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Changshan
Pronunciation: CHAHNG-shahn
Origin: Mandarin, long shirt worn by Chinese-Filipino grooms, adapted from Qing-dynasty male attire
A long, side-slit shirt worn by Chinese-Filipino grooms at the tea ceremony or reception.
A changshan is the long, straight-cut shirt worn by Chinese men in formal contexts. Tsinoy grooms wear it for the tea ceremony or as a reception change.
In the Philippines it is sometimes paired with a barong Tagalog earlier in the day and changed for the lauriat. Embroidery is often subtler than the bride's qipao but matched in palette.
The garment is also called cheongsam in Cantonese (the same word that means qipao for women), which can be confusing. In Filipino-Chinese contexts the male version is more often called changshan or specifically grouped with the bride's outfit as "Chinese formal wear."