Back to the Hanfu-Ture

SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 12 Dadabhai Travel named Bahrain’s Back to the Hanfu-ture top Travel Agency Young Chinese revive ancient fashion TDT | Manama it is a tremendous honour to or the third year in a row, receive this award as it shows FDadabhai Travel has been us that our valued clients, part- awarded as Bahrain’s Lead- ners, and supporters continue ing Travel Agency 2019 at the to have faith in our ability to World Travel Awards. deliver the highest level of ser- The award was presented at vice in the industry. We prom- the 26th Annual World Trav- ise to continue to repay their el Awards Middle East Gala faith in us and will strive to Ceremony 2019 held at Warn- maintain both their trust and er Bros. World Abu Dhabi, our place as Bahrain’s leading UAE. travel agency for many years Established in 1993, World to come.” Travel Awards aims to ac - Dadabhai travel offers ser- knowledge, reward and cel- vices including corporate, re- ebrate excellence across all tail and group travel as well as sectors of the tourism industry. offshore and marine services, Adnan Gilitwala, Dadabhai hotel and apartment bookings, Travel’s director, commenting cruise and rail bookings, and on the win, said, “Once again more. G20 energy ministers to collaborate to keep stability Women wearing “hanfu” - traditional Chinese clothing - in a street after attending a gathering of hanfu devotees in Beijing. Japan’s Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko Beijing, China she dresses customers for pho- country do not even understand told AFP. to shoots and even plans han- our traditional clothing or don’t The 37-year-old said she over- Japan | Karuizawa bilateral meetings,” he said, ressed in a flowing fu-style weddings. wear them, how can we talk came her reservations after go- referring to talks with officials long robe adorned with about other essential parts of ing out dressed in a full outfit nergy ministers from the from several countries includ- beaded floral embroi- Ancient style, new fashion our culture?” she said. last year. EGroup of 20 major econ- ing Saudi Arabia and the Unit- Ddery from a bygone era, stylist In modern China, the hanfu Meanwhile, the movement omies have shared concerns ed States. Xiao Hang looks like she sur- community spans the gamut: ‘Strange clothes’ to revive Han ethnic clothing is over attacks on tankers in the Saudi Energy Minister faced from a time machine as from history enthusiasts to ani- There is some way before the raising questions about nation- Gulf and will collaborate to Khalid al-Falih told Seko in she strides across the bustling me fans, to students and even style reaches mainstream ac- alism and Han-ethnocentrism maintain stability in the oil their bilateral meeting that it Beijing metro, attracting cu- young professionals. ceptance in China. –- a sensitive issue in China market, Japan’s Industry Min- took recent events, including a rious glances and inquisitive Yang Jiaming, a high school In March, two students in where the government is wary ister Hiroshige Seko said yes- May 12 attack on four tankers questions. student in Beijing, wears his Shijiazhuang Medical College of any inter-ethnic conflict. terday. off the United Arab Emirates, China has embraced Western outfit under his school uniform. in northern China were report- For instance, within the hanfu Two tankers, one operated “very seriously.” fashion and futuristic technol- “Two-thirds of my wardrobe edly threatened with expulsion community, there is long-run- by a Japanese shipping compa- The recent attacks were ogy as its economy boomed in is hanfu,” he said, decked out for wearing the outfits to school. ning opposition towards the ny, were attacked on Thursday. more harmful than physical recent decades, but a growing in a Tang-style beige gown and Others say they’re deterred qipao, the high-collared, fig- The United States blamed Iran damage to the ships as they number of young people like black boots at a hanfu gathering, by the odd looks they get when ure-hugging garment that used for the attacks, raising con- affected global confidence in Xiao are looking to the past adding that his classmates and wearing hanfu in public. to be a staple of women’s ward- cerns about a confrontation energy supply security, he said. for their sartorial choices and teachers have been supportive “I used to be very embar - robes. and driving up oil prices. “The Kingdom is committed to donning traditional “hanfu”, or of his style. rassed to wear (hanfu) out,” Also known as cheongsam in “The most important thing ensuring stability of global oil “Han clothing”. A government-supported screenwriter Cheng Xia Cantonese, the qipao -- meaning was that we have shared an markets,” he added. These historic costumes of revival in Chinese culture has “Qi robe” -- began as a long, understanding among energy Dan Brouillette, US deputy the Han ethnic majority are given the hanfu community a loose dress worn by the Man- ministers that we need to work secretary of energy, also con- enjoying a renaissance in part boost: since he entered office chus or “Qi” people who ruled together to deal with the re- demned the attacks. because the government is pro- in 2012, President Xi Jinping China from the 17th century to cent incidents from energy se- “We stand firmly with Jap- moting traditional culture in has supported the idea of pro- the early 1900s. curity point of view,” Seko told anese and everyone else,” he a bid to boost patriotism and moting a Han-centric version Its popularity took off in 1920s reporters at a meeting of G20 told a news conference on the national identity. of heritage. Shanghai when it was modified energy and environment min- sideline of the G20 ministerial Period dramas have also con- In April, the Communist into a fitted must-have, favoured isters being held this weekend meeting. tributed to the surge in interest Youth League of China launched by actresses and intellectuals in Karuizawa. A G20 summit is to be held for traditional Chinese garb -- a two-day conference for tradi- as a symbol of femininity and “Same thing happened at our in Osaka on June 28-29. “The Story of Minglan”, a TV tional Chinese garb, including refinement. series set in the Song Dynasty, hanfu. “Some people... think that garnered more than 400 million A live broadcast of the event the cheongsam was inspired viewers in three days when it drew some 20 million viewers, in the Qing Dynasty, which is debuted earlier this year. alongside a visceral outpouring not enough to represent Chi- Sudan’s Bashir to appear There is no uniform defini- of emotions. na. There are nationalist un- tion of what counts as hanfu “Chinese people have aban- dertones in this issue,” said in court on graft charge since each Han-dominated doned their own culture and Chinese culture scholar Gong dynasty had its own style, but chosen Western culture. The red Pengcheng. Khartoum, Sudan protests against his 30-year the outfits are characterised by marriage gown has now become “It is a good trend to explore iron-fisted rule. loose, flowing robes that drape a wedding dress,” wrote on user traditional culture and clothing usted Sudanese leader Bashir “will appear in court around the body, with sleeves on Bilibili, a video streaming culture... There are many things OOmar al-Bashir is to ap- next week following charges that hang down to the knees. platform popular among young we can talk about, and we need pear in court next week to face of corruption and possessing “When we were little, we anime, comic and gaming fans not shrink to nationalist con- charges of corruption and ille- foreign currency”, Al-Waleed would also drape sheets and in China. frontation.” gal possession of foreign cur- Sayyed Ahmed told reporters, duvets around ourselves to pre- Clothes are the “foundation Yang, the high school stu- rency, the acting prosecutor without specifying the day. tend we were wearing beautiful of culture,” said Jiang Xue, who dent, is more upbeat. general announced yesterday. Bashir was facing charges in- clothes,” Xiao said. is part of Beijing-based hanfu He said: “At the very least, The announcement came cluding “possessing foreign Xiao, who used to work at a club Mowutianxia, which has we can wear our own tra - more than two months after funds, acquiring suspected and state-owned machine manu- received funding from the Com- ditional clothes, just like the the military overthrew Bashir illegal wealth, and ordering the facturing company, now runs munist Youth League. ethnic minorities.” following mass nationwide (state of ) emergency”. her own hanfu business, where “If we as a people and as a .

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