The process sees forces at play : the cheongsam and chinese identity , a dichotomous east west perception of cheongsam , cheongsams global circulation , its materiality , the tailors and wearers motivations and decisions on its production , all open up other possibilities of encounter , other practices of signification 展览中可看到长衫在种种角力下的变化：长衫和中国身份、东、西方对长衫的看法、长衫的环球之旅、长衫的物质性、裁缝和穿衣者的主张和协商。长衫反映了这些纵横交错的角力和背后的意义。
With the yangtze on its northern fringe , lake taihu in the west , lake yangcheng and lake cheng in the east , the region of suzhou is studded with numerous lakes , while the city proper is crisscrossed by three horizontal and three vertical waterways which run along streets and alleys , forming a double - line chess board 苏州北倚长江，西临太湖，东面阳澄湖澄湖等大大小小的湖泊星罗棋布，大运河自北向南流贯全城，城内三纵三横的官河与纵横交错的小巷组成了棋盘式的水城网络。
She could have understood the meaning of a little stone - cutter s yard at columbia city , carving little pieces of marble for individual use , but when the yards of some huge stone corporation came into view , filled with spur tracks and flat cars , transpierced by docks from the river and traversed overhead by immense trundling cranes of wood and steel , it lost all significance in her little world 她能理解哥伦比亚城那个小采石场的性质，它是把大理石切割成小块出售给私人。但是当她看到巨大的石料公司的采石场，看到里面纵横交错的铁路专线和平板车，穿入石场的河边码头，和头顶上方的木制钢制大吊车，她就莫明其妙了。
