shown. that would be awesome :)

[@YummYakitori]

Sadly later during the Qing Dynasty (清朝) which started in 1644 AD, the ethnic Manchu nomads from the north invaded and they forced Chinese males to plait their hair into pigtails and forced everyone to wear the Manchu traditional costume - known as Pao (袍). Nonetheless, the Chinese Tang Dynasty Hanfu (唐朝漢服) had influenced the Japanese Kimono and the Chinese Ming Dynasty Hanfu (明朝漢服) had also influenced the Korean Hanbok.

[@zeiitgeist]

YummYakitori Wrong the manchus didnt force anyone to wear "Manchu(?)" clothing but dorgon, the defacto power did start the queue edict for males and uniform requirements for Han banner men to differentiate ally han chinese defectors in their army either ways no Chinese sources said anything about manchus wearing a different clothing from the han chinese; the manchu were wearing yuanlinghan like the chinese. Even if the theory of the han being forced doesn't explain why most of the ethnic minorities like the mongols or miao dress in the [manchu] clothing.

[@ashaj7095]

zeiitgeist The shape and form for Han clothing is radically distinct from Manchu clothing.

[@zeiitgeist]

asha J Their forms are not that different from Ming Dynasty clothing especially the early times instead of late Qing clothing.

[@martjnmao9815]

YummYakitori In fact the Manchurian clothings are strongly influenced -if not a directly variant of- the Hanfu

[@Flude12]

Martjn Mao It has some influences alright, but it is not the descendent/variant of the hanfu, kimono/hanbok is.

[@Tekhelet75]

I actually like the Han dynasty fashion even though it was more conservative than Tang's. Would love to see a resurgence of Hanfu in China whereby more would dress like ancient days. It's gorgeous

[@ZenoMaximus]

Actually, it is happening now.

[@saraishinisayoutubetroll3720]

Tekhelet75. its happening, the government is spending millions on ming and Confucius tradition, and also a lot of Chinese drama movies and shows Hanfu clothing

[@user-gy9th8ei8c]

Sarai Shin is a youtube troll + But they are still spending much on drama shows set in the Qing era as well. Besides, China’s drama shows have yet to break into the Western export market, so even if those shows are being produced currently, it is not leading to much international awareness of the hanfu

[@sailormoonserenity99]

Any hope for a return to tang fashion?

[@aygulmemet4201]

There’s actually a hanfu line called Return to Tang Han 😂👌 you can find it on taobao

[@shirleyzhang2997]

sailormoonserenity99 lol ask the government about that

[@ratnashdimera]

When I visited China last year, I wore ancient Chinese inspired robes all over Beijing. The reactions I got were positive.

[@cool_kai3298]

I love the Chinese and Japanese fashion! So pretty!

[@ameiamber6528]

I love watching these series. They're easy to watch and I learn so much about the history and culture, which I think is really important, especially the westernized Asians nowadays because a lot start to forget their roots. Thanks for making these (y)

[@bijoydasudiya]

I'd love to wear Hanfu or other Chinese HongKong or Cantonese dresses the one which are shown in Kungfu movies.

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

As a teenager when I performed Chinese classical dances, I loved the costumes from the Tang Dynasty. So colorful and beautiful.

[@JenIsHungry]

sooo pretty! If it was socially acceptable im pretty sure id wear any of those styles quite often.

[@tylerlee2562]

There is a movement in china trying to make the hanfu back in style. In what ways I fully support!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Ricecake ppl can def wear these now...would be awesome!

[@JenIsHungry]

Im pretty sure id get a lot of dirty looks, and probably comments, due to the fact that im not Chinese. I get enough weird looks when I shop at the Asian market haha

[@TheElectricTurtle]

Ricecake I'm not Chinese and have worn hanfu. I have been laughed at by Chinese people, but I'm still standing :P (I shrugged it off at the time, but I should have laughed back at them and asked why it's funny that I wear "their" clothes while they've been wearing "my" clothes their whole lives... what good is culture if other people don't care about it and want to emulate it or embody it?)

