Internet forums for Hanfu design have sprouted up in recent years, allowing designers to share ideas and resources. Without established institutions for the research and propagation of traditional designs to turn to, hobbyists, enthusiasts, and commercial clothes makers are gathering over the Web. However, the renewed interest in the Hanfu has new problems of its own. With the commercialization of Hanfu style, some of the items sold might not be authentic. Additionally, when money is involved, design techniques become trade secrets and are jealously guarded from other clothes makers, according to Fan Hong, a traditional Chinese clothing maker and designer from Flushing, N.Y. Designers get worried that unscrupulous people will copy and profit from their designs. Fang is one of the participants in an international Hanfu design competition hosted by New Tang Dynasty Television. They are being passed off as only Hanfu-esque or Hanfu-inspired, chinese traditional dress hanfu and not adhering to the core beliefs that the Hanfu embodied for ancient Chinese. NTDTV’s goal it is to revive traditional Chinese culture and promote classical Western arts. The third annual NTDTV Global Han Couture Design Competition challenges fashion designers to return to ancient roots for inspiration. It seeks the most historically authentic clothing designs originating from what many consider the peak of Chinese civilization: the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties, which in total span close to 1,000 years. The competition was on Saturday, Oct. 16, green hanfu at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. These dynasties are the significant periods for the competition because the rulers were Han Chinese, and the idea behind the competition is the revival of Han ethnic dress. Three runway shows took place beginning at 1 p.m. An awards ceremony was held in the evening. Additional articles will follow giving photos of the event and the list of the winners.