Meet Lyn who is from China and now lives in Vancovuer, she loves the qipao (chipao) I met Lyn trying on qipao in OCHI in Chinatown, somehow struck up a conversation and we had some tea together in a tea shop and then decide to take some atmostpheric portraits in Vancouver’s Chinatown
I think quipao I love it because has a very interesting 1920 1930s love the history love the culture divirese really at that time Shangahi cosmoplitan at that time films which mood in the love tv show Chinese that Wang Kar wai The story of a Noble family tv 8 years tv show 10 watching the show love all the background 20s 30s different clothers western suits wear dress flapper dresses in modern chineses similar tstyle of clothers wear clothes Quing Dynsaty of China ends in 1911 durnign stepped the ended the last empereor ended we start to have a begiinng acdep western culture daily dresses code own dressed code Tradional clothes totally wester orignala from the dress Quing Dynasty looser start to make western culture in the middle in the middle not1st step Chinese voice women have voice against paitracharcy before that china culture should not show body curve conservative super nolstaliga person what happens in the past is better family effect my mum is in jail living illusion fantasty mathematic make safe future past present enjoy the present now in china one voice China had many learned from Russians, trying to look for a way stick to tradtion chaos exciting all kind of voices and thoughts that period Chinese were free mentally golden era for scholars and academics shanghai treated so well many scholars so well Grand Pa is scholar of language speaks
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These images are part of Chinatown R-Evolution a photographic project on Vancouver’s Chinatown – This project received assistance from: Vancouver Foundation DTES Small Arts Grant & Historical Chinatown Tours
– Tallulah
