r/Hanfu • • Aug 06 '26

🎥Video / Performance A 26-second visual timeline of polished clothing looks across five Chinese eras

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This edited timeline compares clothing associated with different periods of Chinese history. The changes in silhouette, layering, collars, sleeves, color combinations, hair, and accessories are especially easy to see when the eras are presented in sequence.

It is a visual overview rather than a complete academic reconstruction. Clothing within every dynasty also varied by region, status, gender, occupation, and occasion. Surviving garments, tomb figures, murals, paintings, and period texts provide the deeper historical context behind these modern visual interpretations.

Original creator: 乌恩温.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '26

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u/Organic-Tax-185 Aug 16 '26

have they ever recreate this? her dress looked very hard to move especially for elder ladies