The most famous feature of Ming Dynasty style Hanfu is the cross-collar with pipa sleeves, which is a basic style among Ming Dynasty Hanfu. There are also standing collar narrow-sleeved short jackets, standing collar wide-sleeved long coats, cross-collar short shirts, standing collar long shirts, bib jackets, standing collar gauze shirts, and cross-collar long shirts. These are the upper garments, while the lower garments include pleated skirts, mamian skirts, and gold-woven mamian skirts. The greatest characteristic of Ming Dynasty Hanfu is the collar, which is pointed and has a smaller neckline, making it more fitting when worn. Ming Dynasty style Hanfu suits all young ladies, regardless of their height, weight, or body shape. It can be elegant, dignified, and warm, and it even has a nickname: “The Rich Lady of the Great Ming.” The Ming Dynasty style is also my personal favorite type of Hanfu.
This set of orange-black Ming Dynasty style Hanfu has embroidery on both sides of the long bib jacket; on the left side, there is an embroidered pattern of a classical window frame with red branches of silver-berry protruding out, and on the right side, there is an embroidered pattern of leaping koi fish. The hem of the bib jacket is an irregularly shaped fishtail, and the placket and cuffs have fur edges, making it very suitable for winter wear as an inner layer. The black standing collar gold-embossed pipa sleeve long shirt has a beige contrasting design at the neckline and cuffs, adorned with blue and gold small flowers. The skirt below is printed with orange and beige window frame patterns, and the hem is decorated with a red contrasting small flower border. This is a unique New Year's outfit set~ Domestic Huaxianji Hanfu standing collar pipa sleeve long shirt Jinmingchi Ming Dynasty embroidered koi Hanfu New Year's outfit set costs 29 yuan (need to buy 4 pieces, total 399 yuan, double discount) Huaxianji Hanfu red bib jacket Jinmingchi Ming Dynasty embroidered koi Hanfu New Year's outfit set Taobao selected standing collar pipa sleeve long shirt originally priced at 29 yuan, can be purchased in a set with a bib jacket, pleated skirt, and pibo, with a full 9925 discount, the estimated price for the set is 399 yuan including shipping. This set of orange-black Ming Dynasty style Hanfu, the long bib jacket has embroidery on both sides, on the left side is a classical window frame with red branches of silver-berry protruding out, and on the right side is an embroidered pattern of leaping koi fish. The hem of the bib jacket is an irregular fashion circle | Value 0 Comments 0 Collection 0 Go to Purchase.
Ming Dynasty style upper garments include: standing collar front-closing short/long jackets, standing collar front-closing short/long shirts, standing collar slanted-closing short/long jackets, standing collar slanted-closing short/long shirts, cross-collar short/long jackets, cross-collar short/long shirts, round collar front-closing short/long jackets, round collar front-closing short/long shirts, round collar slanted-closing short/long jackets, round collar slanted-closing short/long shirts, straight/standing collar capes, round/square/straight collar bib jackets. Jackets are lined, and shirts are single-layered. Cross-collar short jackets, standing collar front-closing short jackets, standing collar slanted-closing long jackets, round collar sliding to view more Ming Dynasty collar styles include straight collars, vertical collars, round collars, square collars, etc. Cross-collar, standing collar, front-closing, slanted-closing, round collar sliding to view more sleeve types include narrow sleeves, straight sleeves, pipa sleeves. Pipa sleeves Ming Dynasty lower skirts are usually paired with ordinary pleated skirts or mamian skirts. Ming Dynasty mamian skirts have four skirt panels, symmetrical on both sides, with smooth surfaces in the middle front and back, commonly known as “mamian.” The skirts often have bottom and knee bands, but they can also be without bands. Ming Dynasty capes differ from modern capes; they evolved from Song Dynasty bei zi, being straight collared and front-closed. However, unlike bei zi, the collars of capes only extend to the chest area, and they have side slits, generally reaching below the knees. Bei zi are straight-sleeved and single-layered, while capes are mostly wide-sleeved and lined. For naming clothes, students can look at the names given by Hanfu sellers on Taobao, which might inspire you.
