#Chenghua Emperor

[moononmyfloor]

Hi Producer (正好遇见你) Infodump

Disclaimer: I have no idea about the accuracy of the information shared in the drama, I'm merely transcribing for future reference purposes. Proceed with caution!

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Ep 10: Porcelain

Protoporcelain has existed in China since Shang dynasty. With the economic and cultural development of the powerful Tang Dynasty the influence of Chinese porcelain spread abroad, an important contribution to the world civilization.

Archaism in ceramics was popular in Song dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing dynasties. Nowadays many believe archaism is to imitate antique ceramics, whereas there's so much more into it such as reflecting the culture and characteristics of different periods and times, demanding the artists' thoughts and innovation all the more.

Jun and Ru ware were considered to be as similar as twins and weren't differentiated much by the people of the industry.

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Glazing the Porcelain

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Ep 11: Cont.

Chenghua Chicken Cup

A much-beloved design among all classes of people even in the present-day China compared to the other, "classier" porcelain styles, there are many stories about the origin of this cup.

Hi Producer picked the most sensational one, which is about how Emperor Chenghua appointed his beloved nanny who was 17 yrs older than him and was the only companion to him when he was deposed as a child, as his Consort once he was reinstated~ to protect her, keep her close etc.

And they had a child (out of love, or to secure her position, idk) but he died prematurely, and over years everyone started accusing her of witchcraft and killing other concubines' children (which is highly debated by historians). This entire thing obviously made the couple very distressed. Looking through porcelain pattern cataloges, Emperor Chenghua liked the chicken one most because of its simplicity and how it depicted a chicken mom and a chicken baby, which reminded him of their relationship. He had one made and sent to his beloved mother figure/consort.

(I always wanted one of these cups because they are SO CUTE but now I want even more lol)

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[k-star-holic]

Brain-fficial' yeong-suk, 'Confucian boy' Upper Iron to the back of the head? 'Choices time' yeong-suk passing Upper Iron

[chinesehanfu]

【历史文物参考】  

Chinese Ming Dynasty Painting(1485 CE)：【明宪宗元宵行乐图/Ming Emperor Xianzong Enjoying the Lantern Festival (part)】showing court lady in the ming dynasty

※ Women with gold patterns in Hanfu (top) had titles/rank in the court of the Ming Dynasty, and they may be imperial concubines, princesses, etc.

[Hanfu · 汉服]Chinese Ming Dynasty Chenghua era(1465-1487 AD) Traditional Clothing Hanfu & Hairstyle

【About horsehair skirt (马尾裙) petticoat】

A horsehair petticoat (马尾裙) is a petticoat that is worn under the skirt to give it a puffy appearance. This kind of petticoat came from Korea Joseon at that time.

❗ However, it would be wrong to say that the entire outfit above is Korean origin as someone claim.

In Ming Dynasty record "寓圃杂记/Yu Pu Notes" By Wang Kai王锜 emphasizes that this style of clothing  (马尾裙horsehair petticoat) is a kind of ominously strange clothing , which is what the ancients called "服妖(A derogatory term that describes people wearing weird clothing is bad symbol)". It is only popular among rich and uneducated people, and will let decent people look down on, the original words are " 然系此者惟粗俗官员、暴富子弟而已，士夫甚鄙之，近服妖也 "

Horsehair petticoats are popular in Beijing. Demand was low at first, and local production was impossible and unnecessary. They are all imported from Korea Joseon. When it becomes popular, even men like to wear horsehair petticoats under their robes, and the demand and market will naturally increase, so localized production began. But the number of horses is limited, and the most important raw material, horse hair, is not easy to obtain.

So some people went to the army camp to steal the horse hair of the army horse, which made the army horse look thin and bad.

❗In the Early Emperor Hongzhi era,the officials reported these incident to the Emperor Hongzhi(1470-1505)of the Ming Dynasty said”京中士人好著马尾衬裙，因此官马被人偷拔鬃尾，有误军国大计。乞要禁革”Saying that such behavior is not good for the country and suggest to ban horsehair petticoat. So Emperor Hongzhi make an order to banned people wearing Horsehair petticoats

Since then, this horsehair petticoat gradually disappeared from China history 

❗ It is worth mentioning that even in the period when horsehair petticoats were popular, not everyone wore horsehair petticoats, as shown in the book "释氏源流应化事迹" in the Chenghua era of Ming Dynasty (AD 1465-1487): ( Women that not wear horsehair petticoats)

After Emperor Hongzhi banned the wearing of horsehair petticoats (back to the silhouette of Hanfu in the Ming Dynasty), as shown below

Murals in the tomb chamber of Zhengde period (1506-1521) - Jiajing period (1522-1566):： 

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[incorrect-web-novels]

Webnovel Carrd Links [Part 1]

I usually use Novel Updates, but Carrds are great to support the author, find translations not on NU, find Content Warnings, and learn more about the story / other adaptations. If there's a novel not here, it can be helpful to search the name of the novel + "carrd" or "novel updates"

Library Carrds / Carrds with Multiple Novels

Completed Baihe Carrd (click the sunglasses)

Baihe Novels Carrd 

Baihe Support 

Novel Carrd Library (Danmei & Baihe)

Aelia’s Library (Modern & Historical Danmei)

Unlimited Flow Danmei Carrd 

Danmei Recommendations List

Underrated Danmei 

Modern Danmei 

Twitter Thread with Danmei Carrds 

Author Carrds

(These authors have more works - I just listed the most popular ones/the ones I knew)

Cang Wu Bin Bai - author of Golden Stage and Fight the Landlord, Fall in Love

Cyan Wings - author of Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know, High Energy QR Code, They All Say I’ve Met a Ghost, etc.

