Daopao (Chinese: 道袍; pinyin: dàopáo; lit. 'Taoist robe'), also known as xuezi (Chinese: 褶子) when used as a Xifu during Chinese opera performances,[1][2]: 181 and deluo (Chinese: 得罗) when it is blue in colour,[3] is a traditional form of paofu in Hanfu and is also one of the most distinctive form of traditional clothing for the Han Chinese.[4] The daopao was one of the most common traditional form of outer robe worn by men.[5]Daopao literally means "Taoist robe";[6][7] however, despite its name, the daopao were and is worn by men, and did not imply that its wearer had some affiliation to taoism.[5] The daopao can be dated back to at least the Ming dynasty[5] but had actually been worn since the Song dynasty.[citation needed] Initially the daopao was a form of casual clothing which was worn by the middle or lower class in the Ming dynasty.[1] In the middle and late Ming, it was one of the most common form of robes worn by men as casual clothing.[4] The daopao was also a popular formal wear by the Ming dynasty scholars in their daily lives.[2]: 77 It was also the daily clothing for the literati scholars in the Ming dynasty.[2]: 181 In the late Ming, it was also a popular form of clothing among the external officials and eunuchs sometimes wore it.[8] The daopao was also introduced in Korea during the Joseon period, where it became known as dopo and was eventually localized in its current form.[9]
The daopao can also refer to a type of Daojiao fushi, which were worn by practitioners of taoism, when the term is used in its literal form.[10]: xvii This form of daopao worn taoist practitioners and taoist monks continued to be worn in the Qing dynasty as they were exempted from the Tifayifu policy.[2]: 181 The daopao of the Taoist also continue to be worn by modern taoist priests, although it may come in different names.
^ abYe, Tan (2020). Historical dictionary of Chinese theater (Second ed.). Lanham. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-5381-2064-4. OCLC 1128888776.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ abcdWang, Guojun (2020). Staging personhood : costuming in early Qing drama. New York. ISBN 978-0-231-54957-8. OCLC 1129398697.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Pi lu si bi hua. Dianfeng Kang, 康殿峰. (Di 1 ban ed.). Shijiazhuang Shi: Hebei mei shu chu ban she. 1998. p. 244. ISBN 7-5310-1111-5. OCLC 43293523.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ abSong, Ma; yue, Li; xiaogang, Wang (2021-07-01). "Research on the Ming Dynasty Dao Robe Modeling Method Based on 3D Simulation Technology". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1965 (1): 012040. Bibcode:2021JPhCS1965a2040S. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1965/1/012040. ISSN 1742-6588.
^ abcGwynne, Paul (2017). World religions in practice : a comparative introduction (Second ed.). Hoboken, NJ. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-118-97227-4. OCLC 972639879.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^Herrou, Adeline (2016). A World of Their Own : Daoist Monks and Their Community in Contemporary China. St Petersburg: Three Pines Press. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-1-365-53752-3. OCLC 1011219060.
^Yuan, Zujie (2007). "Dressing for power: Rite, costume, and state authority in Ming Dynasty China". Frontiers of History in China. 2 (2): 181–212. doi:10.1007/s11462-007-0012-x. ISSN 1673-3401. S2CID 195069294.
^"A Study on the Origin and Structural Development of Do-po". Journal of the Korean Society of Costume. 36: 1–23. 1998. ISSN 1229-6880.
^Wang, Richard G. (2012). The Ming prince and Daoism : institutional patronage of an elite. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-990989-6. OCLC 796803927.
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