Zhiduo (clothing)


Zhiduo refers to two traditional Chinese man's robes: casual zhiduo and priests’ zhiduo, in the broad sense. Particularly the former in the narrow sense.

Casual ''zhiduo''

The casual zhiduo was popular among Yuan and Ming dynasties, it could be worn by both scholar-official and the common people, and has several features:

Priests’ ''zhiduo''

The priests’ zhiduo was generally worn by a Mahāyāna or Taoist priest, it had been popular since the Song dynasty, and has another several features:
It is also known as jikitotsu in Japan.