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Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.
In China, women had different kinds of clothes in ancient times. Those clothes changed with the dynasty. For examples, in the 1920s, the Cheongsam was fashionable among socialites and upperclass women; [ 1 ] during the 1960s, very austere clothing styles were prevalent; today, a wide variety of fashions are worn.
Chinese clothing, including ethnic minority garments, and modern adaptations of indigenous styles, is a vital aspect of Chinese culture and civilization. For thousands of years, Chinese clothing has evolved with dynastic traditions, foreign influences, and cultural exchanges, adapting to the needs of each era. [1]
A bride in Xiuhefu near Xiehemen. In general, the design and construction of the Xiuhefu is not bound by any traditional clothing making rules. [1] However, as a set of attire, it follows the traditional yichang system being typically composed of a waist-length liling dajin ao, a form of ao (a form of Chinese coat) which has front lapel overlapping across the chest and closing on the right ...
A dress (also known as a frock or a gown) is a one-piece outer garment that is worn on the torso and hangs down over the legs and is primarily worn by women or girls. [1] [2] Dresses often consist of a bodice attached to a skirt. Dress shapes and silhouettes, textiles, and colors vary.
The casual clothing for men mainly followed the dress code of the Han people and they wore banbi as a casual clothing item while ordinary women clothing consisted of banbi and ruqun. [ 49 ] Chinese women also wore cross-collar upper garment which had elbow length sleeves (i.e. cross-collar banbi ) over a long-sleeved blouse under a skirt; the ...
Chinese dress may refer to: Cheongsam, also known as Qipao, a body-hugging one-piece dress for women; Changpao, a body-hugging one-piece dress for men; See also.
Women wearing early forms of Qixiong ruqun with shoulder straps, Northern Qi (550-577 AD). The qixiong ruqun first appeared in the Northern and Southern dynasties. [3] The qixiong ruqun was worn during the Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, and Five dynasties, [4] until the Song dynasty, when, upon Neo-Confucianism's rise, the fashion of Tang dynasty faded.