Feitian Yexiang - author of Dinghai Fusheng Records & To Rule in a Turbulent World

Huai Shang - author of the Sword Named No Way Out

Jiang Zi Bei - author of PUBG: Online Romance of the Century, I Can Do It, and I’ve Liked Your Boyfriend for a Long Time

Liu Bing Jie - author of The Wife is First, Peach, and The White Cat’s Divine Scratching Post

Man Man He Qi Duo - author of Those Years In Quest of Honour Mine 

Meatbun Doesn’t Eat Meat - author of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

Meng Xi Shi - author of Estranged, Peerless, Thousand Autumns, The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua, etc.

Mo Chen Huan - author of The Earth is Online and the Villain Has Something to Say

Mu Su Li - author of Panguan and Copper Coins

MXTX / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - author of MDZS, TGCF, and SVSSS

Please Don’t Laugh novels - author of FGEP, Ruzhui, and JQWS

Priest - author of Guardian, LHJC, Can Ci Pin, Mo Du, Gumen, Liu Yao, etc.

Shui Qian Cheng - author of Wu Chang Jie 

Tang Jiuqing / t97 - author of Qiang Jin Jiu & Nan Chan

Wu Zhe - author of Unbridled, Sa Ye, Antidote, etc. 

Zhichu - author of Fanservice Paradox

Danmei / BL

2ha / the Husky and His White Cat Shizun (1, 2)

Bat / Bianfu 

Can Ci Pin

Carven Jade / Zhuo Yu 

Cold Sands

Copper Coins 

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Dinghai Fusheng Records

Di Wang Gong Lue / The Emperor’s Strategy 

Don’t You Like Me? 

Encountering a Snake 

Everyone Thinks That I Like Him

Fake Slackers

Fanservice Paradox 

Fight the Landlord, Fall in Love

Fox Demon Cultivation Manual / FDCM 

Global University Entrance Examination / QQGK / Global Examination 

Golden Stage 

Green Plum Island 

Guardian 

Guomen 

How to Survive as a Villain 

Jun You Ji Fou / How is the Gentleman Feeling? 

Lie Huo Jiao Chou / LHJC 

Little Mushroom 

Liu Yao (press the 3 circles) 

MDZS / the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (1, 2, 3)

Mist (CW: glitch effect, flashing lights)

Mistakenly Saving the Villain / MISVIL

Mo Du / Silent Reading 

My Junior Still Hasn’t Killed Me

Nan Chan 

[Part 2]

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

Royal Deaths 9th September.

1000 - Olaf Tryggvason, King Olaf I of Norway.

1087 - King William I of England (The Conqueror).

1398 - King James I of Cyprus.

1438 - Edward, King of Portugal.

1487 - Chenghua, Emperor of China.

1488 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany

1513 - James IV of Scotland.

1596 - Anna Jagiellon, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania.

1730 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, illegitimate son of King Charles II of United Kingdom.

1813 - George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont in Rhoden, Kingdom of Prussia.

1870 - Baroness Louise Lehzen, governess and companion to Queen Victoria.

[staydandy]

Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (2020) - 成化十四年 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Set during the 14th year of Chenghua Emperor's reign, Tang Fan, a sixth rank official and Sui Zhou, an embroidered uniform guard, join hands to crush a conspiracy to maintain peace and order for the people. (MDL) AKA : The Story of Ming Dynasty | The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

Whumpee : Tang Fan played by Darren Chen (center)

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Mystery, Crime, Bromance, Censored Adaption, BL / Boys Love

Notes : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • Adapted from a novel of the same name by Meng Xi Shi • The novel was originally a BL novel. However, the main theme revolves around the crime solving and not the romance. The published version features the bromance between the characters. (I actually just learned this, I didn't know when I first watched - but it makes sense now)

Episodes on List : 3 Total Episodes : 48

*Spoilers below*

26 : Tang Fan purposefully poisons himself so as to help find an antidote for a friend

29 : … continued from previous ep. ...

44 : Sliced on his back with a sword

More Whump Lists for this show: whumpily-ever-after ghostly-whump

[peihoeming]

Okay now i’m curious, what is the sleuth of ming dynasty??

The drama based on danmei novel The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua (same author of Thousand Autumns and Peerless)

It's the story of Tang Fan, a sixth-rank judge, raising up through the ranks and solving mysteries/crimes and getting involved in the palace's schemes.

The tag joke is because, as per the novel's summary, "The Emperor was mediocre, and feckless. Eunuchs deceived those above them and kept those below them in the dark"

Basically eunuchs are running the show that include Wang Zhi, director of the west depot (also close to the emperor and the consort), and Shang Ming, director of the eastern depot.

