Traditional Chinese Clothing 中國傳統服飾

In China， when it comes to traditionalclothing， hanfu and qipao are the mostpopular. The Chinese tunic suit is also a kindof clothing that has been popular sincemodern times.

Hanfu was created for Han people in thebeginning. Its color， its style and even thelength are about Chinese culture. Hanfu firstappeared in the Shang Dynasty， over 3，000years ago. It was popular for a long time inChinese history from the Qin Dynasty to theMing Dynasty. At the beginning of the QingDynasty， however， it lost its popularity. Withpeople turning their interest to traditionalculture， hanfu has been enjoyed more greatlyin recent years.

說到中國傳統服飾，漢服和旗袍是最受歡迎的。中山裝也是近代以來受大家喜歡的一種服飾。

漢服最初是漢民族穿的衣服。它的顏色、樣式甚至長度都與中國文化有關。漢服最早出現于3000 多年前的商朝，從秦朝到明朝，漢服是人們的日常服飾。清朝初期，漢服開始沒落。近年來，傳統文化受到人們的青睞，“漢服熱”在各地興起。

旗袍流行于20 世紀20 年代，其后的30 年間，它都被認定為“國服”。最初的旗袍寬大、平直，基本上遮住了整個身體，穿起來并不好看。人們想要一種更好看的服飾，因此在20 世紀30 年代，有人改良了旗袍，將旗袍做得修身，以展示女子的曲線美。現在，很多女子仍然喜歡穿旗袍。

中山裝穿著簡便，看起來美觀大方，因此在20 世紀中葉迅速流行起來。盡管現在的中國男子更喜歡穿其他類型的服飾，但中國領導人出席重要活動時，仍會穿中山裝。

Qipao became popular in the 1920s andremained as the “national clothing” until the1950s. At first， people made it wide， coveringmost parts of the body. Yet it was notbeautiful and people wanted a more beautifulkind of clothing. So in the 1930s， peoplemade the traditional qipao tight to show thebeauty of a womans body. Now， lots ofwomen still like to wear it.

The Chinese tunic suit looked simple butgood， so it quickly became popular amongChinese men in the mid-20th century.Although other kinds of clothing have takenits place now， leaders of China still wear itwhen going to important events.

Word Bank

recent adj. 近來的；新近的

remain v. 仍然是；保持不變

tight adj. 緊身的；緊貼的