{{Short description|One-piece wrap-around Chinese skirt}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2022}}{{Infobox Chinese | c = 百迭裙 | p = Bǎidiéqún }}
'''{{tlit|zh|Baidiequn}}''' <u>(</u>{{Lang-zh|c=百迭裙}}<u>)</u>, also known as '''Hundred-change skirt,''' refers to a historical style of {{tlit|zh|qun}} ({{Lang-zh|c=裙|l=skirt}}) worn by Han Chinese women in imperial China and is currently worn as a lower garment item in {{tlit|zh|Hanfu}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-23 |title=7 Types of Hanfu Skirts That You Should Know - 2022 |url=https://www.newhanfu.com/34515.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.newhanfu.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=zh:【宋制基础类科普·百迭裙】 出土墓葬:一大… - 堆糖，美图壁纸兴趣社区 |url=https://www.duitang.com/blog/?id=1222740792 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.duitang.com}}</ref> The {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} is typically a long, wrap-around densely pleated skirt with two flat surfaces at each end of the skirt.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Dusenberry |first=Mary M. |title=Flowers, dragons and pine trees : Asian textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art |date=2004 |publisher=Hudson Hills Press |others=Carol Bier, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art |isbn=1-55595-238-0 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=55016186}}</ref> It has been worn at least since the Song dynasty, where unearthed artifacts of what is now referred as {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} were found in the Tomb of Huang Sheng ({{Lang-zh|c=黄升墓|labels=no}}) of the Southern Song dynasty, Fuzhou, Fujian Province.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=144}} It is also one of the two early Song dynasty prototypes of the {{tlit|zh|mamianqun}}.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=144}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Bonds |first=Alexandra B. |title=Beijing opera costumes : the visual communication of character and culture |date=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-06942-8 |location=New York, NY |oclc=1019842143}}</ref>
== Construction and design == The {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} is made of a single panel of fabric. Its pleats tend to be very narrow and/or dense and almost covers the entire circumference of the skirt, except for the two edges of the skirts which are left non-pleated.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=144}} Due to the non-pleated edges of the skirt, the skirt form two rectangular flat panels, which are referred as {{zhp|p=guangmian|c=光面}}; when worn, the two {{tlit|zh|guangmian}} of the {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} overlaps each other appearing to be a single flat panel.<ref name=":0" /> It has a wide waist band and long ribbons which are used as ties.<ref name=":2" />
=== Modern variation === The modern variation of the {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} features narrow pleats, which are about one to two centimetres in term of pleat width.<ref name=":0" /> There is typically no rule on where the {{tlit|zh|guangmian}} need to be located on its wearer's body, as such the {{tlit|zh|guangmian}} can be found at the sides, back, or front depending on its wearer's desire.<ref name=":0" />
The length of the {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} can also vary depending if it worn alone or is combined with other garments: the classic {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} is a long-length skirt which is about ankle or floor-length and can be worn as a stand-alone lower garment; it also the most commonly seen variation of the {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}}; the {{zhp|p=hewei baidiequn|c=合圍 百迭裙}}, also called encircling {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}}, usually reaches the mid-calf and is used as an over-skirt which can be worn over another {{tlit|zh|qun}} or {{tlit|zh|ku}}; the last type is the {{zhp|p=qianduan houzhuang|c=前短 後長}}, which has a shorter {{tlit|zh|guangmian}} compared to its pleated regions are floor-length; due to its special construction, the {{tlit|zh|qianduan houzhuang}} is the only form of {{tlit|zh|baidiequn}} which requires having its {{tlit|zh|guangmian}} located at the front of the body.<ref name=":0" />
== Related content ==
* {{tlit|zh|Mamianqun}} * {{tlit|zh|Qun}} * {{tlit|zh|Ruqun}} * {{tlit|zh|Yaoqun}}
== See also ==
* Hanfu * List of Hanfu * Kilt
== Notes == {{NoteFoot}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.sgss8.com/tpdq/24689114/ Unearthed artifacts of Baidiequn] * [https://static.aihanfu.net/uploadfile/2018/1026/20181026041855756.jpeg Unearthed artifacts of the Baidiequn from the Tomb of Huang Sheng] * [https://www.sgss8.com/tpdq/24621363/ Modern-style Baidiequn] {{Types of Han Chinese clothing}} Category:Chinese traditional clothing