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Sunday, October 9, 2011

What is Qu Ju (曲裾)?


 Qu Ju (曲裾) is a kind of Shen Yi (深衣). Qu Ju, one-piece fasion, wear around the body one or several cicles, to make special style. It was costomized as to townwear during Warring  States Period, and as full dress in Han Dynasty, not handed down to posterity. As laps of some kinds were rather narrow, they were ofteb nustajeb as kinmono.



  The following video is dancer wear Qu Ju and performance "Pan Gu Wu"(盘鼓舞, Dance on Tray and Drum, a kind of tranditional Chinese dance).


 

But how to wear a Qu Ju? Let me show you next time !

 


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