On the morning of December 2, the launching ceremony of "Oriental Beauty and Power: The First Cheongsam Festival of the Shuaifu" was held at the Memorial Hall of the Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion, officially opening the two-day cheongsam festival activities.
Cheongsam is the traditional costume of the Chinese nation, broadly speaking, the cheongsam has experienced the development of the Qing Dynasty's cheongsam, the new cheongsam of the ** period and the contemporary fashion cheongsam, of which the new cheongsam of the ** period is the most typical and the most important. In a narrow sense, the cheongsam is the cheongsam, and it also includes the cheongsam that basically maintains the characteristics of the cheongsam in the future.
At the launching ceremony of the cheongsam festival, the Shuaifu selected a number of exquisite cheongsams with regional characteristics of Guangzhou for display, and appreciated the beauty of the material, design and decoration of the cheongsam with the audience. This cheongsam exhibition will also be toured in 18 streets in Guangzhou, integrating into the urban space, excavating characteristic culture, and telling the story of cheongsam.
In addition, the Shuaifu invited professional art masters to paint cheongsams on the spot, arranged cheongsam costume catwalks, and displayed Xiangyun gauze cheongsam, Tianlu theme cheongsam, Oriental cheongsam, etc., bringing a visual feast to the audience. Among them, the most distinctive and representative of the Lingnan style is undoubtedly the Xiangyun yarn cheongsam, which is a traditional silk fabric in Guangdong, also known as "black rubber silk", which is woven into grey silk with an ordinary silk loom and then dyed with potato juice.
After the launching ceremony, Shuaifu launched the "Cheongsam Painting Handicraft Interactive Class", inviting 60 groups of families to participate, under the guidance of artist Han Jiangang and the assistance of parents, children painted on children's cheongsams to create their own unique works. By designing and drawing patterns by yourself, you can decorate the cheongsam and further feel the charm of the cheongsam as a traditional Chinese costume.
At the same time, on December 2, the Memorial Hall of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion, together with the Women's Federation of Haizhu District of Guangzhou City and the Guangdong Cheongsam Culture Promotion Association, jointly launched the first phase of the "Oriental Beauty and Power Shuaifu Cheongsam Tea Party - Women's Theme Salon".
In addition, on the morning of December 3, the Shuaifu arranged a "Cheongsam Beauty and Display Lecture", which focused on the development process of cheongsam, the etiquette of sitting and walking in cheongsam, and cheongsam photography. On the afternoon of the 3rd, the Shuaifu organized a cheongsam buckle making activity.
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Xiaolei