Ruqun

Ruqun (Chinese: 襦裙;) is a set of attire in Hanfu which consists of a short jacket typically called ru (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) worn under a long Chinese skirt called qun (Chinese: ; pinyin: qún). However, when use as a general term, ruqun can broadly describe a set of attire which consists of a separated upper garment and a wrap-around lower skirt, or yichang (Chinese: 衣裳; pinyin: yīcháng), in which yi (Chinese: ) means the "upper garment" and the chang (Chinese: ) means the "lower garment".:27 In a broad sense, ruqun can include the shanqun (Chinese: 衫裙) and aoqun (simplified Chinese: 袄裙; traditional Chinese: 襖裙; Korean: 오군) in its definition.:48–50:47–50,54

Ruqun
A Chinese lady wearing an aoqun, a style of ruqun popular among Chinese women during the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese襦裙
Simplified Chinese襦裙
Literal meaningJacket and skirt
Korean name
Hanja襦裙

As a set of attire, the ruqun was worn by both men and women;:48–50:47–50,54 it was however primarily worn by women. It is the traditional Hanfu for the Han Chinese women. The aoqun and/or ruqun is the most basic set of clothing of Han Chinese women in China and has been an established tradition for thousands of years.:47–50,54 Various forms and style of Chinese trousers, referred broadly under the generic term ku, can also be worn under the ruqun.

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