Magua is at waist length, with five disc buttons on the front and slightly short, wide sleeves.

Men would tie sashes around their waist band to help them carry tools or accessories and wear white or black turbans.

Women, on the other hand, wore wide short sleeved, long gowns that button on the left side, with decorative elements at the edge of the sleeves and the collar, accompanied with a bafu luoqun (or skirt of eight widths) made of red and black checked silk, embroidered with flowers or other designs.

[5] This costume began to gain currency during the late Konbaung dynasty[6] and became a requisite article of traditional formal attire during the colonial era.

[7] The magoja, a type of long jacket worn with hanbok, the traditional clothing of Korea, is a descendant of the magua, having been introduced to Koreans after Heungseon Daewongun, father of King Gojong, returned from political exile in Manchuria in 1887.