One of China's largest hanfu-themed (event), the annual Hanfu Cultural Festival in Xitangancient town, East China's Zhejiang Province. (hold) from October 28 to 31 last year. According to statistics from the organizer, 157,326 visitors attended festival, many of were hanfu-wearing enthusiasts, called “tongpao”.
(original) from the collection of ancient Chinese Poetry Book of Songs, the word tongpao is-now used to describe whoever appreciates (tradition) Han Chinese clothing. (forbid) during China's last feudal (封建的) dynasty,the Qing Dynasty, hanfu clothing has been little known the public for many decades.
Nowadays, hanfu is making a comeback. Tongpao has risen in number over the past 15 years a worker in Central China's Henan Province named Wang Letian made a hanfu-style suit and wore in public in 2003.