Bianfu: Difference between revisions

'''{{Transliteration|zh|Bianfu}}''' ({{zh|c=弁服|p=biànfú}}) is a historical set of attire in {{Transliteration|zh|[[Hanfu]]}} consisting of a knee-length [[Ru (upper garment)|Chinese upper garment]] known as {{Transliteration|zh|jiangshapao}} ({{Lang-zh|c=绛纱袍}}) over a {{Transliteration|zh|[[qun]]}}, a Chinese skirt, known as {{Transliteration|zh|[[red|hong]][[qun|chang]]}} ({{Lang-zh|l=red [[skirt]]|c=红裳}}) or pair of {{Transliteration|zh|[[ku (trousers)|ku]]}}-[[trousers]]<nowiki/>along with other accessories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lu |first=Yang |title=Chinese Clothing - Five Thousand Years' History |url=http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/yanglu/ecc_culture_clothing.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=17 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |lastlast1=Dong |firstfirst1=Jin |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/828035990 |title=Q ban da Ming yi guan tu zhi |last2=董进. |date=2011 |publisher=Beijing you dian da xue chu ban she |isbn=978-7-5635-2501-0 |edition=Di 1 ban |location=Beijing Shi |oclc=828035990}}</ref> Coupled with the Chinese headwear known as ''{{Transliteration|zh|pibian}}'', the complete set of attire is also referred as '''{{Transliteration|zh|pibianfu}}''' ({{Lang-zh|c=皮弁服}}).<ref name=":1" /> This set of attire was considered to be a [[ceremonial dress]].<ref name=":0" /> In the [[Zhou dynasty]], the {{Transliteration|zh|bianfu}} was only ranked-second after the {{Transliteration|zh|[[mianfu]]}} and it was worn by the emperors when he would work on official business or when he would meet with the court officials.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Feng|first=Ge|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935642485|title=Traditional Chinese rites and rituals|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|others=Zhengming Du|isbn=978-1-4438-8783-80|location=Newcastle upon Tyne|oclc=935642485}}</ref>