[I am speaking only for the drama, the novel wasn't fully translated when I started it so I watched the drama first]

[lansplaining]

I saw in the tags on the reading post you were finishing up Imperial Uncle and that you liked it. I was just considering reading it and wondered if you might elaborate on your thoughts!

absolutely!

it's only one volume, which is a nice change of pace, literally-- plot events actually, like. happen. i finished it in two days of not-frantic reading! also, despite being an imperial drama, it means there's actually a relatively contained cast of characters.

it's first person narration, which I don't generally like much, but I do think it works in this case because the plot is essentially "area man misunderstands his relationships to everyone he knows," so it helps to only have the protagonist's POV.

the writing style doesn't really have the liveliness of MXTX or Meatbun, and the romance is extremely staid. he kisses the red herring love interest more than he does the actual one, and they spend most of their time talking around each other while the protagonist doesn't realize they're flirting. it reminds me of fourteenth year of chenghua in that respect, and some of the style reminds me a bit of priest as well (but less annoying, to me).

protagonist Prince Huai/Jing Weiyi/Chengjun is a bisexual dumbass in his 30s who insists he accidentally turned himself gay because he was only pretending to be a cutsleeve to reassure his mistrustful royal relatives that he was harmless and had no imperial ambitions but then slept with men too much and now he actually likes them :( that's the only reason ok :( self awareness score of 0. beneath an incredibly thin veneer of cynicism is a romantic who just wants to do right by his nephew the emperor, have someone to spend his life with, and to have a sense of purpose. he also sleeps with a LOT of other people, including sex workers, which i know is something that some people dislike.

the two potential love interests are a morally upright courtier who he thinks would naturally never dare associate with someone with his bad reputation, and a dandyish son of one of the older courtiers who has tried to recruit Chengjun into his schemes to topple the emperor, and who is one of his best friends.

there are also a passel of very charming nephews/brothers to the emperor. there are... no women to speak of lol (except his wife at the very beginning, but. yeah. she goes away.)

the sample on peach flower house's website gives a pretty good sense of the writing style, but I will say that while I didn't like the writing style at first or really ever, it definitely grew on me and I got pretty invested in the characters and in wanting to know how the plot would turn out. it's definitely one you want to approach with your shen qingqiu "this narrator is a moron and nothing he says about himself or other people is very accurate" goggles on.

the only content warning that comes to mind besides some violence is fairly extensive depictions of sex work, several of which which clearly acknowledge that the sex workers are slaves and do not want to be doing this.

[spockandawe]

Fourteenth year of chenghua is still EXTREMELY good, and it's good to know that wang zhi is literally their sitcom boyfriend and breaks into their homes and eats their food, but it's kind of fascinating to me that like.... I'm not sure I've read a single book with imperial succession as an climactic plot point where the pacing DIDN'T totally lose me at the end.

(Thousand Autumns might be closest, but 1) that wasn't the climax, and 2) i did still Slump after it happened and had to consciously muster my strength)

Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir, The Disabled Tyrant's Pet Palm Fish, Qi-Ye, it's pretty consistent! Did Golden Stage do an actual succession or just apply that pressure to the emperor? Either way, my attention was clearly slipping. Married Thrice To Salted Fish! I knew that was the plot direction and was excited for it, and it still struggled to hold me. This isn't over, and I don't even know if the plot WILL fully go there, but just as things were soaring-- two year time skip. Yeah, that's more bureaucratically realistic, and there's ALSO a real emperor who stopped ruling at whatever date, but mannnnnnnnnn.

I like the majority of the book a LOT, and I literally just said the thing about admiring meng xi shi weighting stories heavier towards plots, but i could really use a bit more indulgence here 🥲 I do highkey wonder if this show/book comparison will be like the untamed or woh where no, i love the book, maybe better than the show, but the body language and microexpressions are too powerful, they cannot be denied

[web-novel-polls]

Less Popular Danmei Character Tournament - Round 1 Bracket

Side A

Yan Hao vs. Xiao Chiye

Shen Zechuan vs. Wang Zhi

Gu Mang vs. Yan Zhengming

Side B

Wenren È vs. Song Qingshi

Yin Hanjiang vs. Wu Xi

Li Yu vs. An Zhe

Cui Buqu vs. Helian Ye

Exempt from Round 1: Yue Wuhuan

Side A of the Popular and Less Popular Danmei Character Tournaments will take place on the same day (Thursday, June 8, 2023) around noon CST and will remain open for 1 week.

Side B Polls will open on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023, at noon CST and will remain open for 1 week.

Character Information under the cut (subject to change) - CWs: sex mention, death mention, murder mention, slavery, sexual slavery, rape mention, animal mention, animal death mention, pet death/murder

Side A

Yue Wuhuan from Mistakenly Saving the Villain

A villain saved by the MC who is focused on revenge. The story seems to focuses on trauma recovery from his life as a s*x slave and handles mental health pretty well 

Technically a “yandere” character, but the Novel Updates reviews describe his possessiveness and dark thoughts as byproducts of his trauma that he heals from, realizing that he shouldn’t be thinking of the MC that way and growing

“Our ML’s journey embodies a major theme of MSTV, which is about redemption and rebirth. His tragic past shaped him into a cunning, ruthless, manipulative, and obsessive individual. His past and continuing struggle will make your hearts break. It’s a difficult and painful journey of overcoming past trauma, letting go, and subsequently achieving freedom and happiness.” - blackkoi on NU

Yan Hao from Vicious Male Counterpart Isn’t Competing Anymore

Submission: He’s p cute

Yan Hao was jealous of and competed with his younger brother, who seemed to be loved more by their parents. After he dies, however, he realizes he was a villain meant to contrast his kind younger brother and be slapped by the male protagonist. Once he’s reborn, he decides to ignore his brother entirely

“High IQ, low EQ” - Sugaminny on Novel Updates

Honestly, the story sounds super cute and interesting. Yan Hao seems to be a character “hated by everyone” in his past life who can’t figure out how to be loved but does love others a lot, especially in his second life. Skite on NU describes him as autistic and villainized due to his neurodivergency / attempts to be loved and praised (their review words it better, but it sounds super interesting). 

