In mainland China, during the war to resist Japan, it seems there was not a single schoolgirl or young woman not wearing a blue yindan shilin (a more loose-fitting version of the qipao).
當年全民抗戰，全國女學生、年輕婦女莫不人人一件陰丹士林大褂（寬鬆旗袍），既樸實又端莊。