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Hi there! I recently learned that in Japanese culture, the crossed collars of a kimono must be crossed left over right, and the only time they do otherwise is during a funeral. Is there a similar rule in crossed-collar hanfu? Thanks, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Hi! Yes, that’s right - in Chinese culture, there’s a rule that crossed-collar Hanfu must have the collars crossed left over right, and the only time otherwise is for traditional funeral clothes for the deceased.
This rule is called 交领右衽/Jiaoling Youren. Jiaoling means “crossed-collar”, and Youren means “right lapel”. Youren refers to the fact that the right collar is wrapped before the left. In the image below, the top section shows how to cross the collars of Hanfu, and the bottom section shows Youren (right) compared to Zuoren (left). Zuoren means “left lapel”, and refers to right-over-left wrapping:
So how did it come about that Hanfu collars are crossed left-over-right? There are two parts to the answer:
1) For convenience:
It’s more convenient for right-handed people to put on and remove Hanfu when the collars are crossed left-over-right. Keep in mind that the ancient Chinese discouraged left-handedness like many other historical cultures, considering it unnatural, barbarian, uncivilized, and unfortunate. Right-over-left collars thus became the norm for the garments of the deceased, as they would no longer need to remove their clothing. In addition, when the ancient Chinese entered the era of agricultural labor, they gradually discovered that left-over-right was more suitable for storing small items inside the collars (for right-handed people, at least), as Hanfu does not have pockets.
2) As a mark of civilization:
As the ancient Chinese used left-over-right collars to better adapt to agricultural labor, many surrounding peoples wore right-over-left collars. For example, several nomadic tribes of the northern steppes used right-over-left because it allowed the right shoulder more freedom of movement, which was more convenient for archery. The ancient Chinese thus considered the left-over-right style to be a mark of civilization, as opposed to the right-over-left collars of the “barbarians”. @fouryearsofshades writes more in detail on this history in this post.
Below is a painting from the famous Dunhuang Murals of the people of Tubo, an ancient Tibetan kingdom from the 7th-9th centuries. Notice how their collars are crossed right-over-left:
In contrast, below are figures from the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) of entertainers (top) and foot soldiers (bottom). Notice how their collars are crossed left-over-right:
Keep in mind that to the ancient Chinese, differentiating their own civilization from other groups was a Very Big Deal, and they did so in several different ways, including fashion. Another example was how men were required to put their hair up, instead of letting it down like the “barbarians” did.
It’s similar to how the ancient Greeks and Romans didn’t wear pants because they found them ridiculous and considered them to be the clothing of “barbarians”. Pants were originally associated with the Persians, Scythians, Sarmatians, and Central Asian peoples.
While values about what constitutes “civilization” and whatnot obviously changed over time, the left-over-right style endured, and eventually became formalized into the Hanfu rule we have now.
Hope this helps!
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Playlist Spotlight - My Rock-ish Mandopop Playlist
周笔畅 / Bibi Zhou
Bibi doesn’t have a lot of rock songs, but the few she has are soooo good. And the clips I’ve seen of her performing them live are great as well.
《别装了》 has a slightly-dated sounded, but I mean this in a good way. Everyone needs a go-to 2010 pop-rock song.
《沉默的真相》 is from a soundtrack, and it’s so good that I’m planning to watch the show. It starts out more dark and lowkey but really takes off.
《荷米斯》 is one of those songs that makes me feel effortlessly cool (which I am not).
孟慧圆 / Meng Huiyuan
《背比》 is a very bouncy song. It’s also short and snappy—just a lot of fun to listen to all around.
张惠妹 / A-Mei
I mean, you already know the legendary A-Mei. I don’t even have to say anything. A-Mei has two great rock albums (AMIT and AMIT2) plus some other rock-leaning songs here and there. But I wanted to feature some of her songs from other albums.
《发生什么事》 is loud and powerful. You can just let go and jam out to this song.
《不要乱说》 gives off strong don’t mess with me vibes. I feel empowered yet intimidated at the same time.
《不顾一切》 would make the most perfect spy or action movie theme song! And I would definitely watch the movie.
徐佳莹 / LaLa Hsu
《拉拉队》 puts me in a instant good mood. It’s very peppy, which is perfect because 拉拉队 means cheerleading squad.
林宥嘉 / Yoga Lin
《热血无赖》 is fast-paced and upbeat. It will definitely jolt you awake if you’re drowsy. I hope that 林宥嘉 makes more rock-infused songs in the future!
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wang yibo - street dance of china s3 ep 2 ✌🏼
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Yoyo中文 – 中学的故事
来自：Yoyo Chinese Upper Intermediate Conversational Unit 1 Level 7
单词：
享受 / xiǎng shòu / to enjoy
复习 (複習) / fù xí / to review
预习 (預習) / yù xí / to prepare for a lesson
俩 (倆) / liǎ / two (same as 两个）
考试 (-試) / kǎo shì / test, exam
之前 / zhī qián / before, ago (formal version of 以前)
部分 / bù fen / part, section
哆嗦 / duō suō / to shiver, tremble
功课 (-課) / gōng kè / schoolwork, lessons
无话不谈 (無話-談) / wú huà bù tán / to talk about everything
暗恋 (-戀) / àn liàn / to have a (secret) crush on
丑 / chou / ugly
而 / ér / however, but (formal)
受 / shòu / to receive
受欢迎 (-歡-)/ shòu huān yíng / to be popular
换句话说 (換-話說) / huàn jù huà shuō / in other words...
