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Loose robes(长袍)with big sleeves．High collars and long skirts．It's not a scene in a TV drama．Tying up their hair and putting on the cotton shoes, about 60 young people gathered in a Beijing teahouse Monday to perform traditional dances, music and poetry readings．
The event was set up by Haanen．com．anon-governmental organization founded in 2003．It has more than 24 000 members worldwide．They all love traditional Chinese culture and believe that wearing the Han costume(服装)is the best way to show love for China．Active members are mostly in their 20s or 30s．
Chen Ye, a 19-year-old student, said it made her feel bad that Koreans have hanbok and Japanese have kimono while Chinese don't have a typical traditional dress．
“Most people may think the cheongsam(旗袍)could be a representative, but I don't think so,” said Chen, from Capital University of Business and Economics．
Chen said Han costume is the one for China．It is the traditional dress of Han nationality．It had been worn for thousands of years before it died out at the end of the Ming Dynasty．
This is not the group's first activity．In the past two years, some of the members have dressed up in traditional clothes and visited sights in the downtown areas of many Chinese cities．It helps raise people's awareness of traditional Chinese culture．Gu Xiaoming, history professor with Fudan University, said the trend(倾向)is an attempt to hold on to traditional identities in a changing world．“It's a youth movement perhaps springing up against the background of globalization．”
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