Time: 20:00,07 November

　　　20:00,08 November 

Place: ARTSCAPE Theatre Centre, Cape Town 

ARTSCAPE Theatre Centre, Cape Town 　　

Brief Introduction of Chinese Costumes

Almost on the day when Costumes appeared, people had integrated into Costumes their social status, customs, aesthetic interests and all kinds of cultural notions. The appearances of Costumes are the most direct and realistic reflection of styles and features of social history. Form this sense, the history of Costumes is also a vivid civilization development history.

In China, a multiple-nationality country composed of 56 nationalities, with the integration between nationalities, the style of clothing and dressing customs keeps evolving. In the history, not only the Costumes of different dynasties have obvious differences, but also in different periods of the same dynasty Costumes had obvious changes; The overall features of the Costumes of Chinese Minorities are as follows: bright and jubilant in color, exquisite and fine in craft, paying much attention to detail adornment, the styles and patterns of different minorities differing sharply from each other, different existing environment, production and life style, customs, and aesthetic interests reflected in their clothing; Chinese folk Costumes ins deeply rooted in the folk life and folk customs, with strong native hues and exuberant vitality. With the acceleration of modernization in China, colorful Costumes and adornment will decorate people's daily life with fresh images and constitute a beautiful scene in the oriental world together with the beautiful landscape.  　

Brief Introduction of New Silk Road

　
New Silk Road Co. Ltd. Is a leading models company in china's fashion industry, which was founded as the first and the largest one of its kind in China. The development history of New Silk Road Co. Ltd. is a part in the development of the New China's fashion industry. Since 1999, it has participated in the international cultural exchanges in France, the United States, Germany, Korea and Russia etc. winning prizes of the government and praise from the international society. While introducing the Chinese culture to foreign countries, it also actively introduces the foreign cultures and model talents into China, building a new “Silk Road” connecting the east and the west cultures.
 

Organtizers

The State Council Informantion Office of the People's Republic of China

Department of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South  Africa

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of South  Africa

Presenters

New Silk Road Models Co.,Ltd

Beijing New Impression Culture Development Co.,Ltd