Banbi

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Short sleeved clothing

title: "Banbi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chinese-traditional-clothing", "sleeves", "coats-(clothing)"] description: "Short sleeved clothing" topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Short sleeved clothing ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Chinese"]

FieldValue
c半臂
lhalf-arm
l2half-sleeve
pBànbì
p2Bànxiù
pic[[File:Banbi 1.jpeg
piccapWoman wearing a duijin banbi.
hangul반비
hanja半臂
kanji半臂
hiraganaはんぴ
c2半袖
romajiHanpi
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::callout[type=note] the traditional short-sleeved upper garment ::

| c = 半臂 | c3 = | l = half-arm | l2 = half-sleeve | p = Bànbì | p2 = Bànxiù | pic = [[File:Banbi 1.jpeg|Banbi 1|100px]] | piccap = Woman wearing a duijin banbi. | hangul = 반비 | hanja = 半臂 | kanji = 半臂 | hiragana = はんぴ | altname = | c2 = 半袖 | romaji = Hanpi

Classification

There were various forms of banbi throughout history. In present days, the different forms of banbi are generally classified based on their collar shapes: e.g. which is straight or parallel in shape; which is cross-collared in shape; which is U-shaped, which is round-collared in shape; and which is squared-collared in shape.

History

Ancient

According to the Chinese records, the zh was a clothing style, which was invented from the that the Chinese wear. It was first designated as a waistcoat for palace maids, but its popularity soon reached the commoners. It was recorded in the Book of Jin, when Emperor Ming of Wei met Yang Fu, the emperor himself was dressed in commoner's zh. File:DinastíaHan20100102051853SAM 2873.jpg|A woman wearing a cross-collared banbi, Han dynasty. File:Woman with a mirror, China, unearthed at Songjialin, Pixian, Sichuan, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220 AD, ceramic - Sichuan Provincial Museum - Chengdu, China - DSC04768.jpg|Woman wearing a cross-collared banbi, Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 AD. File:Procession of the Empress as Donor with Her Court, Chinese, from the Binyang Cave, Longmen, Henan Province, Norther Wei Dynasty, about 522 - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - DSC09118.JPG|A woman wearing a parallel collar banbi, Northern Wei dynasty, about 522 AD. File:Southern Dynasties Brick Relief 06.jpg|Women wearing parallel collar banbi, Southern Dynasties Brick Relief.

Tang dynasty

During Tang dynasty, the banbi was worn by men and women. The banbi was a staple clothing item for the Tang dynasty women, along with shan (a blouse which could be low cut during this period) and high-waisted skirts. The banbi was worn on the shan. The banbi could either be worn under or over the skirt. Banbi could also be worn under the yuanlingshan. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Kizil_Caves,_Red_Dome_Room.jpg" caption="url=https://webofproceedings.org/proceedings_series/ART2L/ICALLH%202020/WHYWB288.pdf}}"] ::

During Tang dynasty, there was another form of banbi or short sleeve waistcoat worn called . The sleeve covers around the shoulder area and there is no opening in the front or back. In order to wear it, people would have to tuck in, then out from the neck of the clothing. Generally, it's worn outside of a long sleeve shirt. In the that was written during Tang dynasty, the main female character Huo Xiaoyu wear this style most of the time. It is suggested that a type of banbi was adopted from Central Asia during the Tang dynasty through the Silk Road when cultural exchanges were frequent, and that it was also known as beizi during Tang dynasty. In the early Tang dynasty, the shape of the banbi worn in this period appears to have been mainly influenced by those worn in Qiuci, for example, the shape of the U-shaped banbi in Qiuci shared similarities with those worn in the early Tang dynasty.

In Japan's Nara city, the Todaiji temple's Shosoin repository has 30 banbi (called ja in Japan) from Tang dynasty China; they are cross-collared closing to the right, most dating from the 8th century. The eighth century Shosoin banbi's variety show it was in vogue at the time and most likely derived from much more ancient clothing. File:Court Ladies of the Tang.jpg|Court Ladies of the Tang dressed in Banbi with scarfs wrapped around it. File:Tang Paintings of a Woman, Found in a tomb in desert of xinjiang.jpg|A painting of a lady during the Tang dynasty. File:A T'ang Dynasty Woman with Flower.jpg|A Tang dynasty Woman wearing a green, U-shaped collar banbi. File:Fresco of a T'ang Dynasty Musician.gif|Fresco of a Tang dynasty Musician wearing a loose, red cross-collared banbi. File:韋貴妃墓舞蹈圖.jpg|Fresco of a Tang dynasty Musician wearing a loose, blue cross-collared banbi. File:韋貴妃墓雙螺髻女侍圖.jpg|A Tang dynasty Woman wearing a red U-shaped collar banbi under her skirt. File:Tang Painted Pottery Figure (9833481494).jpg|The bulges at the woman's shoulders areas hints the presence of a banbi worn under yuanlingshan. File:Baby Cloth5.jpg|Baby banbi, Tang dynasty

Song dynasty

In the Song dynasty, the half-beizi (i.e. banbi) was originally a military uniform which was later worn by the commoners and by the literal class.

