A piece of “craftsmanship” in Hanfu. Hebei craftsmen spent two years replicating the “half arm” of the Tang Dynasty
The picture shows the “half arm” of the Tang Dynasty that Zhao Bo successfully copied. Photo by Liu Xinyu
Measurement, pattern making, cutting… On the 15th, in a Hanfu studio in Yongqing County, Hebei Province, Zhao Bo, the inheritor of Han traditional clothing production skills in the Hebei provincial intangible cultural heritage project, took a tape measure to measure While making the pattern on the kraft paper, the pattern of a Hanfu Taoist robe is completed in a few minutes.
Walking into the Hanfu studio, there are only a desk, a measuring tape, and a pair of scissors… It was in this minimalist studio that Zhao Bo successfully copied the Han Dynasty plain gauze jacket, the Tang Dynasty half-arm, and the Tang Dynasty half-arm. There are more than 100 pieces of exquisite Hanfu including collared shirts from the Song Dynasty and collared robes from the Yuan Dynasty.
Twenty years ago, Zhao Bo, who was only 15 years old, followed in his father’s footsteps and started collecting Hanfu. At the age of 16, in Tianjin, Zhao Bo collected a piece of Qing Dynasty court clothing for the first time on his own. After going to college, he became obsessed with Hanfu culture and went to nearby ancient towns to collect Hanfu whenever he had time. Over the years, he has not only visited more than 200 ancient villages and towns across the country to collect more than 2,000 pieces (sets) of Hanfu, but also restored and reproduced some Hanfu one by one.
Zhao Bo said that there are few Tang Dynasty costumes handed down from generation to generation, so it has always been his dream to restore the “half-arm” of the Tang Dynasty.
“‘Half-arm’, as the name suggests, is a decorative garment during the Tang Dynasty, a bit like the ‘waistcoat’ worn by everyone now.” Zhao Bo said that it took two years from material selection to completion. After a long time, he finally successfully copied the “half arm” of the Tang Dynasty, as if the Hanfu that had been dormant for thousands of years was “alive” and re-entered the vision of contemporary people.
“During the production process, finding suitable fabrics is a difficult problem. The fabric of this ‘half-arm’ piece is made from a rare old dress. Its fabric production technology is in the same vein as the ‘half-arm’ fabric of the Tang Dynasty.” Zhao Bo said .
Zhao Bo said that in order to make the ancient Hanfu making skills “alive”, we must also keep its “essence”. Nowadays, many of the linen, cotton, leather, bamboo and other fabrics needed to make Hanfu are no longer available in the market due to complex production processes. These precious fabrics can only be ordered and woven by national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritors.
“The right lapel collar, the upper and lower skirts, and the cross cutting method are all concentrated expressions of our country’s Hanfu culture. Hanfu culture is a precious legacy left to us by our ancestors.” Zhao Bo said that the best inheritance is to let Hanfu comes to people and enters people’s lives.
Nowadays, Zhao Bo innovates cultural communication methods through the Internet, using WeChat public accounts and Douyin “Zhao Bo talks about Hanfu” as carriers, and has attracted many Hanfu enthusiasts. He said that his biggest wish is to allow more people to learn Hanfu culture and make Hanfu by themselves. He also hopes that my country’s traditional Hanfu culture can go abroad and bloom overseas.
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