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CHEONGSAM (QIPAO) Ever heard anything of cheongsam? Maybe you have been greatly bewitched by it when watching the movie In The Mood for Love! And maybe you have already owned an elegant cheongsam in your wardrobe! However, have you ever heard about that the cheongsam has the magic of making a woman” life a legend? Really, it does! When you wear these traditional Chinese clothes, please always remember this Cheongsam, a female dress with distinctive Chinese features, is known to the whole world as a language that expresses the beauty of oriental woman. The beauty of cheongsam is that, made of different materials and to varying lengths, they can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness. Cheongsam is not only a kind of representative traditional costume, but also a special language that only belongs to the Chinese women and a kind of expression and flavor. Another beauty of the cheongsam is that, made of different materials and to varying lengths, they can be worn either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it creates an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness. No wonder it is so much liked by women not only of China but of foreign countries as well。 The cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing popularity in the international world of high fashion. The name cheongsam, meaning simply long dress, entered the English vocabulary from the dialect of Chinas Guangdong Province (Cantonese). In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as qipao, which has a history behind it. When the Manchu ruled China during the Qing Dynasty, certain social strata emerged. Among them were the Banners (qí), mostly Manchu, who as a group were called Banner People. Manchu women typically wore a one-piece dress that retrospectively came to be known as the qípáo (or banner gown). The generic term for both