Jinbei

A jinbei (甚平), alternately jinbē (甚兵衛) or hippari (ひっぱり), is a kind of traditional Japanese clothing worn by men, women, boys, girls, and even babies during the summer. Women's jinbei have started to become popular in recent years.

Use

Jinbei are usually worn as a form of nightwear or house wear. Normally, male Japanese would wear jinbei only within their own homes, or outside the home when in close proximity to it (for example, to collect the mail or go on a local errand, or sometimes even while shopping or dining at a local restaurant). Sometimes jinbei are used as substitute for yukata during a summer festival, typically by men and boys but also frequently by young women. Ladies' jinbei tend to be more brightly coloured and often feature prints of popular culture characters and motifs.

The whale shark is also known as jinbei-zame (ジンベイザメ（甚平鮫）^?, "jinbei shark") or jinbē-zame (ジンベエザメ 《甚兵衛鮫》^?, "jinbee shark") in Japanese due to its skin patterns resembling those of jinbei.

Set

Jinbei sets consist of a top and matching shorts, although some have long pants and some come with both short and long pants. Traditional jinbei are made from hemp or cotton and are dyed a uniform color, often indigo, blue, or green (though modern jinbei frequently have prints ranging from simple textures or lines to complicated and colorful floral patterns). The top resembles a short-sleeved or sleeveless jacket that falls to the hips. It ties closed both inside and outside the jacket, with the inside tied first, the jacket folded over to the person's left, and then tying the outside.

Jinbei (marque)

Jinbei (Chinese: 金杯; pinyin: Jīnbēi; literally: "Gold Cup") is a automobile marque owned by Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Brilliance Auto, based in Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

The name "Jinbei" means gold (jin) cup (bei) in Chinese.

The Company (through its 60.9% - owned subsidiary, Shenyang Automotive) manufactures and sells all of its minibuses under the "Jinbei" and "Granse" brand name in a variety of models based on Toyota's Hiace minivans in China. The Group's principal minibus products are the deluxe minibus and the mid-priced minibus, targeting different market segments in the Chinese commercial and passenger car segments. The deluxe models and mid-priced models include the "Granse", the "Aurora" and the "Shuttler" etc.,

Products

Shenyang Jinbei produces the Jinbei Haise, also known as the "Haishi" (海狮), the Jinbei's version of Toyota Hiace, and also produces the Granvia, locally called the "Geruisi" (阁瑞斯) (Jinbei Granse). Current production of Jinbei is about 80,000 units per year.