Shen Yi (深衣), the best description of Hanfu

  “Shen Yi”（深衣） is a kind of full-length, one-piece robe which links the Yi （衣，clothing）and Shang（裳，skirt） together to wrap up the body. It is cut separately but sewn together. Shenyi was named because when it was worn "the body was deeply wrapped up".

 Parts of Shenyi:

Jin: the front of upper garment

Jiaoling Youren: "Crossed collars, tying to the right." This is the standard collar style of hanfu. For both men and women, always overlap the right side of the hanfu with the left side. The opposite right-over-left style is for other nations or used to dress a corpse for burial.

Qu: sleeve cuffs

Mei: sleeves

Shang: skirt

Quju: skirt with curved hem formed by circling the fabric around the body

The following image is a Shen Yi for female in West Han dynasty. It was from Mawangdui Han Tombs.

Accroding to this Shen Yi, some people create a sewing diagram as following.

At last, they created a new Shen Yi as following images.

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