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Maybe I like the classical charm in my bones. A few words in Tang poetry and Song poetry outline the artistic conception that can only be understood but not expressed. Just like cheongsam, it is subtle, restrained, classical and literary, which can best set off the beauty of oriental women and is wonderful. I always think that women wearing cheongsam are related to Jiangnan. Perhaps the women in Jiangnan are small, delicate and gentle, and the misty rain in Jiangnan is like a dream. This dream of crossing the dimensional gate is elegant, which is too suitable for the temperament of cheongsam.

Dai Wangshu's Rain Lane is a girl with sorrow and resentment. Like cloves, it always looms in my mind and lingers. From the long and silent rain alley, she walked in the high and narrow alley with an oil-paper umbrella, and her back was hazy. There is a mysterious light of Jesus in the depths of the alley, and she walks all the way to the depths of the light. I think it should be a mysterious and charming woman, with an indescribable charm in her bones, with a melancholy and old-time flavor. This lilac girl must be wearing a delicate cheongsam, in order to interpret the poet's confused and melancholy feelings in a rain.

An era has its own dress characteristics. Cheongsam is the favorite of women in the Republic of China, urban petty bourgeoisie. There used to be women wearing cheongsam in the town. They are gentle and gentle, and have rich connotations and connotations of that era. I smiled and walked through the early morning bluestone tablets in the town, the winding street corner behind the county seat, Gu Xiang in Si Qian in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the prosperity and loneliness of the town. My friend's mother used to be a young lady from a big family in Pujiang. He told me that her mother followed her husband to a small town deep in the mountains in cheongsam and high heels, and never went back to say goodbye to her parents. When I was drinking tea at a friend's house, I occasionally mentioned that his expression was a bit lonely. He frowned in the thick smoke and tea fragrance. He wanted to go to Pujiang several times to find his mother's relatives, but he didn't know where to find them and asked many people. However, the long and short stories of those years are fixed in the old days and will not appear.

I didn't know cheongsam before, and I didn't know that women could still have that kind of charm. When I was a child, I saw that women wore clothes with big breasts, military green and blue gray, then white and pink on the moon, and then floral skirts. I feel that spring is already beautiful and eye-catching. I think it's the woman who wore cheongsam in the movie "A River Flows East" when I was a child. Elegant robe, ear-length short hair, refreshing and neat. After many years, I can't remember which part of the story appeared, but I will never forget the woman wearing cheongsam, the charm that can't be copied, and the slender and feminine image that is drifting away.

In In the Mood for Love directed by Wong Kar-wai, the story and the passage of time are interpreted in a cheongsam. Su Lizhen, played by Maggie Cheung, is dressed in a gorgeous cheongsam, graceful and slim, and strolls in a damp alley. Cheongsam has a different soul in her body, as if it were integrated. In the plot, more than 20 sets of cheongsam were tailored for her: red flowers on blue background, red and blue circles on yellow background, brown ripples, blue plaid, emerald ink and wash, deep rainbow, multicolored, black snake pattern, emerald diamond, daffodil, orange blossom dyed, lotus root starch ripples, Bai Mo ink and wash, blue flowers on white background, yellow and green flowers on blue background, yellow and white flowers on brown background, with different colors and styles. The faint fragrance and slight melancholy are scattered between gestures, and every smile is deeply lonely and yearning, bringing people a visual feast of beautiful cheongsam.

Zhang Ailing once said: For people who can't speak, clothes are a kind of language, and they carry one with them? Jane's plays. Zhang Ailing, who shines on the water, loves cheongsam very much, and she also depicts one cheongsam girl after another. It can be a graceful peony, a fresh and elegant violet, or a quiet alley in the middle of the night, where a dusty woman stands by the door, lights a cigarette between her fingers, and then turns and walks into the deep courtyard. Zhang Ailing once had a black-and-white photo of looking up in a cheongsam. A female classmate of mine who lives in Nanning and loves literature has a similar one. If I don't discuss it in detail, I will think it is Zhang Ailing, and there are some similarities.

Ruan can best embody the charm of cheongsam. The black-and-white photos she left wearing all kinds of cheongsam, coupled with those eyes that seem to have a thousand words, but want to say goodbye, have a unique temperament of cutting shoulders, bending over and being feminine. Cheongsam really has the tension of life on her. A smile will last forever, and a cry will last forever, which is completely in line with that era. The beauty of cheongsam lies in its charm. A woman's femininity, whether enchanting or elegant, sexy or charming, is gentle and graceful. High-necked and ancient hand buttons wrap a woman's body tightly, but the outline is concave and convex. The high split on both sides makes the charming spring sway, showing the ultimate femininity, charm and exquisiteness. Perhaps the ultimate sexy is never naked, but like the first one loaded with shyness and timidity, which makes people have endless imagination in the looming.

