Systematic Literature Review on Hanfu Clothing Culture

A systematic literature review of 34 academic studies on Hanfu, China's traditional clothing culture. The review, conducted by Yuhan He, maps interconnections among five key thematic areas, with 68% of included studies published in 2023 and 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of studies across the five key dimensions: tourism and culture, design and digital technology, national identity, purchase, and social media.
• Examine the thematic focus of recent research, noting that tourism/culture and design/digital technology themes collectively account for 70% of the included studies.
• Trace the academic momentum of Hanfu research by investigating the publication years of the 34 selected studies.

Strengths

• Follows PRISMA guidelines for systematic review methodology.
• Identifies and analyzes 34 studies from Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases.
• Provides a clear thematic framework with five key dimensions derived from the literature.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 269.5 KB document, not a structured data table for computational analysis.
• Limited to 34 studies, representing a focused but not exhaustive sample of the literature.
• Thematic analysis is interpretive and may not be directly reproducible without the full text of the reviewed studies.

Provenance

Source

Author Yuhan He via figshare.

Collection Method

Systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines, sourcing from Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Time Range

Covers literature up to 2024, with a concentration in 2023-2024.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; includes studies primarily from 2023 and 2024.

Geography

Focus on China (Hanfu culture).