Modified Hanfu: Cultural Fashion or Cultural Appropriation? Netizens’ Experience in Japan

2024-01-27 06:36:09

Two mainland female netizens traveled to Japan wearing modified Hanfu. (Picture/Photo taken from Little Red Book/Octopus Beibi)

Recently, mainland Internet celebrities will wear traditional clothes when going abroad to take photos for PO sites. Recently, an Internet celebrity shared that he recently wore improved Hanfu to travel to Japan and shouted, “Bring Sakura Girl a little Hanfu shock.” The two of them just walked in On the way, they were praised wildly by Japanese people, but they thought it was because they had never seen Hanfu before. However, the PO article also attracted a lot of discussion among netizens, and some netizens who are also from mainland China said, “Why do so many people wear Hanfu abroad to make foreigners feel cultural shock?”

The original PO shared photos on Xiaohongshu of a trip to Japan in December 2023. In the photos, two people were wearing gorgeous Hanfu on the streets. This was also the first time for them to wear Hanfu in Japan, and they were also spotted by many locals on the road. People compliment you and even greet you warmly.

Not only locals praised them, but foreigners traveling to Japan would also ask to take photos with them. However, they also said, “But when I met two Chinese people on the Shinkansen and said that we are Sakura girls, I was a little speechless.” Because the two What the person is wearing is not a Japanese kimono.

After the article was exposed, although some people praised the makeup, etc., it still triggered many mainland netizens to comment, “Uninformed foreigners: This dress comes from Japan, I saw someone wearing it in Japan”, “Maybe it’s the bangs that make it so People think you are Sakura girls, right?”, “How shocking is it?”, “I am shocked every day, do you really think anyone pays attention?”, “Others will think it is Japanese clothes”, “It is shocking, the makeup is all theirs.”

Others said, “To be honest, it’s better not to wear Hanfu in Japan. Many European and American people travel to Japan. When they see you dressing like this, they will only regard Hanfu as kimono, which is not good for us. There are many European and American tourists there.” Why do foreigners always think that foreigners will receive culture shock when wearing Hanfu abroad?” and “Can you wear something more serious? The modified Hanfu paired with Internet celebrity makeup is really ugly.”

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