The summer in Shanghai more than half a century ago turned out to be so strikingly similar to all that we are fascinated with today. You may take the delicate and flamboyant big-flower transparent cheongsam and the black hollow-out flower cheongsam as the new model of some famous brands from the Europe this summer. However, be it the bellyband, hollow-out flower leather shoes, ice cream or summer-night parties and other metropolitan fashion and amusement we are proud of, they all have had been prevailing like a remote dream in old Shanghai.
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http://traditions.cultural-china.com/en/14Traditions4975.html
