[2] The painting "Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers" by the 8th century painter, Zhou Fang, of the Tang dynasty was used as the main reference to recover the heziqun nowadays.

[5][4] The moxiong in the Song dynasty was a single-piece garment which was used as an underwear,[6][4] but appears to have been more conservative in style as it covered both the breasts and belly areas of its wearer.

[4] In the 21sth, the hezi was designed by hanfu merchants as an accessory for the qixiong ruqun; it was designed with a square of fabric which bore similarities to the Song dynasty moxiong but featured small side ties to fasten the hezi allowing it to be worn on top of the top region of the qixiong ruqun.

However, due to the lack of unearthed archaeological artifacts, this form of Tang dynasty hezi with side ties as a stand-alone accessory item was discontinued by hanfu merchants.

[2] Nowadays, there are three main types of Song dynasty-style moxiong produced and sold by hanfu merchants: the gongzizhe (Chinese: 工字褶; lit.