Mao suit
Type of Chinese clothing
Mao suit
The Chinese tunic suit is a style of male attire originally known in China as the Zhongshan suit or Sun Yat-sen suit (simplified Chinese: 中山装; traditional Chinese: 中山裝; pinyin: Zhōngshān zhuāng) after the republican leader Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan). Sun Yat-sen introduced the style shortly after the founding of the Republic of China (1912–1949) as a form of national dress with distinct political overtones. The four pockets are said to represent the Four Virtues of propriety, justice, honesty, and humility; and the five buttons the Five Yuans of the Government of the Republic of China (Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Examination, Control). The suits came to be widely worn by male citizens and government leaders after the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It served as a symbol of proletarian unity, and an Eastern counterpart to the Western business suit. The name "Mao suit" or "Mao tunic" comes from Chairman...
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