Collection: Dudou

Dudou, is basically ancient Chinese underwear, or ancient Chinese bra specifically, ancient Chinese children also wear it for warm though. It's written as "肚兜" in both traditional&simplified Chinese characters, and means "belly wrap" literally.

Dudou is basically a rhomboidal piece of cloth which covers the breasts and belly, but leave the back uncovered. It has four attached strings so one can tied at the neck and back to keep it in place. It can be solid or embroidered with different patterns that have different implied meanings. The material could be cotton and silk, rich people also use silver and even gold for the strings.

Different from the modern brassiere, ancient Chinese women wear dudou to flatten the breasts. The reason for that is flat-chested women were thought to be graceful in ancient China. Ancient Chinese also wear it to keep the warm of the belly, and even put some herbs in the layers of it because that was considered salutary. Dudou can have pockets, so people can put small valuable things in them, such as rings and necklaces.

There were different styles of underwear in ancient China, such as xieyi, baofu, xinyi, liangdang, hezimoxiong, hehuan jinzhuyao etc., among which dudou is the most famous one(maybe because it's closest to modern times). Dudou first appeared in Ming Dynasty(1368-1644), and still be worn in Qing Dynasty(1944-1912). It fade away after that, and is barely wore by modern Chinese people in the daily life. But some modern Chinese women find it a sexy underwear and have the ancient style meanwhile.

You can wear dudou inside the hanfu, qipao and tang suit.

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  • Traditional Chinese Red Dudou(Ancient Underwear)
    thin red dodou
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  • Pink Dudou with Cherry Patterns
    Pink Ancient Chinese Underwear with Cherry Patterns and Drawstring Neckline
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  • White Dudou (Ancient Chinese Underwear)
    White Chinese Underwear Dudou
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Yellow/Pink Flower Patterns
    Yellow Dudou with Icons of Flowers (Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Straight Neckline
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Leaf Patterns
    Dudou with Patterns of Leaf (Ancient Chinese Underwear)
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Bra) with cute patterns
    Blue Dudou with Icons of Garden (Ancient Chinese Underwear)
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  • Grey Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Cute Flowers Pattern
    Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Cute Flower Patterns
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Spots Pattern
    Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Spots Patterns and Drawstring Neckline
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Floral Patterns
    Blue Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Floral Patterns
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Calligraphy Patterns
    White Ancient Chinese Underwear with Calligraphy Patterns
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Porcelain Flowers
    Ancient Chinese Underwear with Navy Blue Porcelain Flowers Patterns
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Red Flower Patterns
    Chinese Underwear Dudou with Red Flower Pattern and Straight Neckline
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Peony Patterns
    Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Peony Flowers Patterns and Drawstring Neckline
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Magnolia Flower Patterns
    Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Magnolia Flowers Patterns and Drawstring Neckline
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Bra) with Folk Circle Pattern
    Black Ancient Chinese Underwear Dudou with Circle Folk Patterns
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  • Dudou(Ancient Chinese Underwear) with Fan Patterns
    Red Chinese Underwear Dudou with Fan Patterns and Drawstring Neckline
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