title: Yaoqun
text: # Yaoqun
  
  Yaoqun (Chinese: 腰裙), also known as weichang (Chinese: 围裳), is typically a form of abbreviated or short qun, similar to an overskirt, in Hanfu. It was typically worn by Han Chinese women over their long-length qun, traditional Chinese $skirts.^{:48–49}$ It was typically worn along with the ruqun consisting of a short ru, which reaches the waist-level, and a long-length $qun.^{:48–49}$ Throughout centuries, the yaoqun has often depicted in Chinese $paintings,^{:48–49}$ unearthed artifacts and in Chinese tomb mural paintings.
  
  ## Similar items
  
  * Baidiequn
  * Overskirt
  * Bixi
  