Bianfu (Chinese: 弁服; pinyin: biànfú) is a historical set of attire in Hanfu consisting of a knee-length Chinese upper garment known as jiangshapao (Chinese: 绛纱袍) over a qun, a Chinese skirt, known as hongchang (Chinese: 红裳; lit. During the Silla period, the banbi may have been worn on sam (衫, chinese traditional clothes a type of upper garment) which also corresponds to the way banbi was worn by men and women during the Tang dynasty. A Tang dynasty Woman wearing a green, U-shaped collar banbi. A Tang dynasty Woman wearing a red U-shaped collar banbi under her skirt. 647-654), Kim Chunchu personally traveled to Tang to request for clothing and belts; one of the requested clothing was banbi (반비/半臂). Banbi (Chinese: 半臂; lit.半臂又做半袖,到元代也称搭护。 The Qing official headwear or Qingdai guanmao (Chinese: 清代官帽; pinyin: qīngdài guānmào; lit. Bixi (Chinese: 蔽膝; pinyin: bìxī; lit. During the Shang dynasty, the basic style of clothing for men and women consisted of yichang and bixi.

Song dynasty empress wearing diyi with a bixi. The earlier Song dynasty beizi had a band which finished the edges down to the bottom hem, but with time, it developed further and a contrasting neckband which encircled the neck down to the mid-chest; a closing was also found at the mid-chest. The neckband, however, was shortened to reach mid-chest and the robe was made wider. It originated from the Chinese’ round collar robe. It could be closed with a single Chinese frog button or with a fabric tie. In the Ming dynasty, beizi can be secured at the front either with a metal or jade clasp button called zimu kou (Chinese: 子母扣). Chinese: 真珠; lit. Chang-ao (simplified Chinese: 长袄; traditional Chinese: 長襖), qipao dress modern lit. A mandarin square (Chinese: 補子), also known as a rank badge, was a large embroidered badge sewn onto the surcoat of officials in Imperial China (decorating hanfu and qizhuang), Korea (decorating the gwanbok of the Joseon dynasty), in Vietnam, and the Ryukyu Kingdom. The daopao was also introduced in Korea during the Joseon period, where it became known as dopo and was eventually localized in its current form.

The form of clothing has changed and its functions have also been improved. A form of shan which appeared in the Han and Wei period was a new type of gown which had equal front pieces which were straight instead of being jiaolingyouren and was fastened with a string; it was also a form of unlined upper garment with straight sleeves and wide cuffs. Han women wore elbow-length sleeves, cross-collar upper garment over a long-sleeved blouse; the abbreviated skirts were popular in Yuan. Undergraduates from the Fujian Normal University show the process of ancient coming-of-age ceremony to tourists by wearing Hanfu, or traditional Han Chinese clothing, at Fuzhou Folk Museum in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast China’s Fujian province, on Saturday. In 1949, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened with the election of Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Central People’s Government, announcing the birth of the great new China at the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China. It was first designated as a waistcoat for palace maids, but its popularity soon reached the commoners.

39 It was commonly worn by commoners of the Ming dynasty and is often seen in Ming dynasty portraits. A “half-beizi”, a beizi with short sleeves; it was originally worn as a military uniform but it was then worn by the literati and the commoners despite being against the Song dynasty’s dressing etiquette. 48-50 can be found with either short or long sleeves. A “sleeveless beizi”, which looks like a modern sleeveless vest, was used as a casual clothing and could be found in the market. 181 The daopao of the Taoist also continue to be worn by modern taoist priests, although it may come in different names. The male Song dynasty beizi was worn as informal clothing at home because it could be left unfastened in the front, because of the relaxed waistline and as the beizi could come in variety of length and width. The arts of fan-making eventually progressed to the point that by the Jin dynasty, fans could come in different shapes and could be made in different materials.