Why were you in a costume? It looks like those wu3 xia2 (kung fu) costumes they have in dramas. Heheh...

I like them both, equally, but for different reasons.

it seems you know a little han.

I am han.I speak han.I eat han food.why can't I wear han costume?I can feel I am closed to my ancesters when I wear it.wu xia costume is han costume too,it's one system.

the most important reason so many young han wore han costume is we decide to renew han costume today

I know what weapon is now.ehehe,usually han hold weapon on the waist not in dress.we can hide money in our dress;)

wo xiang na ge han de yi fu bi man chu de yi fu hao kan, ke shi han de yi fu gen ri ben de yi fu cha bu duo yi yang...

OK, for everyone that's as confused as I was, this will explain. ;)
http://www.answers.com/topic/han-chinese-clothing

We don't much care what you wear....except......

Leaving aside any possible "they all look alike" commentary ... in the photo Sevenseven posted ... see the guy in the brown on the left with the Buddhist monk serenity vibe going on? Check the large version of the picture that's in the link bruce posted ... same guy?

Many traditional costumes of East Asian countries, such as the kimono in Japan, along with the traditional Korean dress, Hanbok, have been heavily influenced by the Chinese Hanfu due to the extensive cultural exchanges between the neighbouring countries. In contrast to China, traditional Japanese and Korean dress have not been affected by similar changes like in China and thus have retained many core elements of the original Hanfu.

Are you studying han-chinese language?Ni zai xue han yu ma?Ni de han yu pin yin he yu fa hai bu cuo.

it's a good link.

I only hope you(westerners) know which the real China traditional dress is.Manchurian can't stand for China.Their dress can't stand for China dress.Only han-chinese traditional dress can stand for China.Only han culture can stand for China.Han is the primary nationality of China.Manchurian is just like mogolian and japanese who wanted to kill out han-chinese to invade China.In China history mongolian manchurian and japanese were all invaders to China people.Invaders' traditional culture(including dress) can't stand for the real China culture.

ya,maybe westerners only care how much they can get from China.

He is my friend who works in Guangzhou City.He is a normal han-chinese man not buddist.Yeah,same guy.

American wore han-chinese traditional dress(hanfu or han-costume)
 

Han-chinese and american wore han-costume at the same time.American in han-costume is beautiful too.That american girl likes han-costume very much.

I do now, thank you - very interesting.

I don't care about how much I can get out of China and I think it's unlikely many people on this forum do either. However national dress as a symbol of Han Chinese suppression is obviously important to you, and I respect that.

Culture changes all the time, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. What people choose to wear is not as important as their job, their education, having enough, and raising the children.

Dui, wo zhu guo bei jing san nian, gen xiang gang yi nian... wo xian zai zhu zai tai bei, xian xue han yu.

The history of Chinese clothing is interesting, I suppose--but doesn't everyone just wear jeans and t-shirts nowadays anyway? I think neither Han nor Manchurian really represent modern China anymore.