#qing

[nickiisthings]

Qing Dynasty hanfu (1644-1912) Silk Museum of HangZhou (杭州丝调博物馆）

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A few spectacular cosmological ceilings from various Chinese temples in Beijing and suburbs.

The dragon is a paradoxical emanation of the Supreme in Chinese traditional aesthetics, accumulated over millennia. Therefore, it is natural that in the temple microcosm, a zenith point is assigned to him.

Photo: ©黑敀

[wintercorrybriea]

Qing (Tangren) for Parsons MFA spring 2023 presentation

[characterswithcolorsnamesfight]

Do they belong in the submissions ?

This is Shen Qingqiu / Shen Yuan from Scum villain's self saving system. Submitter's plea below

Look. Look. Technically he doesnt have the name of a color. BUT! BUT!!! IN his name there IS a color. I mean. His courtesy name is 清秋 Qīngqiū. Now, qing is clear and qiu is autumn. EVEN SO, if you look at how qīng 清 is composed you'll find on the right the character 青 qīng, which, yes, is a color. Why am i insisting on this? Bc shen qingqiu's character design is sooooo color coded you have no ideaaaa. And he is qing-coded. Qing is sometimes difficult to describe, but it gets translated with teal, cyan, turquoise, aquamarine, sometimes green or blue. Basically the color of a greenish lake (?). All his peers have qing in their name in the novel but he's the only one that got super duper color coded. Main character privileges i'll say.

[ancientorigins]

Who knew that such a tiny dog could mean so much to so many? From the household of the Chinese emperor to the home of Queen Victoria in England, the callously-named ‘Looty the Pekingese’ symbolizes the sins of British colonialism.

[arosthorn]

"The dead are gone forever and the living await death but not yet die. "Not yet die" is not to be confused with "will not die." It is simply a matter of time. Therefore, while the self of today exists, the self of yesterday is already dead. When tomorrow comes, the self of today will also have perished. From the first breath to the last, it is a continuous process in which the bygones are gone and what is to come is becoming. Both occur in a sequence of undisrupted succession, like a ring that has no beginning or end."

Tan Sitong. Translation by Luke S. K. Kwong, 'T'an Ssu-t'ung, 1865-1898: Life and Thought of a Reformer'

[greenflamedwriter]

quick prompt

Shen Yuan transmigrates as Yue Qingyuan.

So he wakes up thinks fuck this shit, and decides to gather evidence that Shen Qingqiu is a scumbag and also thinking of ways to improve the protagonists life.

He has a system that stops him from directing helping Luo Binghe which makes him rage out but realises that he just doesnt HAVE to walk into the trap and get killed by thousands of arrows either way he ends up going through paper work trying to find evidence and break his ooc feature and decides to clean house.

So he finds out the entire cang qiong sect, the other martial siblings that were whispering poison that Shen Qingqiu is no good, is crooked, scum, worst of the worst etc. Have ALSO done some fucked up stuff.

Yue Qingyuan has let nearly everyone get away with murder! In a bid to throw Shen Qingqiu under the bus only- ended up revealing everyones dirty secrets.

Secrets that the system tells him he should investigate. So he holds a meeting and talks about how after losing his memory realises he's been too relaxed with certain siblings and their behaviour and finds it unnaccaptable. He brings up the siblings in question...

Shen Qingqiu, Mu QIngfan and Shang Qinghua.

He uses those ones first as they're the LEAST worst but almost there. Both Shang QInghua and Shen Qingqiu have been spending an abundant sums of money both summurise that its from their own pockets and savings and nothings been taken from cang qiongs treasury.

Shang has been ordering a quantity of paper and ink [for his writing] and Shen Qingqiu to his brothel visits, here Yue Qingyuan circles all the peak lords chairs as he speaks about following Shen Qingqiu and uses a tailsman to disguise himself then reveals that he wanted to see Shen Qingqiu red handed only to find time and again his shidi only went there to sleep. That the time spent was innocent. He reveals letters he asked the women to write and even payed then three times the amount Shen Qingqiu payed to reveal the truth.

