Hufu

For the human meat flavored tofu product, see Hufu (novelty item).

Hufu
HanForeigner3rdCentury
A foreign Sogdian soldier wearing a curved collar (曲领) short robe, Eastern Han, early 3rd century.
Northern Wei Pottery Figures (9833213205)
Figurines from Northern Wei.

On the left: Foreign fashion lapel robes

On the right: Foreign-influenced or foreign-style cross-collared robes closing to the left side instead of the right side. Traditionally, Chinese style upper garment closes to the right.
Chinese name
Chinese胡服
Literal meaningBarbarian clothing
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúfú
Korean name
Hangul호복
Hanja胡服
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHobok

Hufu (Chinese: 胡服; pinyin: húfú; Korean: 호복; Hanja: 胡服; RR: hobok), also referred as Hu clothing,[1] nomadic dress,[2] 'barbarian' clothing or dress,[3][4] or foreign dress,[5] is a generic term which refers to any clothing which was worn in ancient China and its surrounding regions by non-Han Chinese people.[6][4] This term is also used to refer to clothing of foreign origins in ancient China.[4] The introduction of Hufu-style garments and attire in China occurred by the time of King Wuling of Zhao.[6]

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  2. ^ LINGLEY, KATE A. (2010). "NATURALIZING THE EXOTIC: On the Changing Meanings of Ethnic Dress in Medieval China". Ars Orientalis. 38: 50–80. ISSN 0571-1371. JSTOR 29550020.
  3. ^ Abramson, Marc Samuel (2008). Ethnic identity in Tang China. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8122-0101-7. OCLC 802057634.
  4. ^ a b c Chen, Buyun (2019). Empire of style : silk and fashion in Tang China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-295-74531-2. OCLC 1101879641.
  5. ^ Silberstein, Rachel (2020). A fashionable century : textile artistry and commerce in the late Qing. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-295-74719-4. OCLC 1121420666.
  6. ^ a b Xu, Zhuoyun (2012). Timothy Danforth Baker; Michael S. Duke (eds.). China : a new cultural history. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-231-15920-3. OCLC 730906510.