Tangzhuang
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Tangzhuang, sometimes called Tang suit, is a kind of Chinese jacket with Manchu origins and Han influences, characterized with a mandarin collar closing at the front with frog buttons. It is an update
Asia-Pacific leaders wearing tangzhuang at the 2001 APEC summit
Delaval's 1821 portrait of Kan Gao, a Chinese worker on Cayenne, in a magua.
Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush in their tangzhuangs at the 2001 APEC summit in Shanghai, China
A class of western tai chi practitioners, clad in white tangzhuangs (2005)
Frog (fastening)
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A frog or pankou, also called Chinese frog closure and decorative toggle, is a type of ornamental garment closure. Made from braiding, cord, fabric, or covered wire, they consist of a decorative knot
Tangzhuang
…called Tang suit, is a kind of Chinese jacket with Manchu origins and Han influences, characterized with a mandarin collar closing at the front with frog buttons. It is an updated form of the Qing magua, itself a more fashionable adaptation of the riding jacket once worn by Manchu horsemen. Nowadays, the tangzhuang…
Floral pankou, typically used on cheongsam, China
Ming dynasty empress' silk jacket with fastened with zimukou.
Portrait of a Nobleman wearing Hussar Dress, by Miklós Barabás (1833)
Straight pankou sewed to a cheongsam