Yuan dynasty

Main article: Fashion in the Yuan dynasty

In the Yuan dynasty, the casual clothing for men mainly followed the dress code of the Han people and they wore banbi as a casual clothing item while ordinary women clothing consisted of banbi and ruqun. Han Chinese women also wore a combination of a cross-collar upper garment which had elbow length sleeves (i.e. cross-collar banbi) over a long-sleeved blouse under a skirt with an abbreviated wrap skirts were also popular in Yuan; This form of set of clothing was a style which slightly deviated from the ruqun worn in the Tang and Song dynasties. There were several types of banbi in the Yuan dynasty: straight collar short shan with half-sleeves (直领短衫), a half-sleeved long robe () with a cross-collar closing to the right () which was specifically called dahu (was worn by Mongol men during and prior to the founding of the Yuan dynasty), and square-collar long robe ( with half-sleeves. File:Shazishan Tomb Fresco, Yuan Dynasty, Chifeng Museum.jpg|Two women (right) wearing parallel collar banbi, Yuan dynasty File:Figurines, China, Cizhou ware, Yuan dynasty, 1280-1368 AD, stoneware - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09466.JPG|Women wearing banbi over aoqun. File:Khutughtu Khan Kusala.jpg|Khutughtu Khan wearing a dahu, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1330–32. File:Fresco in the Hall of King Ming-ying, Hung-t'ung County.jpg|Women depicted in the Fresco in the Hall of King Mingying. Han women wore elbow-length sleeves, cross-collar upper garment over a long-sleeved blouse; the abbreviated skirts were popular in Yuan.

Ming dynasty

In the Ming dynasty, the dahu was either a new type of banbi whose designs was influenced by the Mongol Yuan dynasty clothing. File:Banbi+zhiduo+aoqun.jpg|A Ming dynasty portrait illustrating a woman wearing Banbi File:Mingbanbi.jpg|A Ming dynasty portrait illustrating a woman wearing Banbi File:徽州容像1.jpg|A man wearing a green dahu, a Ming dynasty painting.

Qing dynasty

In the Qing dynasty dictionary called , the banbi is depicted with no sleeves. File:Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic477 - 半臂.svg|Banbi, from the Gujin Tushu Jicheng, section "Ceremonial Usages", between 1700 and 1725

Derivative and influences

China

Main article: Beizi

It is assumed that the long-sleeved , which originated in the Song dynasty, was derived from the banbi, when the sleeves and the garment were lengthened. According to Ye Mende, the beizi was initially worn as a military clothing with "half-sleeves"; the sleeves were later extended and hanging ribbons were added from the armpits and back.

Japan

Hanpi

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Hanpi_01.jpg" caption="Hanpi, from "Depiction of costumes" published by Rinhei Shoten, 1932."] ::

In Japan, banbi are known as ja (半臂/はんぴ, lit. "half-arm") and are short coats. In Japan, the ja was either imported from China or were modelled to look very closely to the Tang dynasty banbi. It was as a sleeveless short undergarment for men of the aristocracy; it commonly worn in summer.

Korea

During the rule of Queen Jindeok of Silla (r. 647–654), Kim Chunchu personally traveled to Tang to request for clothing and belts; one of the requested clothing was banbi (). The banbi later reappeared in the clothing prohibition decreed by King Heungdeok of Silla (r. 826–836). During the Silla period, the banbi may have been worn on sam (衫, a type of upper garment) which also corresponds to the way banbi was worn by men and women during the Tang dynasty.

The banbi from the Unified Silla period appears to have also been worn in Goryeo.

Similar-looking items

  • Dahu – A form of banbi in Ming dynasty influenced by the Mongol clothing of the Yuan dynasty
  • Beizi - a long sleeved over jacket in China
  • Beixin/Bijia - Sleeveless jacket in China
  • Baeja - A sleeveless or very short-sleeved vest in Korea

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