Ru (upper garment)

rdf:langString Ru (upper garment)

rdf:langString shān

rdf:langString left

rdf:langString Yi

rdf:langString Shan

rdf:langString Ao

rdf:langString 衣

rdf:langString 襦

rdf:langString 衫

rdf:langString 袄

rdf:langString Illustration of an ao decorated with flowers from the Qing dynasty, Gujin Tushu Jicheng. It is yuanling ao with a round collar which closes to the right

rdf:langString Illustration of ao from the Qing dynasty Gujin Tushu Jicheng. This ao shows a frontal closure.

rdf:langString Illustration of shan from the Gujin Tushu Jicheng, between 1700 and 1725 AD.

rdf:langString Illustration of shan with a youren round collar and narrow sleeves, decorated with a flower square from the Qing dynasty Gujin Tushu Jicheng.

rdf:langString Modern reconstruction of a long jacket called chang ao.

rdf:langString horizontal

rdf:langString Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic479 - 襖.svg

rdf:langString Daao 1.jpg

rdf:langString Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic478 - 衫.svg

rdf:langString Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic409 - 寶相花裙襖.svg

rdf:langString Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic405 - 胸背花盤領窄袖衫.svg

rdf:langString Clothes/ garment

rdf:langString outer garments/ coat/ jacket/ lined coat

rdf:langString shirt; robe; gown; jacket

rdf:langString short coat/ jacket

rdf:langString Yī

rdf:langString shān

rdf:langString Rú

rdf:langString ǎo

rdf:langString China, 19th century - Han Woman's Jacket - 1956.306 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg

rdf:langString MET DP241362.jpg

rdf:langString Theatrical coat for Court Lady, 18th century.

rdf:langString Han Woman's ao, 19th century, from the Cleveland Museum of Art

rdf:langString 襖

rdf:langString Ru (Chinese: 襦; pinyin: rú), sometimes referred as shan (Chinese: 衫; pinyin: shān), ao (simplified Chinese: 袄; traditional Chinese: 襖; pinyin: ǎo), and yi (Chinese: 衣; pinyin: yī), is a form of traditional Chinese upper garment, or coat, or jacket, which typically has a right closure; however, some of them can also have a front central opening. It is a daily upper garment for women of the Han Chinese ethnic. It can be worn in combination with a skirt in a style called ruqun, or a pair of trousers in a style called shanku. The shape and structure of Chinese upper garment, generally referred as yi (衣), varied depending on the time period. Clothing style which overlaps and closes to the right originated in China and are referred as being youren (Chinese: 右衽; pinyin: yòurèn; lit. 'right lapel'). The style of yi which overlaps at the front and closes on the right right in a y-shaped, is known as jiaolingyouren (Chinese: 交領右衽; pinyin: jiāolǐngyòurèn; lit. 'intersecting collar right lapel') and started to be worn in the Shang dynasty. Since then the jiaolingyouren yi had been one of the major symbols of the Sino Kingdom and eventually spread throughout Asia. The structure of the jackets worn in the late Qing shared some features of those worn by the Han ethnics in the Ming dynasty. Although the structure of the jacket evolved with time, these forms of jackets continued to be worn in the Republic of China. After the 1930s, these forms of upper garment lost popularity and decreased in use, as qipao and Western dress became more popular. They regained popularity in the 21st century following the Hanfu movement.