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This news makes me really happy, never knew or even heard what the Hanfu movement was, though it should be expected given how terrible the media is. I have always loved China’s imperial traditions, it’s good that at least somebody is doing something to reintroduce them. I fully support he hanfu movement, and just like you I am disappointed by its lack of progress. If you visit mainland China you will see that the “bandit government” is pouring lots of money into preserving, restoring, and reconstructing traditional architecture in every city from as early as the Han dynasty. However it is unfair to blame the Chinese government. So why is it that the “bandit government” supports traditional feudal architecture but not traditional fashion? The answer is the CCP isn’t afraid of hanfu, but simply doesn’t care. Traditional architecture supports the economy by increasing tourism, hanfu doesn’t. Today it’s all about the money. If something doesnt generate a revenue then nobody’s interested. But unlike falungong the Hanfu movement is LESS active in Taiwan, HK, and oversees. If the CCP is truly the force pushing back Chinese cultural revival against the will of the people, then we should see Hanfu supporters continuing their cause and thriving in Taiwan, Hongkong and oversees. Ironically it is and always has been the oppressed brainwashed mainland Chinese people who are leading the movement. So the problem isn’t disapproval from the government but indifference from the people. Go to Taiwan and ask the free liberated democratic Han Chinese living in Taiwan what Hanfu is. I guarantee most will have no idea what you’re talking about. How many people care about traditional fashion? Go look at a typical new years festival in Taiwan. Anything but hanfu. Is the Free Democratic Taiwanese government also oppressing the Han Chinese population in Taiwan? What do they wear? That is rather disproved by the very words of government officials themselves who have regularly insulted the movement. The depressing truth is that the movement is stalling not because the government oppression but because of public apathy. Remarks such as they have made, by members of the all-powerful party, would by itself discourage people from wearing hanfu. If they didn’t care, they would just ignore it. As for Hong Kong, I am hardly surprised that there is less support for hanfu in a place that was under western rule for so long. When conformity is a matter of state policy, very few wish to risk standing out. I wouldn’t call Taiwan all that “liberated” myself and in their case, they have the added problem of an identity crisis. Not everyone is in agreement if they are even Chinese or Taiwanese. And, in neither case, have they had their culture suppressed to the same extent that people on the mainland have (like when Mao made everyone dress alike and even considered replacing names with numbers). Still, undoubtedly fewer people care about it than I would like. They’ve been able to take traditional culture for granted whereas on the mainland the people were deprived of it and so are now grasping for what was formerly forbidden. That is a common problem around the world; people being detached from their ancestral roots, customs and values. It is a trend that must be struggled against. Also, because these things were suppressed for so long, many are unfamiliar with them and need to be reintroduced to the ancient beauty of their own culture.