After the popularity of square dance, I don't know when it started, and a nostalgic cheongsam style also quietly rose. A group of aunts in the town fell in love with cheongsam and formed a cheongsam show team. They rehearse, take to the stage and equip themselves with various props, such as umbrellas, round fans and embroidered shoes. They also drew lessons from the attack on cheongsam in that movie, trying to outline the poetic outline of the body, delicate as a flower and weak as a willow. I took pictures of them several times. The jungles in Liangjiashan, the ancient villages in Huang Shang, the streams in Xixi, and the depths of ten miles of lotus always feel unsatisfactory. This reminds me of the embarrassment of Ping Cui wearing cheongsam and high heels for the first time when he first came to Tianjin to collaborate with Yu Zecheng in "Latency". Shan Ye's temperament can't control the style of cheongsam. Cheongsam needs a quiet face and a slender and beautiful figure. Without smooth lines and inner temperament, there will be no beautiful charm.

Their cheongsam is bought on Taobao, with uniform color and style and uniform size in batches. In fact, the real cheongsam should be made with heart. I think it is a perfect match for a young woman who has just matured. Beauty is to be just right, and the concept should be delicate and coordinated. Only when you are not fat or thin and completely conform to the body curve can you show the unique charm of cheongsam. Cheongsam should be accompanied by the guzheng flowing in the mountains, the light and low-turning round fan, the ancient costume line book overflowing with ink, and the gurgling bamboo stream. But they don't seem to pay attention to these tastes. They treat cheongsam like a square dance, and the eyes of others will not hinder their enthusiasm. They boldly walk in the street, take photos by the river, perform on the tea mountain, dance in the square, record short videos and do Tik Tok, which is a great pleasure. Maybe every woman has a cheongsam dream in her heart, regardless of whether her figure and appearance are suitable or not. Maybe they really like and fall in love with cheongsam, and they fall in love with the restrained and quiet cheongsam, but they just don't understand the connotation and charm of cheongsam.

They study hard, and now they have some charm. As a landscape in the mountains, the Cheongsam Show wandered around Xixi and Nanmen Wharf, ancient streets and the waterside in the mountains, adding a beautiful scenery to the town. From a distance, the elegance at that time has moved from classical to modern, just like the lotus in full bloom in early summer. Late at night, watching the video pictures made for them, they strolled among the green mountains and green waters of the town, still having a beautiful artistic conception. I attached some words to their videos, for the beautiful scenery, the peach blossom garden on earth, and for them who love life:

Meet you, Jiangnan Fenghe

Wearing clothes and feathers, decorated with flowers and jade.

The gourd treasure land left by Jiangnan

I wear plain cheongsam.

Hazy waves have been flocking to Danyue Village Market.

The round shoulder is Dongxi Xixi.

The summit tower of the dusty gourd mouth

The bells on the eaves tinkled in Sanskrit.

I walked into this beautiful basin.

In the distance, smoke from kitchen chimneys curled up and wild vines hedged.

The charm of Phoenix buckle is everywhere in the square.

Xiangyun yarn falls on the willow bank.

The autumn wind blows through the reed stream.

The flute is golden and the apricot leaves are peaceful.

I remember Dai Wangshu's Rain Lane.

Walking alone on the bluestone slab after the city is prosperous.

The girl with cloves is holding an oiled paper umbrella.

Go up the river until it clears up.

Meet the dancing Wuxi River.

Lotus is light-footed, and its tassel is Ying Ying.

Dispel the elegant and peaceful atmosphere of opening a small town

Light and elegant temperament, spreading ink and wash.

Pink and white lotus flowers render characters.

The ancient city wall is set against moss.

Flowers shine on the water, and spring blossoms move a city.

Tea-picking girl with musical rhythm

There is tea green outside the bamboo pole.

A piece of Jiangnan spring, the wind carries the earth.

Through the Chen Gong Gate under the blue sky.

I'll wait for you at the south gate pier.

In the reflection of Daishan Mountain in Tongji Bridge

Sing another rain bell, and there will be no more silent sobs.

Stop at the old street in Si Qian and look back.

Xuanping scenery rolls cuffs and skirts.

Walk slowly through dusk and dawn.

Willow beside Xuanping River flowing for thousands of years.

When you think of apricot, you think of lotus.

Like a crescent moon, it can't bear the ancient town of Fanghua.

The dim light searched the town carefully.

In this cheongsam show, I turned the increasingly beautiful posture of this ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River after the construction of the new city into a modern cheongsam woman in my heart without losing the traditional classical beauty. May the years be quiet, the cheongsam be beautiful and the mountains and rivers remain the same.

About the author: Han Jianfeng, who likes photography and writing, is a member of Zhejiang Photographers Association.