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主题语境:跨文化交际
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原文出处:Global Times
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中国留学生刘静和朋友们经过了历时三个月的准备,参加了一场于周四在巴黎开幕的服装展览,推广中国传统服饰,弘扬中国文化。
Chinese Students Promote Hanfu in Paris
中国服饰惊艳巴黎
It was a big day for Liu Jing, an overseas Chinese student in Paris. She had been working with her friends for three months on an exhibition, which opened on Thursday, in order to promote Hanfu— traditional Chinese clothing, as their latest efforts to raise the world’s public awareness of Chinese culture.
Liu, a computer-science major in France who has been dedicated to promoting Chinese culture and a lover of Hanfu, has established the Mugua Organization, a nongovernmental① traditional Chinese cultural organization in France.
“I established the organization to unite more people and promote Chinese culture together, and they are Chinese moms, locals who are in love with traditional Chinese culture, and overseas students as well,” she noted.
The four most representative women’s clothes from different dynasties of China are on display in the most conspicuous position, which attracted visitors’ attention from almost all corners of the house. Liu and her team came up with the idea deciding to choose the most representative clothes including qixiong ruqun, a typical chest-high Chinese skirt in Tang Dynasty (618-907) , the wedding dress in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) , a popular long outer coat with loose and long sleeves in Song Dynasty (960-1279) , and a modern style mamianqun②.
In mid 2022, the French brand Dior introduced its new collection by using China’s traditional mamianqun element without acknowledging it. The French brand was criticized due to the incident. The controversy spread not only on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, but also among Chinese nationals around the world, where a series of activities erupted among people to speak up and defend Chinese culture.
“The negative impact of the Dior incident has obviously stressed the importance of recognizing Chin