The Revival Of Hanfu Hanfu is a traditional clothing system of Han nationality in China. It is an important culture of Han nationality. People wore Hanfu throughout 4000 from Xia Dynasty to Ming Dynasty. In Qing Dynasty, the emperor didn't allow people to wear Hanfu because he was a Manchu (another nationality). The emperor asked people to wear Manchu's traditional clothes to show their loyalty, and if they didn't wear, they would be killed. For this reason, Hanfu disappeared and people forgot it day by day. However, in today’s world, people start to pay attention to Hanfu, and wear Hanfu again. The turning point was a man who wore Hanfu and walked on the street in November 22th, 2003. This man is Letian Wang; he was the first person who wore Hanfu in public after 360 years. When he walked on the street, there were lots of people who thought he was Japanese because Hanfu was very similar to traditional Japanese clothes (in fact, the origin of traditional Japanese clothes was Hanfu). Letian Wang felt sad that people didn't know their own clothes, and he also felt that he had the responsibility to promote the culture of Hanfu. In 2004, he went to Hangzhou, and wore Hanfu when he worships a famous ancestor with some friends who also wanted to promote the culture of Hanfu. They got a global attention as well as Hanfu. This year is an important year for Hanfu because more and more people paid attention to Hanfu and a Hanfu movement started. At the same time, Hanfu started to be popular in overseas Chinese and Chinese students who studied in a foreign country, and there were many Hanfu societies to be built in Japan, Australia, Germany, Britain, Canada, and so on.