The differences and similarities between kimono and hanfu

Eye view:

Hanfu has wide sleeves

Kimono has furisode

Hanfu has wide robes and long sleeves

You have to walk in small steps when wearing a kimono... (You decide whether the robe is wide or not)

Hanfu is a top and bottom garment with separate upper and lower garments (even a straight skirt has a hidden hem inside)

< p>Kimonos are one-size-fits-all, with several pieces of fabric put together, regardless of the width of the hem (so you can’t actually take big steps)

So

Hanfu can take big steps

You can only walk in small steps in kimonos

The belts of Hanfu are almost all soft

And they cannot exceed nine centimeters

The belts of kimono basically do not have nine centimeters cm below

The upper and lower hem of Hanfu's deep garment also has a train

Kimono does not have it

The belt of Hanfu is knotted in the front

Kimono In the back

The specific differences:

First, it is feasible to distinguish from the pattern. We can identify some patterns that are very Japanese in style as kimono patterns, but we should also note that there are quite a few pattern styles in Japan that were passed down from China. Since these patterns are Chinese, of course they can also be used as Hanfu patterns. There is nothing wrong with that. .

Let’s list the patterns passed down from China: they are generally relatively ancient patterns, such as the Horyuji Temple pattern (there are many patterns that were spread following Buddhism, and the Horyuji Temple pattern is a living fossil. We can see several patterns from it. The Tang Dynasty pattern a hundred years ago), goldfish pattern, pine crane, cloud crane, thousand birds (from the Chinese picture of hundreds of birds, in fact hundreds and thousands are imaginary fingers, just multiple), Qinghai wave (wavy pattern, Please note that the qinghai wave at the hem of Chinese official uniforms is very similar to the Japanese qinghai wave), phoenix, peacock, dragon, lion, tiger, peony, flower drum (Japanese drum is passed down from the flower drum of the Tang Dynasty), arabesque (arabesque pattern, due to the traditional It’s called Tangcao from China), etc.

List Japanese local patterns: generally newer than the above, such as cherry blossoms (older...), Japanese wind chimes, Japanese fans (Japanese fans and Chinese fans) Please pay attention to the difference), Platycodon flower, Chaoyan (morning glory), Ichimatsu (a customary pine leaf pattern), etc. - these will not appear in Hanfu

Sometimes from It is very difficult to distinguish the patterns. I have seen a Japanese bird pattern that is almost identical to the phoenix bird pattern of Chu State, so it is best to distinguish it based on the style.

Second, the difference in style is the key point. To professionally judge which kind of clothing it is, you still have to look at the style.

1. The crotch of kimono is different from that of Hanfu.

The kimono collar is neither a Chinese cross-collar nor a Chinese straight collar. The most typical feature is that the collar is outside the garment. The hem of Hanfu is flush with the clothes.

Also, a layer of cloth is attached to the inside of the kimono to make a gusset. The gusset is not sealed and is used to insert the collar core (something that makes the collar shape very hard). Hanfu never has a collar.

2. Most of the sleeves of kimono are square sleeves, while most of the sleeves of Hanfu are round sleeves.

Why do we say that most kimonos have square sleeves? Because there are also a small number of round styles, such as round sleeves. Modern kimonos generally have square sleeves. As for Hanfu, most of them have round sleeves, but it should be noted that there are also a few square ones. Some dance clothes in the Tang Dynasty have square sleeves, such as that worn by the famous pottery figurine of a dancing girl.

3. The back of the kimono sleeves is not sealed, but the bottom of the front of the sleeves is sealed. This is exactly the opposite of the representative clothing of the Song and Ming Dynasties in my country.

As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, the bottom of the front end of our sleeves was also partially sealed, leaving only a relatively small opening for reaching out, which was called hanging pot sleeves - it can be seen in the curved train pattern. This sleeve shape evolved into the Tang Dynasty Also, it was gradually replaced by big sleeves, but the back of our sleeves has never been unsealed. The characteristic of the kimono is that the sleeves are not sealed at the back and open all the way to the armpits.

4. Hanfu is worn with ties. The kimono has no ties.

There is no belt on the kimono, it is completely fixed by the belt. If the belt comes loose, the clothes will completely fall apart, so women's kimono belts are tied very exaggeratedly.

5. The length of the kimono belt, the complex styles and the tricks it can create are not found in Hanfu.

The Hanfu belt is the length of the waist and body. It is enough to tie it up and lower it a little. The women's kimono belt needs to be more than 4 meters long, and it can be used to create various patterns on the back.

6. The decorations on Hanfu, such as rings, sachets, peach charms, colorful threads, ribbons, and silk shawls, are not found in kimonos. Of course, kimonos also have their own decorations, so I won’t go into details. Hanfu also has small swords and other decorations, while kimono has a sword.

The following are some incorrect statements:

1. "The one with a wider obi is a kimono."

Wrong. There are indeed very wide kimono obi, but there are also narrow ones. In fact, they range from 3 or 4 centimeters to more than 30 centimeters. In comparison, the girdle of Hanfu also has various widths. For example, the girdle used by some generals has a total width of more than 30 centimeters. It is obviously unreliable to distinguish Hanfu and kimono based on such a vague concept as girdle width.

2. "The kimono is the more colorful one."

I have nothing to say about this argument...only silence.

In fact, the weaving and dyeing technology of the Tang Dynasty was world-class, and I don’t know how much more gorgeous it was than Japan.

3. "If the sleeves are square, it is a kimono."

Wrong, there were many dance clothes with square sleeves in the Tang Dynasty, and it can be speculated that they are the ancestors of the kimono.

4. "The narrower lower body is a kimono."

Wrong. In fact, the kimono itself is not narrow. On the contrary, it is made wide enough that everyone from small women to men (actors) can wear it. We see that the lower body is narrow because it is made according to the figure of the person wearing it. , wrapped several times with a variety of accessories, and finally completely wrapped around the body. This is because the way of wearing it is different from that in our country. It is not that it is narrow, but it is still very wide when you let it go. It is also inappropriate to judge Hanfu and kimono based solely on the width of the clothing.

5. "The one with the floor-length bottom is Hanfu, and the one with the bottom that is short to the feet is kimono."

It's still wrong. For example, the standard length of women's kimono is more than 190cm cm, it can mop the floor by about 30-60 centimeters. The reason why we see it being worn so short that it does not reach the feet is because when wearing it, part of the waist has to be folded back, and the result is shorter. This is how women from good families wear it. . The dressing rules of drama and prostitution industry practitioners are not to fold back, so the same piece of clothing will look different when worn. If you just rely on the length of the clothing itself, you may not be able to tell whether it is a Hanfu or a Kimono.

6. “Putting a comb in your hair, whitening your face, cherry-shaped mouth makeup, etc. are Japanese things. You should not dress like this when wearing Hanfu.

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No, these are from the Tang Dynasty = = You can definitely dress like this if you wear Tang Dynasty clothes