Longfeng Gua (Qun Kwa) (Red, Gold & Silver)

a Chinese women's longfeng gua (qun kwa) wedding ensemble in deep red silk: a hip-length jacket with a mandarin stand collar, a straight centre-front opening closed by a row of knot buttons, wide straight three-quarter sleeves, almost entirely covered with dense raised gold and silver metallic-thread embroidery of a dragon and a phoenix facing each other; over a matching deep red floor-length straight skirt whose flat front panel is embroidered in the same gold and silver thread