拥有 (擁-) / yōng you / to posses
成为 (-為) / chéng wéi / to become, turn into
常用 / cháng yòng / commonly used
成绩 (-績) / chéng jì / grades
戴 / dài / to wear
连...都 (連-)/ lián...dōu / even...
认为 (認為) / rèn wéi / to think, believe
冰雪聪明 (--聰-) / bīng xuě cōng míng / "smart as a whip" idiom
臭豆腐 / chòu dòu fu / stinky tofu
考上 / kǎo shàng / to test into (a school)
之一 / zhī yī / one of...
约 (約) / yuē / to arrange, make an appointment
母校 / mǔ xiào / alma mater school
母语 (語-) / mǔ yǔ / mother tongue, native language
记忆 (記憶) / jì yì / memory
句子：
中学的时候，我们总是一起吃饭。
咱们那时候吃午饭的时候，都没有坐的地方，对吧？
都站着吃。
我特别享受我们俩一起复习。
对，每次考试之前我们俩就是找一个特别安静的地方。
我和王明南是班上最好的学生，学习是我们生活很重要的一部分。
冬天的时候特别冷，我们就哆哆嗦嗦在那里复习功课。
余成功特暗恋你。
有吗？跟你说了？
中学的时候我是一只丑小鸭，而王明南是班上最受欢迎的女生。 换句话说男生想拥有她，女生想成为她。
在中学里虽然我成绩很好，但是我戴着大眼睛就是一只丑小鸭。
我告诉你几个比较常用的吧。
她不但漂亮而且非常聪明，就连我的妈妈都是这么认为的。
这是她最好的朋友，王明南。美女，才女，冰雪聪明。
高中毕业后，我们都考上了中国最好的大学之一，北京大学。
之后她去了法国，我去了美国。这次回国，我们约了一起回母校看一看，真的非常开心！
她是我中学最美的记忆.
下面有英文翻译：
In middle school, we always ate meals together.
Back then when we ate lunch, there was no place to sit, right?
Everyone ate standing up.
I especially enjoyed reviewing together.
Yes, every time before a test we would find an especially quite place.
Wang Mingnan and I were the best in the class, studying was a very important part in our life.
In the winter it was especially cold, we would just shiver there and review schoolwork.
Yu Chenggong had a crush on you.
He did? Did he tell you?
In middle school I was an ugly duckling, but Wang Mingnan was the most popular girl in our class. In other words, the boys wanted to have her and the girls wanted to become her.
In middle school even though my grades were good, I wore big glasses so I was an ugly duckling.
I'll tell you a few pretty commonly used ones.
She is not only pretty but also very smart, even my mom thinks so. This is her best friend, Wang Mingnan. A beautiful girl, talented, and smart as a whip.
After high school graduation, we both tested into one of China's best colleges, Beijing University.
After that, she went to France, I went to America. This time when we returned home, we planned to go back to our alma mater to see it, really fun!
She is my most beautiful memory from high school.
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First post
Hi there! My name is Hades. I made this blog to start documenting my studies into the Chinese language (and culture!) mostly because I feel like tumblr is a nice little archive I can use that has minimal social interaction.
I’m still pretty novice when it comes to Chinese but I’ve taken some courses at my university. I dropped out for the time being due to the pandemic but plan to continue my studies on my own time. I have other accounts with the same user and it’s in my carrd in my bio and I hope to find some study friends along the way! I look forward to posting on here. 谢谢！！
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28/03/2022
4/100 days of productivity
today I had a Chinese class in the morning and then I started reading papers for my philosophy group project!
Still have lots to do 😴
I hope everybody had a good Monday 🌸🌸
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Update: New resources added!!
Over the past 2 days I've added new resources to my resources page! They're instagram/social media tutors but I've complied a mini list here. Some I like more than others, but I would recommend all of them to supplement your studies! Full reviews are on the page~
I also updated a few ratings and pricing for some of the resources as well, which I've made note of in the descriptions on the page.
Here are the new ones I added!
Zita Wong Chinese - insta, adorable and kind and progressive, great functional and colloquial vocab, real-life conversations and interviews with native and nonnative speakers in China
Leila Laoshi - non-native speaker who has translated chinese professionally, great vocab, fascinating lifestyle living in bali
Chilling Chinese - awesome podcasts, actually affordable membership
Sabine Hui Chinese - funny, functional & colloquial vocab
Learn Chinese with Jian - pronunciation guides & functional vocab
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24102021
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tens of thousands of blessings for the Winter Olympics from all over the world. Letters serve as bridges, leading all mankind to the ice and snow appointment; love crosses mountains and seas, and tens of millions of people relay the light of the Winter Olympics.
At 13:00 on February 15th, lock the "Postcard of Love" Convergence Media Live Event, will be with you to the future. 🤍
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