The Costume of Beijing’s Hui People: an Inheritance from History and a Look of the Times
Author(s): Ding Hong
Pages: 112-113
Year: 2015 Issue: 1
Journal: Decoration
Keyword: Hui nationality; Beijing’s Hui nationality; the culture of Hui nationality; the costume of Hui people;
Abstract: The culture of Hui nationality, developed both from Islamic culture and from traditional Chinese culture, is rich in content and complex in form of expression. The costume of Hui people, just as Hui culture, is of neither purely "Islamic style" nor completely "Chinese style"; it is of "Hui style". The book A Study of Costume Culture of Beijing’s Hui People tries to make a careful study of the Hui nationality in the perspective of cultural diversity. And the costumes of Beijing’s Hui people shown in the book symbolize both an inheritance from history and a look of the times, which reflects the inheritance, innovation and development of the culture of Hui nationality.
Pages: 112-113
Year: 2015 Issue: 1
Journal: Decoration
Keyword: Hui nationality; Beijing’s Hui nationality; the culture of Hui nationality; the costume of Hui people;
Abstract: The culture of Hui nationality, developed both from Islamic culture and from traditional Chinese culture, is rich in content and complex in form of expression. The costume of Hui people, just as Hui culture, is of neither purely "Islamic style" nor completely "Chinese style"; it is of "Hui style". The book A Study of Costume Culture of Beijing’s Hui People tries to make a careful study of the Hui nationality in the perspective of cultural diversity. And the costumes of Beijing’s Hui people shown in the book symbolize both an inheritance from history and a look of the times, which reflects the inheritance, innovation and development of the culture of Hui nationality.
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