[@jasminelau5489]

Dont worry, im chinese myself and im also embarassed to wear those clothes since some of them are too shot for me lol. But im sort of into the japanese fashion and western fashion so i get embarassed of people calling me a Wapanese or a Weaboo i just really love the style. Espicially the harajuku fashion, so dont wprry even chinese get embarassed of wearing our own clothes and other cultures too.

[@mleung25]

Can't wait for part 2 - I love traditional clothing!

[@starlessartemis]

That was very fascinating! Love learning about ancient Chinese history. The fashion was gorgeous!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

starlessartemis thanks :-)

[@Emy0904...]

This is very interesting, I think that the ancient Chinese fashion is so beautiful. ❤

[@elainecheer13]

Yeah, I also think that the Tang Dynasty have a really nice clothing fashion..

[@psypsy751]

And they had some of the coolest swords ever made too!

[@elisel8828]

I found this video 6 years later but I love it! Thank you for the videos

[@hchcey]

love you guys and LOVE this episode! 多謝晒呀師兄！

[@SunnyChangUSA]

Love the Tang Dynasty outfits too! Can't wait for the continuation episode to this video.

[@piedwagtailrameau]

I love to live in ancient China

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

piedwagtailrameau me too!

[@fidelyn1]

Right *sarcastic*

[@haiyinyang7724]

So glad to see people appreciate Chinese clothing and acknowledge that these are indeed from China! Believe or not, there are people trying to steal these history from us...

[@user-cg8nc8bl3w]

You are right, thieves are very shameful

[@adaada4523]

Koreans are appropriating Hanfu in their Korean dramas

[@JadeCaro]

OMG!!! You guys are so awesome for making this video! I've always been fascinated by Chinese traditional clothing. I used to draw traditional clothes very often as a kid because they are so beautiful. Also because my family watches many Chinese period dramas lol (like 四大才子)

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

JCarolR awesome! we always hope these cloths could make a comback

[@thornados4969]

mike is getting versatile not only good in hosting food eating but also chinese history.

[@dreamxpaili]

this is awesome! i love it!!! please continue to do more chinese history videos!!

[@DannyBoo242]

I really love how much i learn from these videos

[@samanthalee1862]

As a manhua reader(Chinese comics) their video's is really interesting for me 👀✨

[@axismundi8]

Wow. What fabulous clothes! Thanks. ❤️👏

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

Started reading the Hostage of Empire series, and these videos are giving me a good frame of reference for inspired clothing styles. Thank you lol

[@ewasiao]

love all your videos guys!!!

[@PrettyMylee]

I totally agree with MIKE about the TANG DYNASTY outfits for the woman. It so beautiful.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

PrettyMylee #teammike

[@PrettyMylee]

:)

[@PiretBCN]

Tang dynasty was the most open of Chinese dynasties. Therefore it makes sense its fashions look better - they are more Western..er..global. Tang dynasty was also very anti-death penalty btw. Much better than modern China. Tang dynasty used the same penalty modern China uses against "misbehaving" Westerners - exile. Most Westerners when they think of Chinese culture think of Tang (poetry) and Ming (vases).

[@vilx1308]

PiretBCN western? what u think those middle age barbaric ish western people dress like?

[@argentanita]

Chinese people should dress like this

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Ana Belén Ruiz agreed!

[@Miqilin7]

This is real Chinese clothing. Not the ones you see people wear during Chinese New Year/Lunar festival. Those are Manchu barbarian clothings from the north. There's a big difference.

[@Hdjsejeii]

Oh gods I’m imagining walking around in those They are pretty tho

[@nxttimx3801]

We used to...

[@vvmn9442]

I want to when i get enough money to buy my own

[@tiffanyacuff9450]

Beautiful! I personally love loose, flowing clothing. And I say, bring back dresses for men. Beats the skinny jeans.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Tiffany Acuff hope it makes a comback...

