informative speech about Chinesecheongs
The Chinese traditional culture
——Cheongsam
Do you notice the dresses worn by Peng Liyuan during the APEC meetings hold in Beijing? Most of Ms. Peng’s dresses are reformed cheongsam.
The cheongsam, also known as Qi Pao or Chi-Pao, is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress. It is one of the most typical, traditional costumes[ˈkɒstju:m] for Chinese women and likes a wonderful flower in the Chinese colorful fashion scene [si:n].
As my sister has a cheongsam shop, I know some stories about cheongsam and love to wear it. Today, I would like to share some highlights of the history and beauty of cheongsam. Let’s start with the history.
The history of Chinese cheongsam goes back many years. Its origin can be traced to the Qing Dynasty. Cheongsam was first worn by Manchu people who were called " banner"(旗人), so it called " cheongsam”(旗袍). At that time, the cheongsam was characterized [ˈkæriktəraizd] by straight lines and loose forms. The regulations in Qing Dynasty forced all people to wear changpao (another name for “cheongsam”). So it was adopted by Chinese people for 300 years.
After Xinhai Revolution, especially in 1930s-1940s, the new style of cheongsam began to emerge. If before just few colors had been used in cheongsam – now designers could “play” with the whole colors and their combinations to produce unique dresses. The style of that period was characterized by short length and body-hugging shape. The cheongsam became widespread not only in Shanghai, but also in other mainland cities and Hong Kong.
Things changed again in 1949 – when after the Communist Revolution a unisex clothing style (shirt and trousers) was advocated and cheongsam fell out of favor in mainland.
But everything new is well-forgotten old and today cheongsam is getting new life. You can see many girls wearing fashionable cheongsam designed as evening dresses, employees of different and ceremonies (airlines, hotels, restaurants) wearing it as uniform and even brides having tailor-made beautiful
——Cheongsam
Do you notice the dresses worn by Peng Liyuan during the APEC meetings hold in Beijing? Most of Ms. Peng’s dresses are reformed cheongsam.
The cheongsam, also known as Qi Pao or Chi-Pao, is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress. It is one of the most typical, traditional costumes[ˈkɒstju:m] for Chinese women and likes a wonderful flower in the Chinese colorful fashion scene [si:n].
As my sister has a cheongsam shop, I know some stories about cheongsam and love to wear it. Today, I would like to share some highlights of the history and beauty of cheongsam. Let’s start with the history.
The history of Chinese cheongsam goes back many years. Its origin can be traced to the Qing Dynasty. Cheongsam was first worn by Manchu people who were called " banner"(旗人), so it called " cheongsam”(旗袍). At that time, the cheongsam was characterized [ˈkæriktəraizd] by straight lines and loose forms. The regulations in Qing Dynasty forced all people to wear changpao (another name for “cheongsam”). So it was adopted by Chinese people for 300 years.
After Xinhai Revolution, especially in 1930s-1940s, the new style of cheongsam began to emerge. If before just few colors had been used in cheongsam – now designers could “play” with the whole colors and their combinations to produce unique dresses. The style of that period was characterized by short length and body-hugging shape. The cheongsam became widespread not only in Shanghai, but also in other mainland cities and Hong Kong.
Things changed again in 1949 – when after the Communist Revolution a unisex clothing style (shirt and trousers) was advocated and cheongsam fell out of favor in mainland.
But everything new is well-forgotten old and today cheongsam is getting new life. You can see many girls wearing fashionable cheongsam designed as evening dresses, employees of different and ceremonies (airlines, hotels, restaurants) wearing it as uniform and even brides having tailor-made beautiful