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#Dior plagiarized Mamian skirt

The famous luxury brand Dior’s new summer 2022 skirt culture appropriated the traditional Chinese dress, the Mamian skirt. And claims that this clothing design comes from its iconic silhouette style. This sparked a heated debate.
So far, Dior has remained silent. From the beginning, only plagiarized products in China were removed from the shelves, and the reference to Chinese cultural elements was never mentioned in the publicity. Until now, there has been no statement or apology for the relevant incident, and even the official account of Dior was closed on the Chinese social media Weibo. All of the above behaviors reveal a message: Dior, a high-end luxury brand, has no respect for Chinese culture and the Chinese market.

Meme

“Qinghuajing”

“Qinhuai Scenery” is an episode of the war epic movie “The Flowers Of War”. In the movie, the song appears before the sacrifice of the heroines, who wear cheongsam and sing the song. Its poignant beauty left a deep impression on the audience.

It became a meme for the following two reasons: first, the movie tells the story of the Nanjing defense battle in World War II, this song can arouse people’s love of home and national and pay tribute to the people of that era; at the same time, the new Chinese fashion The popularity of the cheongsam caused by the trend has further promoted it to become a meme that is often reinterpreted.

Therefore, it has caused widespread remakes in the field of short videos.

Cutural heritage

Nanjing Baiju

Nanjing Baiju is an ancient type of tune in Nanjing. The “Nanjing tune” in the Yuanqu tune is the original tune of Baiju. It has a history of more than 700 years. It was formed in the Yunjin loom room at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The development and change of Nanjing’s brocade industry has risen and fallen. It is a rap art with strong local characteristics. It speaks the most authentic old Nanjing dialect in the south of the city, and sings Ming and Qing folk songs and Jiangnan folk songs. The tunes played and sung are also known as “hundred tunes” because of their many types of tunes and colorful singing styles.

Baiju belongs to the art of rap and singing. Most of Baiju’s tunes come from Ming and Qing folk songs and Jiangnan folk tunes, which are full of Jiangnan characteristics; Baiju’s accompaniment mostly uses Jiangnan silk and bamboo instruments, such as erhu, pipa, sanxian, bamboo flute, etc. The special percussion props such as plate drums, plates and wine cups are very lively and interesting to perform.

Just as the “Qinhuai Scenery” just now also comes from this art form.

Short video

Storyboard

Act 1: Modern outfit, ready to sing

Act 2: Switch to traditional dress and start singing

Act 3: Dancing the Fan

Act 4: Details of the singing