Do you know what the horse-faced skirt is? Is there anyone around you wearing it? The horse-faced skirt, or mamianqun, may be the most popular traditional clothing in China this year. It is a type of hanfu, the traditional style of clothing of the Han people. It first appeared in the Song Dynasty and gained popularity during the Ming Dynasty.
Is there a horse's face painted on the skirt? Well, the skirt is made up of three pieces. The middle one is shaped like a trapezoid （梯形）. It looks like a horse's face. Some people believe that's how the skirt got its name. But others think the middle piece looks more like a city wall. The wall is called the horse-faced wall. They think the skirt got its name from that.
The horse-faced skirt is now getting so popular that some people wear it daily. We sometimes see young people in it taking photos in the park. While showing their own beauty, they show the clothes as well. On March 6, a Douyin report showed that the order for horse-faced skirts went up by 841 percent compared to the past year. As hanfu becomes popular, traditional and modern fashions are coming together. This has influenced（影响） not only clothing styles but also people's cultural ideas.
