{{Short description|Traditional Chinese overskirt}} {{Infobox Chinese | c = 腰裙 | altname = Weichang | c2 = | pic = Magu (Qing Dynasty, 19th-century).jpg | piccap = Brown yaoqun over a white qun, Qing dynasty painting, 19th century | picsize = 150px | t2 = 圍裳 | s2 = 围裳 }}{{More citations needed|date=July 2022}}

'''{{Transliteration|zh|Yaoqun}}''' ({{Lang-zh|c=腰裙}}), also known as '''{{Transliteration|zh|weichang}}''' ({{Lang-zh|c=围裳}}), is typically a form of abbreviated or short {{Transliteration|zh|qun}}, similar to an overskirt, in {{Transliteration|zh|Hanfu}}. It was typically worn by Han Chinese women over their long-length {{Transliteration|zh|qun}}, traditional Chinese skirts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Finnane |first=Antonia |title=Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation |date=2008 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-14350-9 |location=New York |oclc=84903948}}</ref>{{Rp|page=|pages=48–49}} It was typically worn along with the {{Transliteration|zh|ruqun}} consisting of a short {{Transliteration|zh|ru}}, which reaches the waist-level, and a long-length {{Transliteration|zh|qun}}.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=|pages=48–49}} Throughout centuries, the {{Transliteration|zh|yaoqun}} has often depicted in Chinese paintings,<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=|pages=48–49}} unearthed artifacts and in Chinese tomb mural paintings.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is Yaoqun? |date=12 October 2024 |url=https://cheongsam.net/what-is-yaoqun-in-hanfu/}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Similar items ==

* {{Transliteration|zh|Baidiequn}} * Overskirt * {{Transliteration|zh|Bixi}}

== See also ==

* Hanfu * List of Hanfu * {{Transliteration|zh|Qun}}

== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed"> File:Three Kingdoms tomb brick3 (cropped).JPG File:Fresco of a T'ang Dynasty Musician.gif File:李震墓嬉戲圖.jpg File:Pao-Shan Tomb Wall-Painting of Liao Dynasty (寳山遼墓壁畫：寄錦圗).jpg File:蠶織圖局部5.jpg File:Fresco in the Hall of King Ming-ying, Hung-t'ung County.jpg File:唐寅《秋風紈扇圖》.jpg File:ZhuRong.jpg File:Chinese - Lady with Mirror - Walters 359.jpg </gallery>

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== References == <references /> {{clothing-stub}} Category:Hanfu Category:Chinese traditional clothing Category:Skirts