Xiao Chiye from Qiang Jin Jiu

Submission: Also an absolutely insane character but somehow not as deranged as his husband, shen zechuan, although he comes pretty damn close. i just wanna cause problems by putting them in the same poll 

“VERY cocky and arrogant (sexy of him), but also an extremely talented leader and fighter” - QJJ Carrd

Initially kicks Shen Zechuan, the MC, due to SZC’s father’s treason, but starts to fall in love with him (Enemies → Lovers)

Shen Zechuan from Qiang Jin Jiu

Submission: he just serves absolute cunt and is absolutely insane. like we joke about characters being crazy but shen zechuan is the 1st one where ive paused reading and said outloud oh bitch you are absolutely out of your mind. Give it up for ruthless chronically ill schemers with a sense of loyalty so strong it becomes a fatal flaw and who are also at all times 100% devoted to the ppl they care about

The son of the Prince of Jianxing, who betrays the empire out of cowardice, that must survive when his entire family is to be killed for treason. There’s actually a scene at the beginning of him losing his brother in a battle and (I believe) returning to realize his father has run away

Another of the “chronically ill schemers” type and incredibly ruthless when necessary

Refuses to die or despair; he WILL survive and will turn things around - fate can be damned

Wang Zhi from Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

Submission: Wang Zhi is the emperor's eunuch-assassin who spends the entire book and show crashing the main character's brunches. There's a scene where someone gets confused because they can't fathom why Wang Zhi would show up at someone's house if it's not to murder them. In the series he has a tiny gun. 

Gu Mang from Stains of Filth / Yuwu

Submission: He’s my little guy

He’s the tragic ML who betrayed the MC while also being the biggest fucking clown / the comedic relief

He truly believes he’s a fucking wolf at one point. 

Essentially, Gu Mang was a slave in Murong Lian’s household, which led him to meet the MC, Mo Xi, who is a noble of similar standing to the Murong clan. He eventually becomes the General-in-Chief of the Wangba Army (later renamed to the Northern Frontier Army bc it was a funny name) and fights for the Chonghua Empire. However, since the Wangba Army was made of slaves, not a single of his fellow soldiers were given a proper burial, which - along with other reasons - led to Gu Mang defecting to an enemy nation (that also killed Mo Xi’s father and may or may not be cannibals).  

The story begins when said enemy nation trades Gu Mang back to Chonghua as a prisoner of war with parts of his soul gone, causing him to believe he’s a majestic blue wolf. The summary is a tiny bit misleading, albeit not wrong - “they’ve slept together before” is actually more “they slept together multiple times while Mo Xi, at the very least, is incredibly in love with Gu Mang.”  

Gu Mang’s also pretty funny, even with his memories gone, albeit the inherent tragedy is overwhelming. Idc what “evils” he committed… the Lotus Pavilion thing or whatever was fucked up. The author is so brutal to him, and for what? Funsies? (<--mainly joking, but it’s a SAD story… I’ve cried so many times) 

Anyway, Gu Mang Did Not Deserve This 2023 

Yan Zhengming from Liu Yao: the Revitalization of Fuyao Sect 

Submission: Winner of the award for highest number of times I’ve called a man a “pretty princess” 

Apparently has a fantastic character development into the Sect Leader (I’m not that far), but he’s also just a pretty princess <2

He’s the eldest disciple of Han Muchun / Fuyao Sect who was born into a rich family. He ran away at age seven and became Han Muchun’s first apprentice/disciple. He’s similar to a spoiled young master character, but he doesn’t really bully anyone; he may try to bully/clash with Cheng Qian, but I don’t think he wins (been a while since I started it - he’s like 15, and Cheng Qian is ~9-10 at this point) 

“Strict with others but lenient on himself” → responsible Sect Leader pipeline, More at 10 pm

Side B 

Wenren È from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

The MC of Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know, Wenren È, finds a book that details the world around him where he’s the second male lead / love interest who dies to protect the Female Lead / protagonist. He is not in love with her, and he can’t imagine dying for her as is; he also doesn’t understand why his subordinate, who supposedly likes her as well, tried to kill her after his death. I think he’s tasked with addressing readers’ concerns with the novel, but there’s also a lot more going on lol

Submission 1: unhinged, no idea what romance is, has a feral dog with rabies for a boyfriend and thinks that boyfriend is super cute. Also, middle aged man. I love middle aged men.

Submission 2: Because Look, he is trying to get two characters to fall in love for Important Plot reasons and a: him and his main Minion have to look up what love is like in the shitty romance novels they're characters in, and then b: decide to make the two characters fall in love through the Cunning Use of Bugs. Also he got a copy of the book he is a character in, found out his fate, and was like I Think The Fuck Not. 

