#chinese clothing

[ziseviolet]

Since there's quite a lot of interest in Chinese-inspired cyberpunk and adjacent aesthetics, just wanted to share these neat "Chinese style meets the Matrix"-esque looks from popular brand 大青龙肆/Da Qing Long Si. There's also an English website here.

[asian-folk-wardrobe]

[fatrabbitr]

【Fanart】⚫🟠

改良直裾襌衣×汉代漆器纹饰

Modified Hanfu with patterns reffering to the lacquerware of Han dynasty

[knyazsunandmoon]

总攻是只猫

[newhanfu]

Spring Hanfu

From Hanfu model Qing Xuan Xuan

[madeleineengland]

Zhang Yuxi in ancient costume for a Guerlain event

[chineselangblr]

She looks like an actual fairy!

[luna-lux]

I will continue to draw my HxH hanfu/historical Chinese AU until I'm old and wrinkly and can't draw anymore

[risingpersephone]

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

water lady or smth. i like bluee

[yebreed]

Taoist robes can be considered a particular art form (this is true for most Chinese stuff). Daopao is a sleeved garment with center-front opening fastened with ties. Jiangyi (robe of descent) is a square, sleeveless robe with center-front opening.

Usually it’s silk or satin, embroidered with gold and silver threads. The robes are dyed in colors of the five main elements, and the embroidery follows the traditional cosmogonic motifs. The robe ornament often (not always, however) includes trigrams and Yin-Yang symbols.

Just few examples of daopao and jiangyi from MET, Murray Warner, RISD and MIA collections.

[ziseviolet]

Hi my friend wanted to ask about Chinese Opera and the red pom poms on their hats and their significance. I asked my mom and she said they were for decoration so I just wanted clarification

Hi! Thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply!

The pom poms you see on 盔头/kuitou (Chinese opera headdresses) are called 绒球/rongqiu (lit. "velvet ball"). They are often red, but can also be other colors, and vary in size. Ronqiu are decorative and serve to distinguish the many different types of kuitou from one another. Each type of kuitou is distinct in the number, size, and color of rongqiu that it's decorated with (of course, not all kuitou have rongqiu).

Below - a few different types of Beijing opera kuitou decorated with rongqiu (x):

Rongqiu isn't used just for Chinese opera performances - it's a very common decorative item for Chinese headwear, especially for traditional/folk performances.

Below - examples of rongqiu use in folk custom/performance costumes, left to right: 1) 游神/youshen (wandering gods) procession in Fujian (x), 2) 英歌舞/yingge wu (yingge dance) performer in Guangdong (x), 3) & 4) 高跷/gaoqiao (stilt walking) performers in a 社火/shehuo parade in Gansu (x):

As a festive decoration, rongqiu was also widely used on bridal guan (crowns) from the Qing dynasty into the modern day.

Below - examples of rongqiu use in historical bridal guan: Left - a bride during the late Qing dynasty, circa 1890 (x); Right - a bride during the Republican era/minguo, in 1939 (x):

For some reason it's been extremely difficult to find sources on the origin of rongqiu that would shed more light on its significance, but based on historical paintings the use of rongqiu as a head ornament may have originated in the Qing dynasty. During the late Qing dynasty, it was fashionable among women to wear rongqiu on the sides of their hair, as can be seen in the paintings below (x):

This particular style of rongqiu hair ornament was depicted in the 2012 historical cdrama 娘心计/Mother's Scheme:

For more references, please see my rongqiu and kuitou tags.

If anyone has more information on the significance of rongqiu, please do share!

Hope this helps ^^

[csarracenian]

孔弘緒 of the Ming Dynasty

He has the Face of all time.

[fatrabbitr]

【Fanart】12 Girls Chibi

Actually there are 13 girls( •́ω•̀ )

[knyazsunandmoon]

等云来【杜若小胖纸】

[newhanfu]

Newhanfu - Modern Mamian Skirt