Traditional Chinese wedding dress

Example of traditional Chinese-style wedding dress

Traditional Chinese wedding dress is a collective term which refers to all the different forms and styles of traditional wedding attire worn by the Han Chinese when performing their marriage ceremony, including the traditional Chinese marriage.[1] There are various forms of traditional Chinese wedding dress in the history of China.[2] Since the Zhou dynasty, there have national laws and rules which regulated the different categories of clothing and personal accessories; these regulations have created various categories of clothing attire, including the traditional wedding attire of the Chinese people.[3]: 3 

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  2. ^ "Top 5 Styles of Traditional Chinese Dress & Clothing - 2022". www.newhanfu.com. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  3. ^ Hua, Mei (2011). Chinese clothing (Updated ed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-521-18689-6. OCLC 781020660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)