Ao dai is beautiful and graceful in the school yard, but how to wear it conveniently?

Allow the female students in our school to express their wish: The regulation of wearing Ao Dai should be applied on the first Monday of the week and on major holidays and important festivals.

Female students in flowing white ao dai - Photo: NAM TRAN

As reported: Recently, at the discussion on honoring and preserving cultural heritage on digital platforms organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnamese Ao Dai Heritage Club, there was an opinion about the project of bringing Ao Dai back to schools so that young generations of Vietnamese people can be closer to this traditional costume.

But there are also opinions that we should only wear the Ao Dai on the first day of the week or on important occasions.

To add more perspective, the following is a share from reader Thanh Nguyen sent to Tuoi Tre Online .

Ao Dai: Cultural heritage that needs to be preserved

At the seminar on Honoring and Preserving Cultural Heritage on Digital Platforms, Ms. Le Tu Cam - President of the Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Heritage Association said that the association is implementing a project to bring Ao Dai back to schools.

As someone who has long loved wearing the traditional ao dai, I was particularly interested in this information. We were chatting about the fact that many schools in Ho Chi Minh City do not choose ao dai as their uniform.

Is the ao dai beautiful? It's so beautiful!

Is the ao dai charming? Very charming!

Through many historical changes, the Ao Dai has condensed the quintessence, soul and character of the Vietnamese people. Our country's national costume is the immense pride of many generations, honoring the gentle, graceful and charming beauty of women.

The flowing white ao dai associated with the pure beauty of high school girls is a default cultural picture in the subconscious of many generations.

Students come to class at the beginning of the week wearing Ao Dai according to school rules. Teachers come to school wearing Ao Dai uniform on weekdays.

Inheriting, preserving and spreading the lasting cultural values ​​of the Ao Dai heritage is the responsibility of every Vietnamese person today.

And we fully support the project of bringing the ao dai back to schools to become the default uniform for students.

To let the long dress flow gracefully in the school yard

The ao dai has many convenient aspects when it comes to being a school uniform, as Ms. Ton Nu Thi Ninh confided: "Compared to national costumes of other countries, the ao dai has more advantages such as: being much more mobile, convenient in modern life, flattering to women's figures, designers can easily create many different styles and colors...".

However, schools cannot rigidly require students to wear ao dai every day of the week.

This unintentionally turns the traditional Vietnamese dress into a fear for female students, even an obsession, and many female students find ways to "evade" the regulations and "avoid" the rules...

The weather in our country is not always pleasant. On rainy and windy days, flooded areas, many female students wish they didn’t have to wear ao dai…

Then the scorching summer with temperatures about to reach 37-38 degrees Celsius, wearing the ao dai with sweat pouring down the back of the shirt, I felt so many indescribable feelings.

Imagine going to school under the scorching sun, just taking off your jacket, your back is already soaked. And the whole class is not just sitting still listening to the lecture, taking notes, doing exercises. The students also participate in activities, connect, play, experience…

Those sweaty backs in the ao dai look so pitiful!

Furthermore, the ao dai is always designed to hug the body, the fabric is often soft, when sweat comes out, the wet shirt sticks to the back, very inconvenient.

Applying it in the right place will make the ao dai shine more...

Although we know that the value of the Ao Dai is very sacred and applying it in schools is a noble goal of the education sector.

However, in reality, as analyzed above, students and teachers face disadvantages if they wear Ao Dai all day of the week, from one season to another.

Therefore, please allow the female students in our school to express their wish: The regulation of wearing Ao Dai should be applied on Mondays and major holidays and important festivals!

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ao-dai-dep-thuot-tha-trong-san-truong-nhung-mac-sao-cho-tien-loi-20241209082816968.htm