Write a description of the Traditional Clothing in Taiwan ( The Chi Pao). You can use sources, but please rewrite them in your own words. Also, please keep it short. I will mark the Brainliest. But please keep in mind that anything else besides the question will be reported.
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Explanation:
The elegant chi pao, perhaps the dress most often associated with China, has had its traditional popularity rejuvenated by creative contemporary designers.
When the Manchus over threw the Ming dynasty in 1644, they not only scored a military victory but a fashion coup as well. Originally a Manchu dress, the chi pao survives today as a distinctively Chinese fashion hallmark. Its essential design and details-brocade fabric; a narrow, standup collar divided in the front; elaborate embroidery; intricate, satin-covered wire clasps; and steep side slits-continue to make their appearance in fashions the world over.
But in the early years of the Ching dynasty (1644-1911), the Han Chinese resisted wearing the dress of their conquerors from Manchuria. Many men and women were contemptuous of the en forced change in wardrobe and refused to give up the Ming style. The Ming ensemble featured robes ranging in length from the hip down to the knees, with buttons running down the front and flowing sleeves that widened toward the wrist. The circumference of the cuff measured around fourteen inches. The men wore loose, cloth-belted pants under their robes while the women wore wide skirts, either pleated or gathered, with hems often sweeping the floor.
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Tsai Meng-hsia "Convenience and flexibility are two very important requirements of modern chi pao design.
The characters for chi pao (旗袍) meant "banner gown," presumably named after the multicolored banner system used by the Manchu army to distinguish among its eight divisions. "This is the reason we call the Manchus banner men, and the dresses for their women banner gowns," says Yang Chenkuei (楊成貴), who teaches traditional dressmaking at the Shih Chien College of Home Economics. Yang is also the director of the National Costume Association, an organization founded in 1975 of more than a hundred members, including tailors, manufacturers, and authorities on Chinese dress. Its purpose is to ensure the preservation of traditional Chinese costumes.
In fact, the Ching gowns for both men and women did look like four banners pieced together in front, back, and on the sides. The pieces parted at the knees, and as the wearer walked, the lower part of the gown would flap like banners. Both men and women wore loose pants with wide cuffs underneath their gowns. According to Yang, wearing Manchu dress was so revolting to Han people that quite a few loyalists were even willing to make the ultimate sacrifice - adding somber substance to the assertion, "I'd rather die than wear that. "
Under such vehement opposition to Manchu styles, the new rulers agreed to a compromise. Han women would continue to wear the Ming robe and skirts, but with considerably narrower sleeves. And while alive, Han men would wear the Manchu gown, but with the cuffs of its sleeves narrower by five to six inches. After death, they would be allowed burial in full Ming regalia.
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