"Now here," he spoke "The women could lie, and claim Shen Qingqiu is the worst sort and a degenerate even though I offered to pay for their services in the future that would let them be very comfortable." And even convert their establishment into a high luxary tea house instead.

"And yet here is what they wrote." He read them outloud of all the praise and eveything Shen Qingqiu had done, even letters from children and how he would book the entire inn so the children can sit with their parents as they relaxed.

"That Peak lord is utter scum, he should be banned from this estlablisment if this one ever saw the face of that man ever again I will have no choice but to tear his face off, damn that Xiao Qingwen oh, my mistake that wasn't about Shen Qingqiu." But he glared at the other martial sibling.

"That must be a mistake-"

"And yet if the Qing Jing Peak lord was accused there would be no mistakes." Yue Qingyuan glanced back at the letter and sneered "This is appaling, you are herby thorth banned from any brothels and sent to the Lingxi caves and reflect on yourself." Yue Qingyuan felt gross but felt more annoyed at the obvious projection of his martial siblings.

What was he? Some husband in a harem drama? Why was everyone here spitting and hissing like cats towards Shen Qingqiu who felt like the unfavoured wife? hah?

"And of course the Peak Lord from Qing Jing Peak is also banned from the Red pavillion." Shen Qingqiu glared his way.

"Excuse me sect leader? You may find this master can go where ever he pleases!"

Yue Qingyuan only gave him a dry look "Not when it reflects badly on Cang Qiong Mountain, you are a peak lord. Act like it and use a tailsman like any other cultivator." He rolled his eyes and noticed Shen Qingqiu relax when he realised that the Peak lord was banned, not him himself.

"And Mu Qingfan, these herbs...are not very legal. Do you have a valid excuse for these?" or any excuse in case the Sect leader needs to explain why Mu Qingfan is growing weed in his back garden.

Mu Qingfan explains he's a doctor and is expected to treat any illnesses, most cures come from those exotic plants.

Yue Qingyuan sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose "Still, I need a warrent at least, something legal on paper so it doesn't affect us in the long term. No one cares if you save lifes as long as you follow the rules." Annoying yes, but it had to be done.

"Speaking of illegal contraband." Shen Yuan glared at Qi Qingqi and saw her sweat, both she and Liu Qingge were the loudest to cause this meeting to expose Shen Qingqiu and punish him.

Oh, funny now that its THEM in the hole.

"These...what would you call it literature?" She tensed further "Yes?"

"Is there any reason you seem to have them? If it came out that Cang Qiong mountain had any copies of those books..."

She pursed her lips "This one was only curious, and none of this Masters disciples have read them." Yue Qingyuans eyes narrowed.

To think Qi Qingqi was holding kama sutra but the cultivation type, that would land all of them in trouble if it came out that they owned one!

Yue Qingyuan could see his chances of survivng dwindling before his very eyes- is that wha the original goods did? Acted like a ostrich and buried his head in the sand!?

Shen Yuan can't do that! But in a move that was supposed to expose Shen Qingqiu ended up revealing the guy was actually more complex than he thought and was weirdly innocent!

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So in short, Yue Qingyuan is trying to throw Shen Qingqiu under the bus and betray him but ends up seeing him. Even Shen Qingqiu see's how Yue Qingyuan finally did something and helped instead of assuming he was guilty and trying to salvage and smile away the problem. But now he misses his Qi-gi and can't help but feel as if he's lost something important that he wont get back. He'll never know why Qi-gi abandoned him.

But isn't this what he wanted? To start over?

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Even more thoughts.

This story will split into two alternative endings. One good ending where Yue Qingyuan [aka Shen Yuan] ends up being a house husband to Shen Qingqiu and finds that being stepped on by the scum villain isnt that bad.

