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search Two traditional forms of ruqun (襦裙), a type of Han
Chinese clothing worn primarily by women.  Ruqun (襦裙) is an item
of traditional Chinese attire (Hanfu) primarily for women but
also for men. It consists of a blouse (, ru) and a wrap-around
skirt (, qun; also called , chang). It is the eldest type of
hanfu which is said to have been worn by the legendary Yellow
Emperor[1] and it is said to be worn by women since the Warring
States period.   Ruqun is the most basic type of Hanfu. It is
said to be the basic clothing up to the 3 Sovereigns and 5
Emperors age. At that time, it was worn by both men and women.
Generally, the blouse was tucked into the skirt. The popularity
of ruqun declined during the Han Dynasty. Although the
popularity of women wearing ruqun increased again during the
Southern and Northern Dynasties, most of men did not wear it any
more. In the Wei Dynasty and Jin Dynasty ruqun went through a
major change when women started to wea