CIIC:Today's featured article/May 24, 2015
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What is called “Qipao” is the long gown that the “Qiren” wear. “Qiren” is the title that the Han people in the Central Plains called the Manchu People. In 1921, it was in vogue when it was a loose-fitting, straight-bottom, broad sleeved blue-cloth Qipao with no decorative patterns on the collar, fronts and lower hem, the hem of which reached the ankles. It looked cold and upright. Influenced by the trend of times, Qipao underwent many changes in the length, waist measurement, collar and sleeves. (More...)
