Round collar hanfu robes first appeared in the Shang Dynasty, one of the male traditional Chinese clothing. After the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the round collar robes began to actively absorb the characteristics of minority men costumes, but at the same time, they did not lose the original characteristics of the Han nationality. The Northern Wei Dynasty, founded by Xianbei people, began to dress as formal clothes and was popular from Sui and Tang Dynasties to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

After the Song Dynasty, the round collar robe became one of the official costumes, which was also widely used in the later Ming Dynasty. The round collar robe of the Ming Dynasty became the most convenient way to distinguish the official class.

To a certain extent, the Tang round collar robe retains the original appearance of the round collar robe. Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, the robe had narrow sleeves and lower hem to the lower leg, which did not show the round collar of the clothes inside. Because people in the Tang Dynasty usually wear round collar inside when they wear it. Only people in the Song and Ming Dynasty can see the situation that the collar of their clothes is exposed when they wear round collar robe.