Reviving Ancient Dress Through Dance

By Xie Yi

Mar.8

<div class="e-a-text" contenteditable="false" draggable="true" eaid="0"><span class="e-a-f-d">W</span>hat place does a style of dress over 2,000 years old have in the modern world? Kaidi Li, a young Chinese dancer living in New York city, performs wearing <span style="font-style: italic;">hanfu</span>, the traditional dress of the Han Chinese people. She says dressing in <span style="font-style: italic;">hanfu</span>, whether she's dancing in Times Square or running promotional events, helps her bridge traditional Chinese culture and the modern world.<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><div class="e-a-video-box" draggable="true" eaid="1" contenteditable="false"><div class="e-a-video" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe frameborder="0" width="640" height="498" src="http://v.qq.com/iframe/player.html?vid=l0330ijhh04&tiny=1&auto=0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div class="e-a-video" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YsX_Uo5Or1o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div>