Tracing the Roots of Chinese Clothing, Inheriting Traditional Techniques of Intangible Heritage

Hanbok, as a huge ceremonial system, is not limited to the matching of clothing, and various kinds of accessories are also an essential part. With the revival and popularity of Hanbok, many people began to pursue the beauty of the accessories and the culture they contain, so they began to pay attention to and understand the related traditional culture and non-heritage skills.

“Flowers are also not shallow, beauty head open.” Ancient people loved to wear flowers. In spring and summer, men and women, young and old, loved to fold flowers and pin them in their hair. But in winter, when all the flowers fell, the ancients thought of dyeing silk, tying it to fine copper wire, and then weaving velvet, cutting velvet and hooking strips, beating the tip and other techniques to make a vivid and colourful velvet flower.

Many young people who love the Hanfu culture are willing to follow the online tutorials to spontaneously learn to make pompoms, pompoms style is no longer a single bird, fish and insects, but also belongs to the mood of the times and themes.

“Hanfu fever” has also driven young people to pay attention to, learn, inheritance of many non-heritage skills related to Hanfu, non-heritage folklore, festival culture, etiquette and culture. For example, under the influence of Hanbok culture, there are more and more enthusiasts of qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea; non-heritage skills such as plate buckle, embroidery, brocade, porcelain, jade, fan making, incense making and other non-heritage skills are also gradually coming into life.

China – Central Asia Summit held in Xi’an to welcome the ceremony to the “Tang Dynasty rituals” as the theme, the overall ceremony in strict accordance with the Tang Dynasty to meet the honoured guests of the ritual system, from the set, makeup, clothing, music, dance and other aspects of the most restored, the most authentic standards presented to the guests. The ceremonial ladies dressed in breasted dresses and holding palace lanterns, the gorgeous Chinese dresses attracted the eyes of many foreign guests, and also made the audience who watched the live broadcast of the welcoming ceremony yearn for it. The welcoming ceremony condensed Chinese style, Chinese heritage and Chinese image into this, showing an unrivalled Chinese cultural card to the world.