For foreigners, what they are more interested in is China's art. Clothing, regardless of time and place, is merely an accessory used to dress people up. Without a core skill, even the best clothes will only look like a fashion show. It's better to attract people with skills and then promote the clothing. That's why she came up with the idea of playing the bamboo flute on the street while wearing hanfu, to let the British know what hanfu is, what a bamboo flute is, and what our great Han culture is about. Of course, foreigners are secondary; the most crucial thing is to let most Chinese people know.
Chinese musical instruments have been passed down from ancient times and have a certain cultural foundation. Compared to Western instruments, Chinese instruments have a certain charm, and their enduring sounds are liked by everyone. Currently, many students choose to further their studies abroad, but they do not forget their roots. While studying abroad, they still think of their country and its musical instruments, and want to introduce them to foreigners so that foreigners can also love our country's musical instruments.
Our vast China has many things worth learning from and appreciating. Whether it's China's excellent traditional culture, the magnificent landscapes of our motherland, or Chinese culinary culture, all attract foreigners. And as everyone knows, hanfu is also traditional Chinese clothing. Chinese people wearing hanfu always exude a refined beauty that no other country can imitate. However, many foreigners cannot resist the charm of hanfu and always want to try it on, seeing how foreigners “fall in love” with Chinese hanfu. White people find it a bit forced, while black people say: I don't think it works!
In Xu Jiao's view, paying attention to hanfu matching is the inheritance and promotion of traditional Chinese culture, which is related to her experience of studying abroad. Xu Jiao introduced that during one Mid-Autumn Festival, she told her foreign classmates the story of Chang'e flying to the moon and shared mooncakes with them, which everyone found very novel. Xu Jiao felt that many foreigners knew little about traditional Chinese culture. If Chinese international students can display authentic traditional Chinese culture to foreigners, it would be a wonderful thing.
On the Chinese Bridge program, there is continuous promotion of foreigners' views on China. A foreign woman appeared on the scene wearing hanfu, expanding the discussion on the influence of traditional Chinese culture. Compared to Japan's kimono culture, Chinese hanfu gradually disappeared around 2000 and only recently became popular again. The trendsetters were some foreigners and a large number of young Chinese people who love Chinese culture and strongly promote it, hoping to make hanfu as common in China as kimonos are abroad.
Nowadays, many Chinese girls wear hanfu abroad. Every time they walk down the streets of foreign countries, many people are amazed. A Chinese girl was walking on a foreign street wearing Chinese hanfu and even interviewed some foreigners. Among the questions asked, when asked if they thought Chinese hanfu was beautiful, the foreigners unanimously said it was very beautiful. However, since Chinese hanfu looks similar to Japanese kimonos, many foreigners were confused and even thought the Chinese girl was from Japan.
On the Chinese Bridge program, there is continuous promotion of foreigners' views on China. A foreign woman appeared on the scene wearing hanfu, expanding the discussion on the influence of traditional Chinese culture. Compared to Japan's kimono culture, Chinese hanfu gradually disappeared around 2000 and only recently became popular again. The trendsetters were some foreigners and a large number of young Chinese people who love Chinese culture and strongly promote it, hoping to make hanfu as common in China as kimonos are in Japan.
Nowadays, our country is prosperous and thriving. With the rise in economy and improvement in living standards, more and more foreigners are willing to live in China and fall in love with our Chinese culture. Nowadays, in many city streets, you can see the presence of foreigners, and more and more foreigners are willing to marry into our country, even promoting Chinese culture through their actions, better promoting the Chinese brand to the world. A young man once encountered such a foreign beauty at a subway station. He was waiting for the subway and noticed a beauty in hanfu. Upon closer inspection, he realized she was a foreign beauty with blonde hair tied in a bun, looking very cute. The beauty seemed tall, at least 1.75 meters, clearly identifiable as a foreigner, and quite young, probably just a teenager.
The collision between foreigners and hanfu is actually quite interesting. Since foreigners generally have more defined facial features than Chinese people, the two together might seem a bit odd. However, some people believe that foreigners with delicate features can also bring out the beauty of hanfu. As opportunities for cultural exchange between countries increase, like the Swiss girl who wore hanfu back home, she could spread traditional Chinese culture to Switzerland, which is also a way of cultural exchange and can enhance a sense of identity. Now, many countries have sparked a wave of learning Chinese. Is wearing hanfu also a way of spreading culture? What do you think?
I believe that young people wearing hanfu is a form of recognition of national culture. In the past, we followed what foreigners wore. In the 1980s, bell-bottom pants and aviator sunglasses, which young people were proud of, were all learned from foreigners. If someone wore hanfu, they would definitely be called old-fashioned. Back then, Chinese cultural self-esteem was at its lowest. Japanese folk songs sounded good, Canadian folk songs sounded good, Australian folk songs sounded good too, but Chinese folk songs were considered old-fashioned. Eating Western food was classy, eating Japanese food had taste, and those who ate skewers were seen as rough. If you asked for chopsticks in a Western restaurant, even the waiters looked down on you.