Originally, the Tang suit was a term foreigners used, in a sweeping way, to describe all Chinese fashion. In fact, what people have over time come to define as the Tang suit is something that was created in the late Qing and early Republican era among the common people.
「唐裝」原是外國人對中國服飾的籠統稱呼，時下人們所認知的「唐裝」，實際上是清末民初民間自創的便服。