Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 793 - 792: Traditional Clothing

Zhen Yu was busy discussing Zhang Yufeng’s system with 6781, so she didn’t pay much attention to her roommates’ discussion.

As a result, as they talked on and on, I don’t know how, but they suddenly brought Zhen Yu into the topic.

"...Although her face is indeed pretty, her figure is nowhere as good as ours, Zhen Yu, right?"

"Of course! Didn’t you see those guys’ looks? Her skirt was so short already, but how many were looking at her legs? They were all looking at her face! It’s different for Xiao Yu! The moment she shows off her beautiful legs,"

"Cough!" Zhen Yu couldn’t stand it any longer, so she interrupted, "Enough already, you guys!"

But her three roommates didn’t listen to her at all!

You Qing immediately joked, "What? Feeling shy because we’re complimenting you? But we’re just stating facts!"

"Exactly!" Shi Mei chimed in right away, "If you ask me, Zhen Yu, you’re just too conservative! From the start of the school year until now, we three! This is the first time we’re seeing you in a skirt! With legs that go all the way up to your neck, if you wore what she did,"

"Cough!" Zhen Yu, sensing trouble, quickly coughed loudly to interrupt Shi Mei’s words!

However, the next second, she was still pinned down by her three roommates, who were like hungry wolves.

Zhen Yu quickly put up her hands! She tried to stop the unrealistic fantasies in their minds, while making her stance clear,

"Halt! Halt! I’d rather wear Hanfu on the street than ever put on a JK uniform!"

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The three roommates asked in unison, "Hanfu?!"

"Er... Ah, this kind! Let me find it and show you!" It only took Zhen Yu a second to decide to rummage through her belongings! Even though there wasn’t much time left before lights out, she still didn’t want to describe it directly.

It wasn’t only because she felt that the beauty of Hanfu couldn’t be adequately described in words but also because she’s not fond of talking too much.

Rather than waste words, anything that they didn’t understand, they could just take a direct look to get a more intuitive sense!

Since Zhen Yu didn’t have any Hanfu samples from her family’s shop around, the Hanfu she took out from her suitcase under the guise of being in her space was actually genuine antiques! These were the return gifts specially given to her by Su Xuan.

So her three roommates were instantly mesmerized! And almost at the same time, a hint of eagerness flickered in their eyes!

Unfortunately, before they could articulate their request to try them on, the entire dorm room plunged into darkness.

As a result, Zhen Yu’s three roommates had to climb onto their own single beds with regret and reluctance.

But even though they hadn’t had the chance to try them on, the impression of Hanfu had been deeply etched into their minds!

So, unusually, the dormitory didn’t fall quiet immediately after lights out that night!

Instead, led by You Qing, they went straight into ’bedtime chat’ mode...

"Xiao Yu, is this set of Hanfu for performance?"

Just as Zhen Yu was about to close her eyes, she stopped! Then she calmly replied: "No! It’s for everyday wear."

Upon hearing her answer, Shi Mei immediately expressed skepticism!

"But! We’ve never seen you wearing it before!"

Before Zhen Yu could respond, Sun Shuhan, after hesitating for a moment, muttered in a low voice a couple of questions.

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"Can you really go out wearing such extravagant clothes? Won’t others see you as a freak?!"

"Extravagant? Freak? Hehe..." Zhen Yu chuckled softly in the darkness. "This is the traditional clothing of our Han Clan people! It’s the heritage of our nation, the precious intangible cultural legacy left by countless ancestors over the past five thousand years! How can you speak like that?! There are so many countries and ethnic groups in the world, all of whom wear their own traditional or ethnic clothing during festivals to show respect! Like the Scottish skirt, Indian Sari, Korean Clothing, and so on and so forth! Even all the minorities in our country have their own ethnic garments! But what about us Han people? What do we wear during festivals?!"

"Isn’t the Qipao worn?" Shi Mei, who is always straightforward, was the first to reply!

"Qipao..." After repeating these two words, Zhen Yu fell silent for a brief moment.

Then she said: "Some people argue that the Qipao is a traditional garment of the Man Clan women! Let’s not debate whether this definition is absolute right now! But in my opinion, what it represents is very limited! It can at most be traced back only to the Qing Dynasty. It neither represents the Xia, Shang, Zhou periods nor the Qin, Han, Ming... Its significance is almost the same as that of the Tang costume! It can only be considered ’Hanfu’ in the eyes of foreigners, but it is on a completely different level than the Hanfu I’m talking about!"

You Qing, puzzled, said: "Tang costume? What’s wrong with Tang costume? Isn’t the Tang costume the clothing from the Tang Dynasty? The Tang Dynasty was also a dynasty of the Han people!"

"It’s not like that!" This time, before Zhen Yu could explain, Sun Shuhan was already quick to retort. "The ’Tang costume’ that people talk about now is actually a term used by Western countries for the Chinese-style clothing worn by Chinese in Chinatown. It’s called ’Tang costume’ because it’s worn by the ’Tang people’ of Chinatown. The term ’Tang costume’ in the mouth of foreigners does not refer to the clothing from our country’s Tang Dynasty era."

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Shi Mei felt like she had just been schooled and couldn’t help expressing her surprise: "Is that so? Then Xiao Yu, does this ’Tang costume’ count as traditional Han Clan clothing?"

Zhen Yu: "Definitely not! Although it’s almost the same as the Qipao, there are some who say that the Qipao originated in the Republican era, which means it’s separated from the Qing Dynasty. But the Tang costume can definitively be said to have evolved from the cross-collared Magua of the Qing Dynasty! So it should be considered traditional clothing of the Man Clan! Not only does it have nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty, but it also has nothing to do with the traditional clothing of the Han Clan and Hanfu!"

At this point, You Qing could not help interrupting with a question: "Then what dynasty does that set of Hanfu you showed us just now belong to?"

Zhen Yu: "Song Dynasty!"

"So I kind of understand now, you mean Hanfu simply refers to clothing from the various dynastic periods of the Han people throughout history! Right?"

Zhen Yu didn’t skimp on praise: "Hmm! Superb comprehension!"

"Just average, average! Third in the country! Haha..." You Qing laughed for a while, but then suddenly changed the topic. "Zhen Yu! Since you’ve studied Hanfu so deeply and hold it in such high esteem, why don’t you wear it yourself?"

"Cough!" Zhen Yu was asked to the point of slight embarrassment.

This little bit of knowledge was all gathered when she decided to start the Hanfu business and had He Baihe help collect and learn intensively...

As for her personal attitude towards wearing Hanfu on the street... well, if it was men’s styles, she might consider it...