Dahu (simplified Chinese: 褡护; traditional Chinese: 褡護; pinyin: Dāhù) was a form of robe/jacket which originated in the Ming dynasty. In Ming dynasty, the dahu was either a new type of banbi (Chinese: 半臂; lit. Mongol Yuan dynasty clothing. This form of dahu (y-shaped collar long robe with short sleeves) was worn by the Mongols in the Yuan dynasty over long-sleeved robes in similar fashion as it was worn prior to the founding of the Yuan dynasty. In the Yuan dynasty, banbi were also referred as dahu in a broad sense but could also refer to a specific type of banbi of the same name, which is a half-sleeved long robe (changpao 长袍) with a cross-collar closing to the right (jiaoling youren 交领右衽). In the Ming dynasty, the dahu could be worn over the tieli robe and/or could be worn under the round-collar robe. Some forms of dahu was bestowed to the Joseon Kings; for example, in 1444 under the rule of King Sejong of Joseon, the Ming dynasty bestowed him dahu, modern wedding qipao along with cheollik and gollyeongpo. In the 21st century, the dahu, along with many forms of hanfu, was revived following the Hanfu movement. The dahu combined the features of the Tang and Song dynasties hanfu and the Mongol Yuan dynasty clothing. The dahu was a cross-collar jacket which wrapped on the right side; it could be either short-sleeves or no-sleeves. Portrait of a man wearing dahu and his servant, 17th century. A man wearing a green dahu, a Ming dynasty painting. Man wearing dahu, Ming dynasty. Dapho – a Korean short sleeved overcoat. The translated English version wrote ‘dopo’; however dopo is another kind of robe. Cheollik is the equivalent of the Chinese robe Tieli. Both the Korean cheollik and Chinese tieli are derivatives of the Yuan dynasty’s terlig. Wei, Luo (2018-01-02). “A Preliminary Study of Mongol Costumes in the Ming Dynasty”. Social Sciences in China. The Korean version links to the page ‘dapo’. 张, 国伟 (2013). “元代半臂的形制与渊源”. 半臂又做半袖,到元代也称搭护。 5000 years of Chinese costumes. Xun Zhou, Chunming Gao, 周汛, Shanghai Shi xi qu xue xiao. San Francisco, CA: China Books & Periodicals. Shea, Eiren L. (2020). Mongol court dress, identity formation, and global exchange. Do, Ju-Yeun; Kwon, Young-Suk (2001). “Costume Images of the Chosun Period′s Po for Men(Part I ) – Constituent factors, Type, Reflection of the Period -“. Zhongguo fu zhuang shi yan jiu zu. Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This China-related article is a stub. This page was last edited on 21 September 2023, at 00:26 (UTC). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
