中山装和旗袍

Chinese Tunic Suit and Cheongsam

中山装和旗袍分别是中国男士和女士的传统正式服装。“中山装” 是中国民主革命的开拓者孙中山先生综合了西式服装与中式服装的特点设计出来的。它的直翻领代表孙中山严谨的治国理念，四个口袋代表中国四种传统的道德思想，即礼，义，廉，耻。旗袍，被当代国际服装界誉为 “东方女装的代表”，旗袍的造型与妇女的体态相适合，线条简单，优美大方。在电影，电视，时装展中经常会看到，现在女人穿旗袍已经成了一种时尚。

The Chinese tunic suit and cheongsam are respectively the traditional formal attire of Chinese men and woman. The former was designed by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, a leading Chinese democratic revolutionary, by combining the characteristics of both Western and Chinese clothing styles. Its Prussian collar stands for Mr. Sun’s rigorous theory of governing a country, and the four pockets represent four traditional Chinese moral virtues, namely propriety, justice, honesty, and a sense of shame. In modern international fashion circles, cheongsams are regarded as “the representative of Oriental women’s dresses”. The design of a cheongsam, with its simple and elegant curves, goes well with a woman’s figure. Cheongsams are frequently seen in movies, TV programmes and fashion shows. Today, wearing cheongsams has become a fashion.