Ngeengcambu kwinkulungwane ye-17th China, i cheongsam Ingubo entle yomfazi ovuyela ukuhlaziywa namhlanje. Inentamo ephezulu kunye nokusika okuxineneyo, kunye neslits kumacala omabini esketi.
Benomdla wokuthandwa kwayo okwandayo, abantu bayathontelana ukuya kwiivenkile ze-Intanethi nakwiivenkile zaseShanghai ukubona ukuba yintoni enomtsalane kubo. Inyani yile yokuba kukho imeko ekhulayo yoku-odolwa kwi-intanethi ye-qipao apho unokukhetha umbala, intamo, ilaphu kunye nobude.
Uyilo ngalunye lunenkcazo eneenkcukacha, kunye nomzekeliso, owenza ukuba kube lula ukukhetha oyithandayo. Unokufumana ubume obahlukeneyo kunye nobude beqipao, ezinje ngeqipao enemikhono emifutshane, imikhono emide ukuya emaqatheni, ubude emadolweni okanye nangesiketi esincinci ngobude. .
Ixabiso lamaxabiso e-qipao asemgangathweni asusela kwi-5.500 yuan ($ 806) ukuya kwi-12.000 yuan ($ 1.758). Zininzi iivenkile ezithengisa iimpahla kunye neevenkile ezinxibe impahla kwiChangle Road yaseShanghai, umzekelo, egxile kuyilo lweqipao. Ungathenga i-qipao ekulungeleyo ukunxitywa ngqo kwivenkile.
Imbali yale ngubo ihlaziyiweyo ibuyela emva xa iManchus yalawula i-China ngexesha le-Qing Dynasty, apho kwavela khona iqela elithile loluntu. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho iibhanile (qi), ubukhulu becala isiManchu, nesithi njengeqela sibizwe ngokuba yiQí.
Abafazi baseManchu banxiba ilokhwe enye eyathi yaziwa ngokuba yiqipao. Ngaphantsi kwemithetho yedynastic emva kowe-1636, onke amaHan Chinese anyanzelwa ukuba anxibe ilokhwe yomsila kwaye eManchuria iipaipao yanikezela ngempahla yemveli yaseTshayina phantsi kwentlungu yokufa.
Nangona kunjalo emva kwe-1644, abakwaManchus bawulahla lo mthetho, bevumela uninzi lwabantu ukuba luqhubeke nokunxiba uHanfu, kodwa ngokuthe ngcembe de baqala ukunxiba i-qipao kunye ne-changshan.
Kwiminyaka engama-300 elandelayo, i-qipao yaba sisinxibo esamkelweyo samaTshayina, kwaye ekugqibeleni yahlengahlengiswa ukuze ihambelane nezinto ezithandwa ngabantu. Oku yayikukuthandwa kwabo kangangokuba ifom yengubo yasinda kwisidubedube sezopolitiko se-1911 Revolution eyabhukuqa ubukhosi beXinhai Qing.
