Chinese culture and dress

You must be attracted by the charming Chinese ladies who are dressing Cheongsam, it is Qipao also, during the period of Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The close-fitting woman's dress of Manchurian style with high neck and slit skirt, popularly called qipao in China, is expected to play the role of being the chief female dress for Chinese during the Beijing Olympics. Qipao belongs not only to China but to the whole world. It has made its way overseas and has been all the rage in England, America, Germany and Arabia and is held in high esteem in most other countries of the world.
Chinese women still love qipao principally because it is simple and elegant, suitable for reflecting the beauty of the female body. In other words, this dress can manifest to the full the merit of the wearer's body and minimize the demonstration of its demerit. For example, a woman may have bandy legs or clubbed legs. But if she puts on her qipao she will instantly become graceful in appearance, standing tall and erect.
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About Hong Kong and Chinese food

The name Hong Kong means in the Chinese language the "Fragrant Port". How did this place come to have such a beautiful name? There are several different legends about the origin of this name. The most reliable one according to popular opinion is that this place was once a port for the transit and distribution of incense, which is an aromatic substance, such as a gum or wood, that burns with a pleasant odor. During the Ming Dynasty, Dong Guan, Bao An (renamed Shen Zhen in 1979) and adjacent places produced in great abundance a kind of incense which appealed to great numbers of people and found markets in the Jiangsu province, the Zhejiang province, and many other regions of the country. Since incense merchants generally loaded their cargoes on ships at the northern part of the coast of this island to be sent to the Guangzhou city and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, people began to call this port the incense port. As the noun "incense" and the adjective "fragrant" are identical in the Chinese language, the port was considered later to mean a fragrant port, though it was connected only with the sale and transshipment of a commodity that had fragrance. The village in the vicinity of the port was likewise called the "Fragrant Port Village".
In 1840, the Opium War broke out. After the British aggressors landed at the southern part of the coast of the island, they marched northward, guided by a local inhabitant. When they went by the Fragrant Port Village, a British officer asked about the name of the village. The guide answered: "Hong Kong", in his local dialect. About Hong Kong

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people say that when you have come to Beijing and want to find a certain place, you must, first of all, find the Gate.
If you know you are in the vicinity of a certain Gate and the place you are seeking is close to that Gate, you will not lose your way in any case. Furthermore, if you ask the way in Beijing, the Beijing inhabitants will often tell you that the place is near a certain Gate or you should go to such and such a Gate. Therefore, though gates are rarely seen as a physical entity in Beijing, they will not be “strangers” to you. On the contrary, you will feel that they are quite close and intimate to you.
The city of Beijing in the era of the Ming and Qing dynasties was a “city of cities”, because it was made up of three layers of city wall or, in other words, three concentric city walls. The innermost circle of this city of cities was what is commonly called the “Forbidden City” or “Palace City”. Its wall was 6 li (3,000 meters) in circumference and has four gates, namely the Front Gate, the Gate of Divine Prowess, the Eastern Gate and the Western Gate. The central or second circle was the wall of the imperial city, which was 18 li (9,000 meters) in circumference and also had four gates, namely the Heavenly Peace Gate (Tian An Men), the Earthly Peace Gate, the Eastern Peace Gate and Western Peace Gate. The outmost circle was the capital city wall, which was a two-layer wall. The inner city wall was 46 li (23,000 meters) in circumference and had nine gates. The central gate was most lofty and magnificent and served only for the emperors to enter and leave the capital. The well-known city of Beijing is in reality made up of these layers of brick walls and ponderous iron gates.
Many interesting stories have been told about Beijing. They are inseparably bound up with the city walls, the gates and Tian An Men. For instance, there is a story about the famous army commander General Nian Gengyao of the Qing Dynasty in connection with Tian An Men. One day General Nian returned in triumph with his soldiers from an expedition. He and all the soldiers were received by Emperor Yongzheng at the Tian An Men square. It was very hot, though there was not much sunlight. In order to show his kindness, the emperor ordered the soldiers to take off their hats. His order was ignored. Then General Nian gave the order for him. At one upward stroke of his arm all the soldiers instantly removed their hats. The emperor was greatly alarmed. For this and for some other reasons, which were also connected with General Nian’s relationship with the emperor and with a drama formerly staged in the Palace concerning the right of succession to the throne, which is well-known to people versed in the history of China, General Nian was stripped of his power by the emperor and demoted step by step to the rank of a common soldier and ordered to commit suicide at last.Related articles:


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Chinese beijing opera and dresses

At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics you will certainly have the opportunity of listening to the singing of performers of Beijing opera. Beijing opera is reputed to have the best form of stage presentation among the numerous operas that originated at different places over the vast territory of China. Operas in China do not flaunt luxurious and elaborate scenery on the stage. As a rule, they have a very simple stage setting. Take Beijing opera as an example. The same opera about a story from history can be staged in the same theater consecutively for hundreds of shows with the house filled to capacity every time. Reliance is not put on the stage setting but on fascination of the audience with the stage performance. The charm of Beijing opera is inseparable from the actors and actresses on the stage. If you want to play a radiant leading role on the opera stage you must be truly proficient in the skill of playing the role. Beijing opera fans, who frequent the theaters, often describe the skill of role- playing required of the successful actors and actresses by saying, “One minute of brilliant performance on the stage rests on ten years of hard training under the stage.” Here, in this special column on Beijing Olympics and Chinese culture I would like to introduce to you a few famous artists who have made great contributions to the cause of developing and popularizing Beijing opera in China in modern times. Their names were on everybody’s lips in China decades ago. There is a strange custom in Chinese operas. A female may wear the costume of a gentleman and play the part of a male, and a male may be dressed like a young girl or a lady and play the role of a female. The four performing artists in the photos were all gentlemen, but they played the roles of females in dresses of ancient styles on the stage. They were honored by the audience with the group title of “the four great female character types”. They played on the stage such roles as a heroine in the history of China, a famous princess, the daughter of an illustrious family, a charming girl from a humble family or even a servant girl, with the imitation so skillfully made as to be indistinguishable in the audience’s imagination from the originals, making the audience lost in wonder. But in real life they were men of courage and honor without the least bit of femininity. They were looked up to for their manliness. They taught and brought up many pupils and disciples in their lives. Therefore, some of the performing artists of Beijing opera at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics will most probably be the pupils of their pupils.beijing opera and dresses
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