He also has pretty good morals, if not personality. He’s a much better guy than I expected him to be tbh 

Song Qingshi from Mistakenly Saving the Villain

A medical student who chooses to transmigrate into a sad Danmei novel to save the protagonist. He does not save the protagonist - he saves a cannon fodder villain named Yue Wuhuan. 

“Has a lack of understanding of social situations/an odd personality” - past submission (Danmei Tournament)

Very intelligent but dense to love and s*x; book smart; passionate about what he likes

Yin Hanjiang from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Submission 1: He’s my little scrunkly

Submission 2: He’s my evil wife.

Yin Hanjiang is the second-in-command of the current Demon Lord Wenren È and the fourth male lead of Abusive Romance: You are the Unchanging One in My Heart, a novel Wenren È reads. In the novel, Yin Hanjiang blackens and tries to kill the female lead after Wenren È’s death. 

You would think Wenren È would be the craziest mf in this story, but it is, in fact, Yin Hanjiang. In the original novel, he tortured/chased the FL for quite a while to the point of being one of - if not the most - hated villains in the story; he was originally masked and revealed in a completely unseen twist, I believe. 

He was saved by Wenren È as a child and is obsessed with him, although their relationship changes more to friends than boss-subordinate WAY before they get together. 

Wu Xi from Lord Seventh / Qi Ye 

Submission: He is the roundworm in my stomach

Qi Ye tells the story of Prince Jing Beiyuan’s seventh life, which is a repeat of his first life. Wu Xi is the Great Shaman’s Shamanet and the Empire’s captive from Nanjiang who did not appear in Jing Beiyuan’s first life. 

From what I remember, he uses something similar to magic to make a court official become aroused / see a beautiful woman and embarrass himself in front of the entire court. As a child. 

He also has a vast array of dangerous and venomous animals, one of which he gifts to Jing Beiyuan after they become friends. 

Li Yu from Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish 

Submission: He’s infuriating and I love him, also helped create equal rights in ancient china

Li Yu transmigrated into a carp tasked with stealing a mute tyrant’s heart (by the system). He does not know how he’s supposed to do this, but the tyrant - Mu Tianchi - is waiting for him to transform into a human, already in love(?) with him.

The reviews on Novel Updates are… mainly unflattering… but he appears to be a naive and sweet character with in a fluffy love story with the ML, Mu Tianchi 

An Zhe from Little Mushroom 

Submission 1: honest to god, he’s just a little mushroom

Submission 1: he’s just a little mushroom

An optimistic mushroom mutated into a human trying to find his stolen spores

“An Zhe is the only person who wholeheartedly believes in Lu Feng [the ML]” - Carrd 

Cui Buqu from Peerless

Submission: He’s mean, he’s disabled and unapologetic about it, he’s a genius and all his braincells escape him when faced with his rival, he’s a secret agent and has no martial arts, he’s deeply in love and will never say so unless pushed, he will liken his rival to his sun and then tell him he’s the most annoying person he’s ever met. He’s a bastard little fox <3 

Helian Yi from Lord Seventh / Qi Ye 

Qi Ye tells the story of Prince Jing Beiyuan’s seventh life, which is a repeat of his first life. All of his first five lives have been tied to Helian Yi - he helped him ascend the throne in their first life, he was an insect crushed by Helian Yi in his second life, he was a beloved dog killed to feed Helian Yi’s family in his third life, he was a neglected jasmine plant in his fourth life, he was a fox skinned by Helian Ye in his fifth life - but in the first and seventh lives, Helian Yi’s the Crown Prince of the Jin Empire while Jing Beiyuan is the Prince Nan’ning (a title; he’s not related to Helian Yi as far as I know). In their seventh life, Helian Yi seems to be treating him very well (from what I’ve read), but he’s not the love interest. 

He’s also in Faraway Wanderers (for, like, one chapter) and technically is Prince Jin in Word of Honor (but they’re pretty much completely different characters). Zhou Zishu is his most trusted aid who formed Heaven’s Window and then left. 

Idk, I haven’t gotten that far in Qi Ye; he sounds like the villain, but he’s really just Sad - Idk if he’s in love with Jing Beiyuan or what, but he’s SAD, okay? From what I can tell, he cares for Jing Beiyuan but can’t be with him because of his position as Crown Prince, but don’t quote me on that

“In that instant, Helian Yi suddenly wanted to take him into his arms, suddenly wanted to wholly throw out and disregard the home, nation, and world that weighed down on his mind and body, no longer brooding on and wishing for a liaison he didn’t dare to have. He wanted to say, from now on, come earthly blades of wind and swords of frost, I will do everything I can to block them or you. There is only one person in this life and this world for me, even without this extensive, partially mountainous, mostly oceanic king’s land.” - Source 

Feel free to submit propaganda in the notes or in my ask box!

[pwlanier]

An imperial fahua ‘dragon’ jar, guan, Chenghua-Hongzhi period, late 15th century.

