Manchu Costume

Manchu Costume

Manchu costume refers to the man's robe with horseshoe sleeves, waist belt, or long robe with double breasted jacket, women's dress with foot length, or jacket. Manchu are mainly distributed in the three eastern provinces of China, with Liaoning Province as the largest. In addition, in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong, Xinjiang and other provinces and autonomous regions, as well as Beijing, Chengdu, Lanzhou, Fuzhou, Yinchuan, Xi'an and other large and medium-sized cities, there are a few scattered Manchus.

Manchu has a long history, which can be traced back to the period of Sushen xinkailiu culture and chaachong culture 7000 years ago. Their descendants have been living in the north of Changbai Mountain, the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang Province and Wusuli River Basin.

In the 1930s, both men and women of the Manchu nationality wore long gowns with long sleeves and wide lapels. Women's cheongsam hem to the calf, embroidered flower patterns. Men's cheongsam hem and ankle, no decoration. After the 1940s, under the impact of new fashion at home and abroad, Manchu men's cheongsam has been abandoned, while women's cheongsam has changed from wide sleeve to narrow sleeve, straight tube to tight waist, hip slightly larger, hem recycled, ankle long. The so-called Beijing style cheongsam is what we call the early Manchu women's cheongsam. In 2007, Manchu cheongsam production technology was listed in the provincial intangible cultural heritage list of Jilin Province. In 2009, Manchu costumes were listed in the second batch of Inner Mongolia Regional intangible cultural heritage list. Mingsongfeng is listed as the inheritor. In 2011, Liu Shufen and Chen Yuqiu were awarded provincial intangible cultural heritage inheritors of Manchu cheongsam making technology.