Sunday, January 16, 2011

Hanfu Wedding Dress

Hanfu is a traditional wedding costume worn by Chinese bride on her wedding. Hanfu also known as Hanzhuang or Guzhuang and sometimes explained in English they called it Chinese Silk Robe


Same as Kimono, Hanfu was not simple wedding dresses as it required time and effort for sewing it. The costume is fully flourished with golden string that draft out the main graphic of “long” and “fong”. 


Chinese believed dragon and phoenix are two best sign for the population. As such the art work on it make the simple wedding dress look complicated. 


Some costumes commonly thought of Chinese like Samfu and Qipao and these traditional dresses also for use when there’s any formal function been held. [source : Hanfu]