Tangzhuang

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This article is about jackets in the style of those worn at the 2001 APEC summit. For tangzhuang ("Han clothing") generally, see Chinese clothing and Hanfu.
Tangzhuang
Hanyu Pinyin
APEC fúzhuāng
Wade–GilesAPEC fu-chuang

Tangzhuang (

Qing magua, itself a more fashionable adaptation of the riding jacket once worn by Manchu horsemen. Nowadays, the tangzhuang is one of the main formal clothing worn by Chinese men on various occasions; overseas Chinese also wear it as a form of fashion or to express their cultural identity.[2]
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Name

Tángzhuāng is the

dialects. It is also sometimes translated as a tang suit[3] or jacket.[4]

Although the name of the jacket in English and Chinese suggests an origin during (or at least reference to) the

traditional Chinese clothing.[13]

History

Magua

Main article: Magua
See also: Manchu clothing
Delaval's 1821 portrait of Kan Gao, a Chinese worker on Cayenne, in a magua.

The tangzhuang is an adaption

Chinese diaspora abroad.[3]

Following the 1911

Opening Up Policy in the 1980s, traditional clothing began to experience a revival in mainland China. Variants of the magua became noticeably more common in Chinese fashion from the mid-1990s.[4]

2001 APEC Summit

Main article:
2001 APEC Summit
2001 APEC summit in Shanghai, China
A class of western tai chi practitioners, clad in white tangzhuangs (2005)

In 1993, US

batik shirts; the world leaders then humored Suharto's request that they wear them for a group photo.[16] The tradition developed that the summits' hosts would present traditional and representative clothes from their cultures,[17] and the leaders would wear them on the last day of the conference as a show of solidarity.[18]

Ahead of the first occasion of

s 上海服装集团, Shànghǎi Fúzhuāng Jítuán).[19][25][26]

The jackets given to the APEC leaders were a blend of Chinese motifs and western design, made from

black versions;[19][29] each came in a matching silk bag adorned with the APEC logo[10] and each had an off-white[29] silk shirt to wear beneath it.[19] The 20 attendees—the leaders of all the APEC member economies except "Chinese Taipei"—mostly opted for the red-and-black[23] or blue-and-gold design[29] and wore the jackets to their meetings at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on 21 October 2001 and for the "Leaders' Family Portrait" afterwards that closed the event.[12][19]

Tangzhuang craze

The tangzhuang's use as the representative

domestic silk industry.[33] The original designers left their original companies to start their own businesses to capitalize on their creation's popularity,[13] but the fad was short-lived[34] and most had moved on by 2004.[13]

Subsequent history

See also:
2014 APEC Summit

Even after the end of its fad, the tangzhuang continues to have a place in

traditional Chinese holidays[34][36] alongside western and Mao-style suits.[3][32]

The tangzhuang—and its perceived inauthenticity as ethnic clothing—is also credited by members of the

Korean hanboks.)[37][38]

China used the "Tang suit jackets" again for its

maroon, green, and blue that The Guardian unflatteringly compared to Star Trek uniforms.[39]

Style

A model in a tangzhuang (2009)

The APEC jackets were intended to reflect "both traditional Chinese flavor and modern ideals".

shoulder pads to give a stronger silhouette.[27]

Although the APEC jackets were pointedly made using artificial fibers,

good luck and good wishes.[30] Tangzhuang are usually fastened with decorative knotwork instead of buttons.[3]

Tangzhuang are usually considered

APEC 2001.[4]

See also

References

Citations

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g Butcher (2017).
  4. ^ a b c d China Daily (8 Feb 2002).
  5. ^ Eller (2016), p. 1.
  6. ^ a b Zhao (2008), p. 58.
  7. ^ a b Zhao (2013), p. 77.
  8. S2CID 154645123
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  9. ^ McMillan (2001).
  10. ^ a b Finnane (2008), p. 285.
  11. ^ a b c China Daily (13 Feb 2002).
  12. ^ a b c d Zhao (2008), p. 57.
  13. ^ a b c d Zhao (2013), p. 78.
  14. ^ a b c d e Rhoads (2000), p. 61.
  15. ^ a b c Dickinson & al. (1990), p. 116.
  16. ^ Taylor (2014).
  17. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 70.
  18. ^ a b c Zhao (2013), p. 71.
  19. ^ a b c d e f People's Daily (21 Oct 2001).
  20. ^ a b c d Sina (21 Oct 2001).
  21. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 72.
  22. ^ TRWK (2017).
  23. ^ a b Qiao (2009).
  24. ^ iDEALShanghai (2017).
  25. ^ Shanghai Garment Group (17 July 2016).
  26. ^ Dev. Report (2002), p. 194.
  27. ^ a b c d Zhao (2013), p. 75.
  28. ^ a b c d Zhao (2008), p. 78.
  29. ^ a b c d CIIC (23 Oct 2001).
  30. ^ a b c People's Daily (25 Oct 2001).
  31. ^ Lin (2010), p. 264–5.
  32. ^ a b Hew (2013), p. 196.
  33. ^ a b Zhang (2003).
  34. ^ a b Eller (2016), p. 2.
  35. ^ Lin (2010), p. 124.
  36. ^ Zhao (2013), p. 82.
  37. ^ a b Carrico (2017).
  38. ^ a b Wong (2006).
  39. ^ Guardian (2016).
  40. ^ Zhao (2008), p. 79.
  41. ^ Bailey (2012), p. 169.

General and cited references

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