Why is there no national costume in China like "kimono" and "Hanbok" of Japan and South Korea?

In China, there are also traditional national costumes similar to Hanbok and Kimono, namely Hanbok. In the final analysis, Korean hanbok and kimono were transformed only after they were put on in China, and their roots are all in China.

Then, why didn't Hanfu become as popular as Hanfu and Kimono, became a part of national cultural symbols, and even rose to the level of "national service"?

Any social problem has its historical reasons, and so does Hanfu.

Hanfu, as a traditional costume of the Han nationality, was shaped in the Zhou Dynasty and passed down to the Qin Dynasty. It has been the mainstream clothing in China for thousands of years. It has developed for thousands of years, and with the change of textile technology, the styles are becoming more and more exquisite. When I was in middle school, I went to several activities of Hanfu Club, and the beauty of Hanfu culture they showed me left an indelible impression on my heart. I have a senior who is crazy about Hanfu. I had dinner with her before the college entrance examination. When asked about her ideal, she replied, "I want Hanfu to be as popular in China as kimono." At that moment, her eyes suddenly dimmed. Obviously, it is such a beautiful culture and belongs to the national costume, but passers-by in the street have different eyes on foreigners, and I suddenly feel her sadness.

The glory of Hanfu ended in A.D. 1644. When the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they shaved their hair and changed clothes, and Hanfu culture was wiped clean on the land of China. Then, the foreign guns of imperialism opened the door of China and destroyed the world outlook of China people. After the fall of the Qing government, a large number of people in China showed their fear and worship of the powerful West, and even a wave of public opinion emerged in the society to learn from the West and even westernize it completely. For a time, suits and suits became the things sought after by the society, and Hanfu lost the opportunity to make a comeback for the first time. After the founding of New China, Hanfu became a symbol of the dross of the old society in the class struggle at that time, while the Chinese tunic suit, which represents the revolution and the proletariat, became the mainstream dress of the society. In this way, Hanfu lost the second chance to make a comeback.

I think in today's society in China, although there has been a China traditional research society like Hanfu Society, and there has also been a call to restore China's traditional costumes, Hanfu is still a minority costume, which often exists only in performance occasions, because our national cultural self-confidence is not strong enough. Although we don't respect and fear western culture as we did a hundred years ago, subconsciously, China culture is often submerged by foreign cultures. It is often said that "the moon in foreign countries is rounder than China, and foreign monks are good at chanting scriptures." Whether a product is good or not is not decided by experts in China, but must be said by foreigners, no matter what they do or what their occupation is. Anyway, foreigners say yes, it must be really good. And many things, many people in China dare to say loudly that the imported ones are definitely better than the domestic ones without using them. On the contrary, the cultural self-confidence of Japanese and Korean nationals is very strong. Although South Korea is a small country, it dares to confidently shout that our civilization is the best. In recent years, South Korea has frequently applied for the World Heritage, and experts have frequently said that "XX belongs to South Korea". We just cynically called South Korea a "cosmic country", but we didn't see South Korea's cultural self-confidence seeping into the flesh and blood. In Japan, there is no doubt that our domestic products are the best. In supermarkets, the most expensive ones are domestic products, and the cheapest ones are imported, all of which belong to the poor.

Therefore, only by restoring the cultural self-confidence of our nation can our Hanfu public vision return to the mainstream.