1、CHEONGSAM (QIPAO)Ever heard anything of cheongsam? Maybe you have been greatly bewitched by it when watching the movie In The Mood for Love! And maybe you have already owned an elegant cheongsam in your wardrobe! However, have you ever heard about that the cheongsam has the magic of making a woman”
2、life a legend? Really, it does! When you wear these traditional Chinese clothes, please always remember this- Cheongsam, a female dress with distinctive Chinese features, is known to the whole world as a language that expresses the beauty of oriental woman. The beauty of cheongsam is that, made of d
3、ifferent materials and to varying lengths, they can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness. Cheongsam is not only a kind of representative traditional costume, but also a special language that only belon
4、gs to the Chinese women and a kind of expression and flavor. Another beauty of the cheongsam is that, made of different materials and to varying lengths, they can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness.
5、No wonder it is so much liked by women not only of China but of foreign countries as well。The cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion. The name “cheongsam,“ meaning simply “long dress,“ entered the Engli
6、sh vocabulary from the dialect of Chinas Guangdong Province (Cantonese). In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as “qipao“, which has a history behind it. When the Manchu ruled China during the Qing Dynasty, certain social strata emerged. Among them were the Banners (q
7、), mostly Manchu, who as a group were called Banner People. Manchu women typically wore a one-piece dress that retrospectively came to be known as the qpo (or banner gown). The generic term for both the male and the female forms of Manchu dress, essentially similar garments, was chngpo . The qipao f
8、itted loosely and hung straight down the body, or flared slightly in an A-line. Under the dynastic laws after 1636, all Han Chinese in the banner system were forced to wear a queue and dress in Manchurian qipao instead of traditional Han Chinese clothing , under penalty of death (along with the July
9、 1645 edict (the “haircutting order“) that forced all adult Han Chinese men to shave the front of their heads and comb the remaining hair into a queue, on pain of death). Until 1911, the changpao was required clothing for Chinese men of a certain class, but Han Chinese women continued to wear loose
10、jacket and trousers, with an overskirt for formal occasions. The qipao was a new fashion item for Han Chinese women when they started wearing it around 1925.The original qipao was wide and loose. It covered most of the womans body, revealing only the head, hands, and the tips of the toes. The baggy
11、nature of the clothing also served to conceal the figure of the wearer regardless of age. With time, though, the qipao were tailored to become more form fitting and revealing. The modern version, which is now recognized popularly in China as the “standard“ qipao, was first developed in Shanghai in t
12、he 1920s, partly under the influence of Beijing styles. People eagerly sought a more modernized style of dress and transformed the old qipao to suit their tastes. Slender and form fitting with a high cut, it had great differences from the traditional qipao. However, it was high-class courtesans and
13、celebrities in the city that would make these redesigned tight fitting qipao popular at that time. In Shanghai it was first known as zansae or “long dress“, and it is this name that survives in English as the “cheongsam“.Easy to slip on and comfortable to wear, the cheongsam fits well the female Chi
14、nese figure. Its neck is high, collar closed, and its sleeves may be short, medium or full length, depending on season and taste. The dress is buttoned on the right side, with a loose chest, a fitting waist, and slits up from the sides, all of which combine to set off the beauty of the female shape.
15、Today, cheongsams peak years has passed out in the cold evening dresses 30 years of it, since the opening in bridesmaid dresses 80s the bridesmaid dresses of looks a little behind the times. Meanwhile, in 80, 90 appeared in a kind of symbolic meaning with professional cheongsam evening dresses. The
16、publicity and promotions for the purpose, Miss Manners, Miss Welcome restaurants and entertainment places and hotels evening dresses all members of the women wear the cheongsam xxx. This cheongsam fits, multi-purpose synthetic silk fabric, colorful, high slits, rough work, is detrimental to bridesma
17、id dresses beautiful cheongsam image in peoples minds. So the people in order to distinguish their own identity, they dare not rashly to wear a cheongsam. to 90 years, the ideal image of women changed again . And set off in China as most Chinese female body bridesmaid dresses temperament representat
18、ives mm cheongsam fashion, once again attracted the attention of the eye. Or even abroad, there evening dresses many design Masters in cheongsam-inspired, launched an international flavor cheongsam, many of the Chinese qipao dress with the night the combination of products in Europe. Cheongsam, alth
19、ough not the majority of Chinese womens dress choice per day now, but it still acting in peoples lives. From the wedding, dinner, dance to the large and small models, beauty pageants, Bridesmaid dresses 1932, are not difficult to see the kinds of graceful cheongsam. Particularly in recent years, the
20、 cheongsam is more like an unexpected wave that swept the world of fashion arena. Development to date, with the color gradually many cheongsam style, retro fashion has become increasingly common, cheongsam again brilliant interpretation of the past. Chinese clothing culture as an important part, evening dresses Drama Theater, has a long history, a symbol of Chinese civilization, bring out the elegance of Eastern women. The beautiful thing will still shine and in the world stage and on innovation.
