Dressed in a flowing long robe adorned with beaded floral embroidery from a bygone era, stylist Xiao Hang looks like she surfaced from a time machine as she strides across the bustling Beijing metro, attracting curious glances and inquisitive questions. China has embraced Western fashion and futuristic technology as its economy boomed in recent decades, but a growing number of young people like Xiao are looking to the past for their sartorial choices and donning traditional “hanfu”, or “Han clothing”. These historic costumes of the Han ethnic majority are enjoying a renaissance in part because the government is promoting traditional culture in a bid to boost patriotism and national identity. There is no uniform definition of what counts as hanfu since each Han-dominated dynasty had its own style, but the outfits are characterised by loose, flowing robes that drape around the body, with sleeves that hang down to the knees. In modern China, the hanfu community spans the gamut: from history enthusiasts to anime fans, to students and even young professionals. Xiao, runs her own hanfu business, hanfu red where she dresses customers for photo shoots and even plans hanfu-style weddings. Yang Jiaming, a high school student in Beijing, wears his outfit under his school uniform. Tang-style beige gown and black boots at a hanfu gathering, adding that his classmates and teachers have been supportive of his style. A woman wearing “hanfu” -l Chinese clothing – posing for photos. Clothes are the “foundation of culture,” said Jiang Xue, who is part of Beijing-based hanfu club Mowutianxia, which has received funding from the Communist Youth League. There is some way before the style reaches mainstream acceptance in China. In March, two students in Shijiazhuang Medical College in northern China were reportedly threatened with expulsion for wearing the outfits to school. Its popularity took off in 1920s Shanghai when it was modified into a fitted must-have, favoured by actresses and intellectuals as a symbol of femininity and refinement. Children wearing “hanfu” at a gathering of hanfu devotees at a park in Beijing. Chinese culture scholar Gong Pengcheng.

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