[@kenichi7371]

you guys did a great job exposing the Chinese history and culture, hopefully people start noticing and start using off the great videos in Chinese classes for westerners, The class would be much more fun.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Ken Ichi thanks :-)

[@bluecandies]

I love this channel!!

[@kungfucooking7567]

In fact, in the 5000 year history of China, it is best to look at the costumes in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

[@saint1492]

Hi Chens, U guys have done a lot of research to compile this video. Thanks, Love it.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Thabks :)

[@yuvalmilman4282]

really really great video.. i love the format of this video (where you do a presentation but also talking in the background, instead of making it a full presentation without words), it is my favourite by far =] also the subject was really interesting

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

yu m thanks for watching :-)

[@kaitlynla]

Love all your videos!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Kait Kobo thanks for watching :-)

[@Newman8881]

thanks for the upload.

[@sweet158]

love your videos. can you do one on ancient chinese emperors, and how the last emperor ended. love learning about chinese history.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

sweet158 sure

[@SeiraChii]

love this video! I also love the chinese history and seeing this makes me even love it more! haha. I don't know much about the chinese history, but whenever I read about it I like it. Great video guys keep up the good work!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

***** thanks :-)

[@SeiraChii]

you're welcome ^^

[@robsweatherchannel]

Loved it! Really interesting, I am interested to wear Chinese clothing as I do lobe the texture, pattern and love the culture as well.

[@ikelly77]

can we rewind back in time so I have an excuse to wear some of these everyday? XD

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

ikelly77 wear it today, looks great

[@happy_bubble7]

These Chinese fashions were easily some of the best fashions in history.

[@mayseylu]

Ancient Chinese fashion is so beautiful

[@weizhang2834]

You guys did a good job!

[@lizardqueen47]

I love y'alls channel and adore Asian history and culture! I was wondering if you could do a video on the music and poems of China? And of course, Chinese Opera

[@invalidtype4103]

Chinese poetry are in general quite hard to translate into english.

[@StellaFilante02]

It's really interesting! And those dresses were truly beautiful ^^

[@kimmykaguya5966]

Tang clothing is so pretty and elegant.

[@huangjingzhao8430]

What a great way to introduce ancient Chinese clothing over Dynasty.

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

Hope there's a second part of this, it was so interesting! Also you guys should mention foot binding or "lotus feet", a crazy but important Chinese historical fact :)

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Samurai Sakura coming up!

[@julienguyen6686]

When they mention all of the dynasty... I freaked myself out by actually knowing and recognizing the dynasties! History, what have you done to me?!! >

[@junebrrychen7399]

I was looking for a for the costume for Chinese International dance next year and you guys made this. ;-; Thank you so much you a life saver!

[@Narabruz1]

What an excellent video!

[@lindakola1224]

Omg I need this so much for dress up at school thank you soooo much I wish you guys didn't leave otgw

[@DarthJF]

Yeah, Tang fashion was fabulous. Btw, that Tang bun fashion hairstyle got to Japan as well, but later Japanese court women had a "fashion rebellion" against imported styles, and started growing their hair straight and really long. That's why you can see women in old Japanese paintings with really long black hair. Pretty interesting how all these things are connected.

[@heyitsthatwolf]

Agreed with Mike the long sleeve shirts are beautiful! I never understood fashion either.

[@inactiveandsavedforarchive9312]

WHY CAN'T I ESCAPE FROM YOUR CHANNEL!? I KEEP COMING BACK!

[@WhiteNightFantasy178]

Oh no! I want the 2nd part now! xD Thank you very much! I really love ancient chinese fashion ;)

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

WhiteNightFantasy178 part 2 on the way :-)

[@Draco_stx]

I watched this video in my 6th grade french teachers class Yall made me take *ALOT OF NOTES* but this is still a great video!😊❤

[@xenonexy]

however, nowadays these clothing are only alive in Japan in a Japan style owing to so many tragedies in China history (especially Qing Dynasty established by Nomads, and Communist party).

