English: The clothing of Han women during the 19th century. Under the Qing government, only bannermen and Han Chinese officials were required to wear banner (Manchu) garments, but Han civilian men tended to adopt Manchu clothes voluntarily towards the end of the dynasty, while Han women kept wearing Han clothes. As a result, Han women's clothing during the Qing dynasty changed from its look prior to the Ethnic Han Ming dynasty. The top ao was changed into a variation of the Manchu qizhuang, while the mamianqun skirt, which inherited the Ming style of clothing, was also influenced by Qing-style patterns. Women wore this exotic mix of clothing until the ROC period (1912-1949), where the newly invented cheongsam came to popularity in Shangai. Among Han men, Daoist priests and theatre actors continued wearing regular Ming Hanfu throughout the Qing to the ROC period.