#yizhuang

[yebreed]

A miniature group representing the Ming dynasty royal guard of honour.

Figurines surround the sedan chair in the center. Besides the guards, the escort includes officials, male and female servants, and a tiny philharmonic orchestra.

Unearthed from the tomb of King Yizhuang (益莊王) (1498-1556) in Nancheng, Jiangxi. Now in Jiangxi Museum (江西省場館).

[mxtxfanatic]

MDZS Spooky Edition: Flora

Ghost story #3 (we'll go with this count for now):

Wei Wuxian said, “Those women told me that ever since ancient times, six or seven out of every ten people living in the city have had short lives—either their lifespan was short to begin with, or they were violently murdered. There were always a lot of yizhuang in the city to house the bodies. On top of that, the city’s known for building coffins and crafting paper money and other burial items. Whether an artisan of the city built coffins or crafted paper goods, the craftsmanship was always exquisite—that’s how the city got its name.” ... “The women said the people in the hamlet very rarely go to Yi City, and Yi City’s residents rarely leave except to deliver goods,” Wei Wuxian said. “In the past few years, they haven’t seen so much as a shadow emerge from the place. The road’s already been abandoned for a long time. No wonder it’s so hard to walk along.”

—Chapt. 33: Flora I, fanyiyi

[deathbyoctopi]

Consider the logic in CQL...

Song Lan arrives at Yi City (ok), a-Qing brings him to the yizhuang (good) and he sees Xue Yang enter before him and trick Xiao Xingchen to go to market with the stick game.

Song Lan looks appropriately mad, clenched fists, single tear down his eye, the whole set. That is his enemy and not only is he cozy with Xiao Xingchen and mocking his blindness, but Xiao Xingchen is actually laughing at his stupid jokes? Yeah, I'd be angry too.

BUT!!!

But now look at Song Lan's face when he sees Xue Yang exit the yizhuang!

Eyes of realization!!! Of deep, deep surprise and betrayed feelings! THIS seems to be, in cql, the exact moment when Song Lan truly realizes just WHO was talking, joking, living, fucking with Xiao Xingchen all this time!

And upon rewatching, yeah... Xue Yang has his face turned away when he enters (you might argue Song Lan doesn't recognize his body, hair, mannerisms, and half-turned profile from afar). The yizhuang gate is narrow (you might argue that the angle is off to see Xue Yang and Xiao Xingchen sitting inside). And if Xue Yang's voice can fool Xiao Xingchen, it ought to fool Song Lan for the duration of that conversation, too.

SO!

So the anger we saw in Song Lan before... When he saw a-Qing's so-called "bad man" going in the yizhuang... whom he has not recognized yet as Xue Yang.... The anger he feels, clenched fist and tear and all, is NOT directed at Xue Yang at all!!! But to a nameless, faceless guy who happens to be living with Xiao Xingchen, who keeps him company, whom Xingchen finds funny and trusts enough to accept with mirth his jokes about his blindness!!!

Did you hear that??? Song Lan is absurdly angry at that point at a domestic, cozy scene between his (old flame? soulmate he rejected in the throes of anger?) friend and some other dude who he probably considers unworthy and dislikes immediately.

Or, what I interpret from that editing alone...

....Song Zichen-daozhang is jealous!!! XD

Jealous of that one guy who took his place and wormed his way into Xiao Xingchen's life, and makes him happy (maybe even in ways SL himself never was capable of!! At least, I don't think he could make XXC laugh so often and so openly like XY can).

And yeah, yeah, we ALL know how thoroughly cql fucked up with some things like the timelines and characterization, so this is being nitpicky to the point of madness for a 12 second sequence, but... I just find it very funny. I came to The Untamed with no idea there was a book and so this is what I had for the story until my third viewing, when I started investigating and found so much more.

Sooo, just like me, there are people who might only come to know the story in that format, and to them I wish the same conclusion I had. Jealous Song Lan is jealous XD

[alchemist-shizun]

A-qing when daozhang finally stabs the little parasite in the yizhuang:

Meme of the day

[10bmnews]

Autonomous humanoid robot soccer debuts in China

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a futuristic showdown that captured global attention, four teams of autonomous humanoid robots competed in China’s first AI-powered soccer tournament.  The event took place in Beijing’s Yizhuang Development Zone as part of the Robo League robot football tournament, marking a significant milestone for real-world artificial intelligence competition in…

[12sknnews]

China hosts first AI-powered soccer tournament with autonomous robots

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a futuristic showdown that captured global attention, four teams of autonomous humanoid robots competed in China’s first AI-powered soccer tournament.  The event took place in Beijing’s Yizhuang Development Zone as part of the Robo League robot football tournament, marking a significant milestone for real-world artificial intelligence competition in…

[buzznovahub]

Humanoid robots compete in 3-on-3 soccer game

Soccer is getting a high-tech upgrade in Beijing this weekend, and the players aren’t just fast — they’re fully robotic. The RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League will host its final match in the city’s Yizhuang Development Zone on Saturday, where teams of humanoid robots will go head-to-head in a 3-on-3 soccer game in which the players are completely controlled by artificial intelligence. This…

[thezonestalker]

Robots run in Beijing half marathon.

[pocketmonsta]

Robots race in Chinese half marathon

[wastedehhs]

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time

[ekonomivefinansblog]

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[deathbyoctopi]

Yi City thoughts

Remember when Xiao Xingchen was willing to fix the roof of the yizhuang, but admitted that he actually had no idea how to do that?

Xue Yang, who apparently knows about such things, offers to help despite this being pretty much the following day after he was fished out of the gutter and patched together. How sweet of him.

Well, we know that Xiao Xingchen came down from his mountain with no such skills, then, and it is safe to assume that life as wandering rogue cultivator wouldn't have taught him any house maintenance.

Cue 3 years later...

When Xue Yang finds the door of the yizhuang barred and a-Qing refuses to let him in and dares him to kick it open, he says...

Since Xiao Xingchen might have trouble learning things by observation, I'm inclined to believe that Xue Yang taught him a few basic maintenance housework tricks during these three years they spent playing house together.

I can only say... how sweet! <3

[williamchasterson]

China races robots against humans in Beijing half-marathon

The Yizhuang half-marathon is the first time robots have raced against humans over such a distance. from BBC News https://ift.tt/7FBagco via IFTTT

[10bmnews]

Robots lag behind humans in world's first humanoid half-marathon in China

Humanoid robot “Tiangong” participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. — Reuters In a striking blend of innovation and endurance, more than 20 two-legged robots competed alongside 12,000 human runners in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon, held Saturday in Beijing’s Yizhuang district, according to…