[@athenscai2254]

Actually a lot of Chinese is trying to bring it back and it's getting attention from people now

[@tinahu90]

because the communist party ruins everything.

[@chenzhao7342]

+ZeSandvich It is because the last dynasty was Qing, and they wore chipao. In roc era, chipao was very popular among ladies. That mislead ppl think chipao is the traditional chinese clothes, but actually that's not han clothes.

[@ohfuck6958]

Yeah, tragedy is now happening in China like some of the old times because of their curent government and I believe just like the old times in China, I believe that China once again will be prosperous, beautiful and great nation again in the far future just like some of the old dynasties. Cycle is happening and the history repeats itself.

[@mingyang961]

Actually these traditional clothing are really popular in China, especially the mainland cities. It is a kinda of fashion in young people. But it is quite expensive( just like good kimonos)so people cannot wear these clothes everyday

[@luvjohncena4ever]

This was really interesting. Part 2 please :D

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

forward&beyond ok...just for u :-)

[@TravelGlamLife]

Love, love, love this!!!!:)

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

kami2hot thanks :-)

[@z8092]

All so beautiful ❤️

[@Ellyah]

great video!

[@valentinejill2950]

great, now I have more materials. Tks, guys.

[@user-vx2yq6ly1u]

thank you guys Introduction

[@genialex04]

haha Dan's facial expressions are the best!!!!!!!!!

[@Neopets4Life494]

Those Tang Dynasty female outfits are absolutely gorgeous! :D It makes me wish we were able to wear them in public as the normal clothing trend... I would definitely want to wear one of those outfits even though im not Chinese (or Asian for that matter).

[@binbinhu685]

明朝的端庄大气，宋朝的温婉儒雅，唐朝的百花齐放！各个朝代都有不同的特色

[@xuejinghang8051]

it is amazing..

[@user-kx5xc8nd4b]

I fall in love with Chinese traditional clothing Hanfu very much

[@springpink]

awesome!

[@joycdsimpson2987]

I liked seeing the fashion of the early centuries and how it has change today

[@reishiki5699]

I like this. learning about clothes of ancient times really show how ppl were living back then. :D

[@XyPhEr5]

Can you guys do a video on ethnic (Hui, Ugyhur etc) fashion through the dynasties too? It'd be cool and interesting to see some stuff that isn't all Han influenced.

[@bidelotha9953]

I love the fact that you make facts sound so fun...

[@mxrixm0]

Mike's faces at 1:54 after he said "I know you do" 😂😂😂😂

[@EnieT]

You should make a video on how to do some of those hair up-dos, they are so pretty.

[@benzafiqatelier3582]

Loved it

[@andycheung2853]

Can you guys also make a video on how the troops weapons & fashion are designed on each part of China? & tell us who's the general of that army to order their troops in a centuries ago

[@marykouhi4913]

can you do a second part to this? I love to learn about this stuff.

[@SukiraUchiha]

Wow.. Those dresses are so beautiful..! That actually inspired me to draw something. o.o *Hasn't been inspired for months. Flies off to draw pretty pictures.* x3

[@IMusic0133]

Wow!!!!! I always thought that the fashions are different depends on were they live.

[@echoeddra8on]

I want to try all of those "dresses" on!

[@aliceren775]

Ha! I like the joke on Dan wearing the BLACK tuxedo jacket that he teased Mike about in the last episode :D

[@user-gu8qi4me8x]

This video is actually genuinely underated and damm and this is actually the actual real China that the actual American and British BBC propaganda mainstream media actually don't show you is actually really like and actually capable of actually doing and damm and this is actually also the real Chinese culture.

[@Equalrights4evrybdy]

Tang dynasty dresses were so beautiful but in all honesty I think all dynasties are beautiful and unique in their own way so one isn't better than the other