Tangzhuang

Tangzhuang
Asia-Pacific leaders wearing tangzhuang at the 2001 APEC summit
Traditional Chinese唐裝
Simplified Chinese唐装
Literal meaningTang outfit
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTángzhuāng
Wade–GilesT‘ang2-chuang1
IPA[tʰǎŋ.ʈʂwáŋ]
New Tangzhuang
Traditional Chinese新唐装
Simplified Chinese新唐装
Literal meaningNew Tang outfit
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīntángzhuāng
Wade–Gileshsin t‘ang-chuang
APEC Jacket
Traditional ChineseAPEC服装
Simplified ChineseAPEC服装
Literal meaningAPEC-style clothing
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinAPEC fúzhuāng
Wade–GilesAPEC fu-chuang

Tangzhuang (Chinese: 唐裝; pinyin: Tángzhuāng; lit. 'Chinese suit'), sometimes called Tang suit,:50 is a kind of Chinese jacket with Manchu origins and Han influences, characterized with a mandarin collar closing at the front with frog buttons. It is an updated form of the Qing magua, itself a more fashionable adaptation of the riding jacket once worn by Manchu horsemen. Nowadays, the tangzhuang is one of the main formal clothing worn by Chinese men on various occasions; overseas Chinese also wear it as a form of fashion or to express their cultural identity.:191