Cheongsam – The Beautiful Dress of Chinese Women

[zhuce32]

The term cheongsam simply means long dress. In other areas of China including Beijing, it is branded as “qipao”. When the original Manchu rulers arrived to China, they organized some people, primarily Manchus, to become “banners’ (qi) and addressed them “banner people” (qiren), which then had become the name of every Manchu. Each Manchu woman normally wore one-piece dress also became known as “qipao” or “banner dress”. Although the Revolution in 1911 was able to topple the Qing or Manchu Dynasty, the dress of women was able to survive the political transformation and, with developments after, the dress has turned out to be the customary outfit for the women in China.
chinese cheongsam

[Nick]

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I left this up as the leading contender in this year's Most Interesting Spam award.

[DaveS]

Hmmm...

[Nick]

Hmmm...

Ah so! Truly inscrutable post Mr. S

[Telo]

Although the Revolution in 1911 was able to topple the Qing or Manchu Dynasty, the dress of women was able to survive the political transformation and, with developments after, the dress has turned out to be the customary outfit for the women in China.

Huh! I was thinking of buying a Mao suit for Mme S as it might be more practical on our boat. Do you sell them?

[Nick]

Huh! I was thinking of buying a Mao suit for Mme S as it might be more practical on our boat.

Is this to suit your command style and on board routines, or is it more to fit in with the rest of the nautical decor/ambience?

- W

[Rowana]

What's the weather like in China?

Is it a good place to sail?

[Nick]

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According to Accuweather the weather for sailing in China is very good:

[wully]

"Me rouv you rong time...."

[RosieLovebug]

I can't believe this post has stayed dead for so long. This is pure gold!

[BlowingOldBoots]

Madness! I looked at this thread last night, and this morning on the pop up notification I get a "Chinese Unusual ........."pop up message. The rest of the etc was blocked out by the limited length of the popup box.

Do you get a penny a pop up Webby?