#60 When right is the right decorum
There are many ways to understand China and exploring ancient Chinese attire is one possibility as highlighted by this post.
"𝐇α𐓣𝖿υ, α 𝗍𝗋αᑯ𝗂𝗍𝗂ⱺ𐓣αᥣ 𝖿ⱺ𝗋ꭑ ⱺ𝖿 𝐂ɦ𝗂𐓣𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼ᥣⱺ𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗀, ɦα𝗌 ᑲ𝖾𝖾𐓣 α ɦⱺ𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖾𐓣ᑯ 𝗂𐓣 𝐂ɦ𝗂𐓣α 𝗂𐓣 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𐓣𝗍 𝗒𝖾α𝗋𝗌. 𝐘ⱺυ𐓣𝗀 𝐂ɦ𝗂𐓣𝖾𝗌𝖾 ᑯ𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𐓣 ɦα𐓣𝖿υ ⱺ𐓣 𝗏α𝗋𝗂ⱺυ𝗌 ⱺ𝖼𝖼α𝗌𝗂ⱺ𐓣𝗌 𝗍ⱺ 𝗌ɦⱺω 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗂𝗋 ᥣⱺ𝗏𝖾 𝖿ⱺ𝗋 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖼ⱺυ𐓣𝗍𝗋𝗒'𝗌 𝗍𝗋αᑯ𝗂𝗍𝗂ⱺ𐓣αᥣ 𝖼υᥣ𝗍υ𝗋𝖾. 𝐀 ɦα𐓣𝖿υ-𝗍ɦ𝖾ꭑ𝖾ᑯ 𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗏αᥣ ωα𝗌 ɦ𝖾ᥣᑯ 𝗂𐓣 𝐖υɦα𐓣, 𝐇υᑲ𝖾𝗂 𝐏𝗋ⱺ𝗏𝗂𐓣𝖼𝖾, ωɦ𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖾𐓣𝗍ɦυ𝗌𝗂α𝗌𝗍𝗌 ᑯ𝖾ꭑⱺ𐓣𝗌𝗍𝗋α𝗍𝖾ᑯ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 ρ𝗋ⱺ𝖿ⱺυ𐓣ᑯ 𝖼υᥣ𝗍υ𝗋𝖾 ⱺ𝖿 α𐓣𝖼𝗂𝖾𐓣𝗍 𝐂ɦ𝗂𐓣𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼ᥣⱺ𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗀, α𝗍𝗍𝗋α𝖼𝗍𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝖼𝗋ⱺωᑯ𝗌 ⱺ𝖿 ⱺ𐓣ᥣⱺⱺ𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌."
(Above Text from this CGTN article https://lnkd.in/gNiB5ufR)
𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 交领右衽
The collar type of Hanfu 汉服 includes mainly cross-collar, round-collar, straight collar with lapel etc., and the most typical one is "cross-collar which closes on the right side" (see pic 2). For this style, the collar is directly connected to the lapel, and the lapels are crossed in front of the chest, with the left lapel pressing down on the right lapel, which appears as a "y" shape in appearance and thus forming the effect of the overall garment tilting to the right. Note that you never close the cross-collar on the left side, why so?
The "y" shape actually epitomises the ancient Chinese belief of 以右为尊 i.e. to show respect to the right side. Thus when Emperor was seated, the most important official would be seated to his right.
In the modern era, you could see the below situation that depicts 以右为尊 too :
When determining the seating order at the same banquet table, the position facing the main door of the banquet hall is generally the main seat where the host is seated there. The guest of honour is usually seated on the right side of the main seat.
Below are more photos showcasing the stunning hanfu, courtesy of the abovementioned CGTN article.