“The difficulty in making this Hanfu lies in sewing the phoenix pattern on the sleeve body, which requires two pieces of fabric to be sewn together perfectly. Just the back seam took about half an hour.” On the afternoon of October 22, when the reporter met Li Xinru, a student at the Art College of Pingdingshan Industrial Vocational and Technical College, she was making a Ming Dynasty style standing collar long coat. This girl, who studies fashion design, has a special fondness for Hanfu. Her handmade Hanfu not only received praise from teachers and students at her school but also attracted many customers from other places to order from her, making her a well-known entrepreneur on campus.
I believe everyone's love for Ming Dynasty style Hanfu is quite strong! When choosing Ming Dynasty style Hanfu, do you often choose the standing collar style? It must be said that the Ming Dynasty standing collar looks dignified and noble, truly a model of dignity! However, the controversy surrounding the standing collar is also significant. Some people even claim that the standing collar combines features of European and Mongolian standing collars, creating something fictional. Although the number of Qing Dynasty artifacts unearthed is the largest, the number of Ming Dynasty artifacts unearthed is also as high as 2.83%. Since there are doubts, let's explore the Ming Dynasty standing collar today.
The Ming Dynasty standing collar is not a padded jacket; it is a type of clothing from the Ming Dynasty period. It was widely popular in the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions during the late Ming Dynasty. Due to Manchu rule, it disappeared in the late Qing Dynasty. In the past decade, it has been rediscovered and passed down by the Hanfu revival movement. Its collar stands upright, contrasting with the cross-collar upper garment. The standing collar is one of the styles of Hanfu. The standing collar long coat has two rows of buttons, which are mostly made of metal. The standing collar long coat has a high collar and a long body. The sleeves are generally wide sleeves or pipa sleeves. Wearing it makes one appear tall, slim, and graceful. It can be worn for important festivals or daily use.
For some girls, there is always such a dilemma: although they may weigh 90 catties, they have a face that looks like it weighs 20 catties. For these girls, choosing Hanfu requires extra attention. Firstly, girls with larger faces should avoid standing collar Ming Dynasty style Hanfu. It will make them look slimmer. The standing collar Ming Dynasty style Hanfu visually shortens the length of the neck, thus making the cheeks appear larger. Therefore, girls with larger faces should definitely avoid this style of Hanfu!
The Ming Dynasty aoqun (jacket and skirt) is now one of the popular styles among Hanfu enthusiasts. Of course, the acceptance of aoqun by Hanfu enthusiasts has been a gradual process. Initially, they found that wearing “Ming Dynasty style Hanfu” made them look like grandmothers and lacked elegance, gradually accepting the early Ming Dynasty cross-collar aoqun, but avoiding the late Ming Dynasty standing collar aoqun (because it resembled Qing Dynasty clothing). Now, although they accept the standing collar aoqun, they have invented theories like “the Ming Dynasty standing collar is vertical, the Qing Dynasty standing collar is horizontal, the Ming Dynasty buttons are metal, and the Qing Dynasty buttons are cloth” to distinguish between Ming Dynasty aoqun and Qing Dynasty aoqun!
In the past seven years, Wu Jiamin has collected over 40 sets of Hanfu and improved Hanfu. “That standing collar slanted-front long shirt is designed by me, incorporating some modern elements,” she said. Some traditional Hanfu styles are inconvenient to wear, and most Hanfu sold online are made of synthetic materials, lacking comfort. “Now, we have opened an online store with several Hanfu enthusiasts. We select skin-friendly silk fabrics and design and produce several styles of improved Hanfu suitable for daily wear. After these clothes were showcased online, they received many ‘likes' from Hanfu enthusiasts!”
Firstly, before Rejuvenation of Hanfu, they had never made Ming Dynasty style standing collar Hanfu, but Rejuvenation of Hanfu had never said that the standing collar is not Hanfu. In the early stages of the Hanfu revival, there was a heated debate about whether the Ming Dynasty standing collar should be considered Hanfu and whether it should be promoted. At that time, many fellow Hanfu enthusiasts, including us, believed that the Ming Dynasty standing collar was easily confused with the cheongsam standing collar by ordinary people, leading them to mistake Ming Dynasty Hanfu for Qing Dynasty clothing, thus overlooking the painful history of the Qing government's forced hair cutting and clothing changes. Given the difficult environment faced by Hanfu at the time, we avoided promoting the standing collar style.