This exceptional jar is a very rare example of a Ming dynasty porcelain vessel decorated in the so-called fahua technique with a design of five imperial five-clawed dragons. The name fahua was coined by collectors in the 1920s[1] and can be translated as ‘designs with borders’. Fine relief lines of clay slip were applied to the surface of the ceramic item and these lines served as outlines to the design and also created bounded areas in which to apply relatively low-firing alkaline glazes of different colours. On some pieces, such as the current jar, details of elements such as the scales on dragons, the feathers on birds or the veins on leaves, were additionally incised into the body of the vessel under the glaze. This type of decoration is also sometimes referred to as the ‘cloisonné technique’, since it shares some similarities with cloisonné decoration on metal.

The technique of using raised outlines in ceramic decoration appears to have initially been used in the Yuan, or possibly even the Song, period on stoneware items from the tile-making kilns in Shanxi, and was later adopted in more refined form for use on porcelain at the Jingdezhen kilns. This decorative technique is especially associated with porcelains of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, particularly the reigns of the Hongzhi (1487-1505) and Zhengde (1505-1521) emperors. However, archaeological research has now revealed that the technique was used in rare instances at the Jingdezhen imperial kilns in the Xuande (1426-35) and Chenghua (1465-87) reigns. A dish decorated on the exterior with a design of green dragons and clouds on a yellow ground was excavated from the Xuande stratum of the Zhushan imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in 1988 and is illustrated in Xuande Imperial Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1998, p. 78, no. 73. Even more significantly, a very similar yellow and green dragon dish with fahua decoration was also excavated from the mid-Chenghua stratum at the imperial kilns (illustrated in The Emperor’s broken china – Reconstructing Chenghua porcelain, London, 1995, p. 104, no. 142). (Fig. 1) The similarities of proportion and form between the dragons on the green and yellow dish excavated from the mid-Chenghua stratum at the imperial kilns and the dragons on the current jar raise the distinct possibility that the jar could date to the Chenghua reign.

Courtesy Alain Truong

[aworldforastage]

2022 Reading Log

Titles I read/listen to in 2022 (in order of completion). The list has to be broken into chunks due to character limits per text block on tumblr, so I added pictures (some audiodrama cover art) to create new blocks ...

If there is an English title available, then the novel is also on Novelupdates.

(Mao'er audiodrama art for: Golden Stage, Qiang Jin Jiu, and Jun You Ji Fou)

1. 人渣反派自救系统 墨香铜臭 – The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

2. 天涯客 priest – Faraway Wanderers [#tyk]

3. 七爷 priest – Lord Seventh

4. 千秋 梦溪石 – Thousand Autumns 

5. 黄金台 苍梧宾白 – Golden Stage [#黄金台]

6. 当年万里觅封侯 漫漫何其多 – Those Years In Quest Of Honour Mine

7. 将进酒 唐酒卿 – Qiang Jin Jiu [#qjj]

8. 成化十四年 梦溪石 – The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

9. 张公案 大风刮过 – The Mystery of Zhang Gong

10. 君有疾否 如似我闻 (NU) – Jun You Ji Fou [#jyjf]

11. 我嗑了对家X我的CP PEPA – I Ship My Adversary X Me [#cpme]

12. 我开动物园那些年  拉棉花糖的兔子 – Those Years I Opened a Zoo [#我开动物园那些年]

13. 职业替身 水千丞 – Professional Body Double [#pbd]

14. 一醉经年 水千丞 – Years of Intoxication 

15. 谁主沉浮 尘印/千觞

16. 迪奥先生 绿野千鹤 – Mr. Dior [#mr. dior]

17. 娘娘腔 水千丞 – Sissy 

18. 针锋对决 水千丞 – Beloved Enemy

19. 彼得·潘与辛德瑞拉 徐徐图之 – Peter Pan and Cinderella [#ppcd]

20. 走入你的良夜 秦三见– Walk into Your Good Night

(Audiodrama cover for Those Years I Opened a Zoo , Silent Reading, Breaking through the Clouds)

21 . 死亡万花筒 西子绪 – Kaleidoscope of Death 

22. 默读 Priest – Silent Reading [#modu]

23. 留痕 金刚圈 

24. 情歌 控而已

25. 彼此彼此 秦三见 – In the Same Boat

26. 破云 淮上 – Breaking Through the Clouds [#po yun]

27. 破云2吞海 淮上 – Swallowing the Seas

28. 师弟还不杀我灭口 子鹿 – My Junior Still Hasn’t Killed Me

29. 诟病 池总渣 – Morbid Attachment [#诟病]

30. 提灯映桃花 淮上 – Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms [#tdyth]

31. 我只喜欢你的人设 稚楚 – I Only Like Your Made-up Persona (aka Rose and Renaissance) [#wzxhndrs]

32. 黎明之后 冰块儿 – After Dawn [#黎明之后]

33. 小行星 微风几许 – Asteroid [#小行星]

34. 你却爱着一个傻逼 水千丞 – In Love with an Idiot

35. 你的黑料比本人可爱 毛球球 – Your Scandals Are Way Cuter Than You [#你的黑料比本人可爱]

36. 凤凰图腾 淮上

37. 追尾 潭石 -- Rear-End Collision

38. 你的表情包比本人好看 毛球球 – Your Memes Are Better Looking Than You

39. 网恋翻车指南 酱子贝 – Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating [#网恋翻车指南]

40. 皇恩浩荡  白芥子 -- The Eternal Grace of the Emperor [#皇恩浩荡]

(Mao'er audiodrama art for: Rose and Renaissance, Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating, FOG)

