Magua (clothing)

The magua (simplified Chinese: 马褂; traditional Chinese: 馬褂 Manchu: ᠣᠯᠪᠣ olbo) was a style of jacket worn by males during the Chinese Qing dynasty (1644–1911). It was designed to be worn together with the manshi changshan (Chinese: 滿式長衫; ).

It was worn by Manchu people throughout China from the reign of the Qing Shunzhi Emperor (r. 1643-1661) until the time of the Kangxi Emperor, (r. 1661-1722).[1]

Magua (clothing) Media

References

  1. 袁傑英紡沈蓁. 中國旗袍 (in 中文). 中國紡織出版社. 2000. ISBN 7506417073.