Tifayifu
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Tifayifu was a forced assimilation policy of the early Qing dynasty enacted in 1645 as Qing conquered China from the preceding Ming dynasty. The edict forced Han Chinese, under the threat of massacres
Qing dynasty barbers shaving hair, circa 1870s
A bronze statue in Pak Tsz Lane Park, Hong Kong commemorating queue-cutting after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty
Han Chinese aoqun
Manchu chenyi
Hanfu
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Hanfu, also known as Hanzhuang or traditional Chinese clothing, are historical Chinese clothings worn by the majority Han Chinese people from at least the 2nd millennium BC to the mid-17th century AD
Tifayifu
…Han Chinese, under the threat of massacres, to adopt the Manchu hairstyle (queue) and clothing (qizhuang), abolishing the traditional Chinese clothing (hanfu) that had been worn through Chinese history for millennia. In 1644, on the first day when Wu Sangui defected to the Qing, the Manchu army under Dorgon…
The Night Revels of Han Xizai, a Song-era painting after an original by Gu Hongzhong
Court musicians in Qixiong Ruqun; decorative stone relief, Five dynasties.
Wanli Emperor in Mianfu, late 16th century