41. 浮生梦  白芥子 [#浮生梦]

42. 温香艳玉 白芥子

43. 江山许你 白芥子 – Granting you Sovereignty of the Nation [#江山许你]

44. FOG【电竞】漫漫何其多 – FOG  [#fog电竞]

45. 我喜欢你男朋友很久了 酱子贝– I’ve Liked Your Boyfriend for a Long Time

46. 恶性依赖 金刚圈 -- Morbid Addiction [#exyl]

47. 债还 奶口卡

48. 七芒星 木瓜黄 -- You are my Wonderall

49. 天然渣 拉棉花糖的兔子 -- Natural Scum

50. 灰大叔与混血王子  水千丞 -- Grey Uncle and the Mixed-Blood Prince

51. 钟情 静水边 [#钟情]

52. 心眼 北南 [#心眼] -- The Eye of the Mind

53.（穿书）黑莲花攻略手册 白羽摘雕弓 -- The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus (BG novel)

54. 孤有话说 楚寒衣青 [#gyhs]

55. 嫡子为难 石头与水 [#嫡子为难]

56. 陛下，你这样很容易失去我 一刀绣春

57. 朝秦暮楚  一刀绣春 -- Qin By Morning, Chu By Night

58. 他不爱我 池总渣

59. 专属深爱  冰块儿 [#专属深爱]

60. 一觉醒来听说我结婚了 木瓜黄 -- Woke Up and Heard I was Married [#yjxl]

(Cover art for 钟情, 心眼, 孤有话说)

61. 论以貌取人的下场 月下蝶影 -- The Consequences of Judging Others by Appearance

62. 你亲我一下 引路星 -- Give Me a Kiss

63. 大雾 颜凉雨 -- Dense Fog

64. 社交温度 卡比丘 -- Social Outcast

65. 陈伤 回南雀 -- Old Injury

66. 我行让我来[电竞] 酱子贝 -- I Can Do It [#icdi]

67. PUBG世纪网恋 酱子贝 -- PUBG Online Romance of the Century [#pubg世纪网恋]

(Cover art for: Woke Up and Heard I was Married, The Consequences of Judging Others by Appearance, I Can Do It)

[k-star-holic]

Lee Joon-ho X Im Yoon-ah King the Land'

[chinesehanfu]

【Historical Artifacts Reference 】:

・Late Ming period woman hairstyle: 三绺头(Sān liǔ tóu )

Late Ming to Qing Dynasty woman hood/hat: 风帽（ Fēngmào ）

[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) Traditional Clothing Hanfu &  Lantern Festival 元宵節

【About Lantern Festival/ Shangyuan Festival (元宵節/上元節)

Today is The Lantern Festival also called Shangyuan Festival (上元節), is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.

During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns (猜燈謎). In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, and only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones.As below Ming Dynasty court paintings【明宪宗元宵行乐图 】:

It depicts the lively scenes of watching lanterns, watching operas and setting off firecrackers in the inner court on the Lantern Festival in the 21st year of Chenghua (1485).Among them we can see a lot of large ornate lanterns in this painting

At the same time, we can also see the children in the palace carrying lanterns of various shapes

The painting is very long, and it is a custom painting reflecting the celebration of the Lantern Festival in the court of the Ming Dynasty.

【Customs of Lantern Festival in Ming and Qing Dynasties: 走百病 】

Also known as "游百病You Baibing", "散百病San Baibing", etc., it is a traditional folk culture in the north china since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some of them are held on the Lantern Festival, but most of them are held on the next day of the Lantern Festival.

On this day, women dressed in formal costumes, walked out of the house in groups, crossed bridges, climbed the tower over a city gate, and touch the nails on the city gate to pray for hopes of good health and longevity until midnight before going back home. Besides, touch the nails on the city gate it also pray for having child(摸钉求子)."Nail钉" are same pronunciation as Ding丁,It can be associated with the word "人丁Ren Ding": a Chinese word that originally refers to an adult man and later refers to the population.Basically, it is to pray for to have more and more family members in the future(child). 

【Customs of Lantern Festival in Ming and Qing Dynasties: 戴闹蛾 】

The so-called“ 闹蛾 Nào é ”is a kind of headgear worn by women in ancient China, with silk or black gold paper in the shape of flowers or insects.It has been popular from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.From some unearthed hair accessories in Ming Dynasty, we can also see a lot of insect-themed hair accessories, such as: 1. 玉叶金蟾头饰,Ming Dynasty:

2. 金镶宝石蜘蛛簪,Ming Dynasty,Collection of Nanjing Museum

3.垒丝镶红蓝宝石蝴蝶形金步摇,Ming Dynasty,Collection of GuamfuMuseum

In addition, eating glutinous rice balls 汤圆 during the Lantern Festival is also a traditional customs in china,the practice and filling of glutinous rice balls in different regions may also be different.

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First Karmapa Düsum Khenpa's Footprint

This painting on silk from Rubin Museum of Art depicts the footprints of an early Karmapa, probably the first, Dusum Khyenpa, together with a portrait and the eight auspicious symbols.

The First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa Chokyi Drakpa was born in Tresho, Kham, in 1110. His father was a Yamäntaka practitioner and his mother was Latokza Gangcham Mingdren. His father gave him instructions in the Nyingma tantric traditions, including Ekajati, and he is said to have met Vairocanavajra, an Indian alchemist who had previously been to the Chinese court where he drank a cup of mercury before the Emperor.

