Chinese Cheongsams / Costumes of Ethnic Minority Groups in China

Description

Chinese Culture: Chinese Cheongsams / Costumes of Ethnic Minority Groups in China / Chinese Imperial Costume

中国文化系列：旗袍 / 少数民族服饰 / 宫廷服饰

Order No. D3003

ISBN: 7885184420

EAN: 6937475383199

Picture Format: NTSC (good for North American users)

Length: 89 min.

Number of Disc: 1

Language: Chinese with English and Simplified Chinese subtitles

Publisher: Guangzhou Audio & Video Publication

Pub Year: 2007

Price: $14.95

This DVD contains three documentaries. The first one demonstrates the costumes of 13 representative minority nationalities, focusing their color, pattern, design and the materials used, which provides you a mosaic colorful dress world.

The second documentary diachronically records the development of court dresses in ancient China, focusing on its particular design, color and the influence it has on modern dress design.

In the third documentary, Chinese Cheongsams popular in 1920s to 1940s will be revealed to the audiences one by one. The workmanship of polished Chinese Cheongsams, tens of different kinds of Chinese Cheongsams worn by people in different times and the natural humanity demonstrated by Chinese Cheongsams will fully displayed to you in a limited time of 30 minutes.

Instruction: The following introduction is in Chinese. If your computer doesn’t show Chinese characters, please right click your mouse, select Encoding and then select Chinese Simplified to read in Chinese.

一部人类服饰史，从某种意义上说，也是一部感性化了的人类文化发展史，在中国，这部感性的人类发展史是由56个民族共同完成的。本片选取了十三个富有代表性的中国少数民族服饰，通过介绍这些民族的服饰特点来展现中国多彩的服饰文化

本片以时间为线索，详细的记录了中国两千多年来宫廷服饰的演变过程，着重介绍了宫廷服饰中有特殊含义的图案和颜色以及古代宫廷服饰对现代服装设计的影响。

片中以当时的时装流行中心——上海为主线，把中国20世纪的20年代、40年代到今天的各式旗袍逐一介绍给观众。片中关于旗袍精良的制作工艺过程、几十款不同时期的旗袍的万千风情、自然人文的表露。让您在30分钟里充分领略中国旗袍的风采。

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