#gufeng

[tentative-wanderer]

Her battle vibes are too powerful 🗡️ Blindfolded little girl plays “Ascetic” 行者 on a guzheng

Musical genius 🔥

The metronome and stopwatch were put there to shut mean people up (some comments on her other videos accused her of speeding up the videos).

This video is from her channel. The same video was uploaded on her music school’s channel first. Comments there say that weapons are going to start flying soon (referring to how musical instruments can be used in combat in wuxia movies) 🤣

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

eye-shadow in chinese gufeng style by 肉桂奶糕

[ziseviolet]

Hi! I have a question. Im not entirely sure if these belong to chinese fashion because I only ever saw them in uncredited pictures. Theyre very intricate "eye patches", seemingly made from like gold or metal? they cover only one eye and I was wondering if they have a name or if its something made up? thank you for all your work!

Hi, thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply! (x)

The intricate gold/metal "eye patches" covering only one eye that you see are most likely based on "半面妆/Ban Mian Zhuang" ("Half Face Makeup"), a popular Chinese novel written by 萧十一狼/Xiao Shi Yi Lang and published in 2015. Well-known Chinese gufeng-style illustrator 古戈力/Gu Ge Li provided beautiful artwork for the novel, as seen below (1, 2):

Gu Ge Li's artwork inspired many hanfu photoshoots with ornate eyemasks (1, 2, 3, 4, 5):

These eyemasks are essentially made-up fantasy masks with Chinese elements incorporated into the design. They are not based on historical Chinese masks, which look very different. Thus you can just call them 面具/mianju, which is the general Chinese term for masks.

On a related note, similar types of fantasy masks also appear frequently in Chinese guzhuang (period costume) films & dramas, especially in the wuxia and xianxia genres. As @audreydoeskaren touched on in this post, these masks are typically not historically accurate, but are included for aesthetic effect (like many other elements in guzhuang media).

Below - fantasy masks in Chinese film/dramas. Clockwise from top left: women - Painted Skin: The Resurrection, Legend of Nine Tails Fox, The Empress of China, The Blue Whisper; men - Love and Redemption, Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, The Untamed, Battle Through the Heavens:

Deriving inspiration from art and television, fantasy masks have become a popular accessory for hanfu photoshoots.

For more examples of Chinese masks (both historical & fantasy), please see my masks and eyemask tags.

Hope this helps! ^^

[triedkiss]

Orchid mantis inspired character design

[changan-moon]

gufeng portraits by c豆腐脑c 

[shijiujun]

Gufeng style bookmarks designed by 时匠者

[sonderwrit]

Zhao Jiamin in costume from Scent of Time.

一步错步步错，终究是黄粱一梦。 "One wrong step after another, in the end it was just a yellow millet dream."

[eunuchboy]

花 庭 後 樹 玉

[pumpkim-soup]

happy year of the dragon :3

甲辰龍年平安！

a bit late but oh well..

[tentative-wanderer]

Yet another day of internally crying over 神话 this song is too beautiful. @tuulikki you may be interested in this cover

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Chinese gufeng song in jingju tune by 边靖婷 小淅儿 可爱晨 ya妖精 (Shanghai Theatre Academy) | music: 赤伶chiling by HITA

they use different Jingju tune type(from left to right): qingyi, laodan, huadan, huadan(青衣、老旦、花旦)

[buried-in-stardust]

An ancient Chinese-style inspired hairstyle.

Song: Cover of 小嫦娥 by 安子与九妹 (I couldn't find who sung the cover)

[newhanfu]

Dunhuang Style Photography

Qian Nv You Hun Online x Longmen Grottoes Research Institute Works from Linxi Photography Studio

[ziseviolet]

Paintings of couples in traditional Chinese hanfu, Pt 6 (Pt 1/2/3/4/5) by Chinese artist loli武士. Link to artist’s weibo here.

[triedkiss]

Destruction of the self

[changan-moon]

gufeng portraits by c豆腐脑c