When Dusum Khyenpa was sixteen, in 1124, he took novice ordination with the Kadam monk Trewo Chokgi Lama, a disciple of Ngok Lotsäwa Loden Sheraband his uncle, Ngok Lekpai Sherab. He entered into two years of retreat at Treka Drak with other Kadam lamas, learning the Cakrasamvara and other tantric lineages of Atisa Dipamkara from Yol Chowang, who was a disciple of Atisa himself, and Geshe Trarawa, Yol Chowang's disciple.

It is said that when Dusum Khyenpa was sixteen he was given a black hat woven from the hair of ten thousand dākini. Variant historical accounts of this hat and subsequent versions are legion. Some have it that the First Karmapa to have a physical hat visible to all was the Fifth Karmapa, Dezhin Shekpa (1384-1415), given to him by the Ming Yongle Emperor (r. 1402-1424). Others have it that the Ming Emperor Chenghua (r. 1464-1487) gave the first black hat to the Seventh Karmapa, Chodrak Gyatso

(1454-1506). The artistic record shows that the Second Third, and Fourth Karmapas all wore a black hat..

[moononmyfloor]

Hi Producer (正好遇见你) Infodump

Disclaimer: I have no idea about the accuracy of the information shared in the drama, I'm merely transcribing for future reference purposes. Proceed with caution!

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Ep 16-17: Cuisine Cont. (Part 1)

Three things.

I came close to doubting my sanity because SO many food and I got ptsd flashbacks from the time I recapped 200+ dishes of Royal Feast lol. And Tumblr has a 10 pics limit per post and I don't feel like making these two eps more than two posts, so I resorted to cutting the food scenes into videos.

To my further frustration the HD video I downloaded of this ep had terrible hard subs and I ain't gonna redownload it so please turn a blind eye, I'll type the proper translation anyway and there's the Chinese subs.

Some of these have being showcased in Royal Feast and Delicacies Destiny too, I'll link them in Red.

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Eight Treasure Duck and Suzhou's Famous Delicacy, Umi Rice and Sugar Congee- an Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish with its Bone-removing Cuts

Delicacies Destiny

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24 Solar Terms Food

The food is incorporated in the backstory of the son of Chenghua emperor (featured in ep 11), and his Empress. He was famous for being one of the two monogamous emperors of China.

Beginning of Spring (Lichun)- Spring Rolls

Other Traditions: Horse racing, wear Nao'e headdresses.

Spring Rolls originated in Eastern Jin. Thinly rolled wheat dough is served with vegetables to be wrapped in it. The emperors of Ming would award the officials with this spring platter to welcome the spring.

Delicacies Destiny

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Read more about Nao'e and Yuanxiao Festival below in this post by Tumblr user chinesehanfu.

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Shangyuan (lantern) Festival in Lichun - Yuanxiao

Make balls using crushed peanuts, black sesame, sugar, milk. Dampen and coat in glutinous rice flour and put in boiling water. The detailed process of making it is recorded in "Zhuozhongzhi" of Ming Dynasty. A Song dynasty verse says, "Culinary officer searched for new flavor.

Kitchen maid marvelled at the new technique.

Dark clouds glittered with stars.

White pearls dance in boiling water."

"A night of full moon without lanterns is dull. A full moon without lanterns isn't spring. When spring arrives, people are like pieces of jade. Above the glowing lanterns, the moon turns silver."

-Tang Bohu

"Emerald ladle and silver pot to relish the night stroll. Countless lanterns are lit with the moon above the building. Silky smooth amber flow into the spoon. Brilliant pearls sail on the soup. Delightful aroma in hand, warmth arises in the wine vessel. The old traditions of the capital remains exuded."

-Wang Qianqiu of Song dynasty

Royal Feast

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Longtaitou (Dragon Head Raising Festival), 2nd day of 2nd month (Yushui)- Xunchong pancake

Fry dough with date filling in oil, or flatten it to a pancake known as "xunchong"

Royal Feast

Qingming festival- Pufferfish and Reed Bud soup

Pufferfish and Reed bud soup to remove heat. Summer wine was heated up to pair with the preserved fish called "Peach Blossom Fish".

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28 day of Third Month (Jingzhe)- Ciba and Bamboo Shoot Roasted Duck

6th Century AD recipe for rice cake by pressing smoothly pounded cooked white rice. Ciba was created later inspired by this, by slicing, drying and deep frying it, then covering in sugar and crushed sesame seeds.

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Spring Equinox (Chunfen)- Cherries with Cheese, Bamboo Shoot Chicken, Cabbage Rice Wrap

4th Month is when cherries and other fruit are harvested.

Delicacies Destiny

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8th day of 4th month- Bulajia

3-4 Cun in length, 1 cun wide, flavor similar to zongzi

Double Fifth (Dragon Boat) Festival in Qingming- Zongzi

Different regions make it differently. Guangxi back sack zongzi is made with dates, tenderloin, red beans and chestnut. Noone knows the origin.

Royal Feast

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Beginning of Summer (Lixia)- Lotus seed Porridge

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Midautumn festival- Mooncakes and Crabs

Royal Feast, Royal Feast

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