Or the bad ending, where he gains Luo Binghes attention by giving him a better cultivation manual but plays it off as the sect that deals with stratergy its survival of the thickest as the other secs act friendly but can strike them if their perceieved as weak, while Yue Qingyuan is trying to avoid cang qiongs destruction ends up gaining LBh attention and has to sacrifice himself to be Luo Binghes play thing and manage his obsession.

There is a cross roads decision, to choose to help Shen Qingqiu or Luo Binghe, in the event he misses Luo Binghe by being alone comes across Ming fan who is also going through trials Ming fan mentions they have fake goods so others will destory the decoys so their real treasure is protected when LBH admits that WAs his treasure, Ming fan cuffs him on the head calls him stupid but ends up finding it and returning it. Ming fan doesnt change but from a new perspective of survival gains LBH respect and both start to open themselves up. MF gains LBHs attention instead of Yue Qingyuan and is able to manage his obsession.

So, in good ending, Shen Yuan has to do missions for the system. His pathways and dialouge options are blocked unless he snoops around and gains items, etc to unlock them as well as talking to others about himself and his lost memory.

But when he unlocks the core memory of his past slowly but surely Yue Qingyuan is a wreck as he feels the emotions and has to work even harder.

Because if he tells SQQ the truth his system will punish him, he has to earn that 'speical ending' and in doing so finds himself wanting to save Shen Qingqiu with the same intesity as the original. So he tries to plant the mushroom he cant tell SQQ what he knows which makes it harder, but he manages.

In on stroke of luck of earning just enough b-points and making sure Shen Qingqiu was in a good mood Yue Qingyuan had unlocked the event he just had to say it.

The original would've balked, and Shen Yuan with his thin face would've ran away too. But the sight of Shen Qingqiu as a human stick made him stay seated and pour the truth of why Qi-ge failed to come back to his Shidi and 'left' him behind.

And bad end with LBH? Yue Qingqyuan is just chained to LBH's bed, as a trophy wife so much smut idk very kinky, Yue Qingyuan is huge and LBH is tiny like a twink and he likes the size difference, also Yue Qingyuans 'cultivation' is not great a one hit wonder so to say.

So bedroom performance apart, Yue Qingyuan actually manages to fight for his place in the harem as the main empress, the only one strong enough to beat up Binghe, and even manages his kingdom.

"We are NOT merging the realms." "But shifu the paperwork-"

"Shut up. I'll deal with it then!"

They're like an old married couple, but LBH is jealous and keeps dangling his precious Xiao Jiu over his head if Yue Qingyuan doesnt co-operate or play his game 'just' right.

Yue Qingqyuan cannot relax feeling as if he's about to be devoured any second that this peace is only here unless he makes a mistake, its temporary and fragile and Yue Qingyuan cant relax for a second.

[philoursmars]

L'année du Dragon arrive !

Une longue série de dragons arrive...

Marseille - Musée Borély (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode)- vase au dragon - XIXe s.

Borély

Les 3 suivantes : Douai, Gayant Expo : fac-simile de dragons en bronze et d'une théière Ming

Musée Borély - expo "L'Asie Fantasmée"- brûle-parfum tripode - Chine Qing, fin XIXe s.

[doshi-sukiru]

I just had this idea: When Macaque found Bai He, he cleaned her, dressed her, fed her and then made a nest and put her there so that the two of them could sleep together. Now she has her own room, but she prefers to sleep with Macaque in the nest. She feels warm and safe.

The guardians love Bai he, but they don't have enough room in their home to give her a room of her own, so she just stays in the nest Macaque made for her in his makeshift fort and spends her time near Macaque because he's the only person she's met in a long time that actually cares about her, and she'll be damned if she lets him go.

[nickiisthings]

Emperor Qianlong and his influence on the Qing Dynasty

Qianlong (乾隆皇帝) , personal name “HongLi” was born on September 25 of 1711 in Beijing, China.

He was the fourth and favorite son of Emperor Yongzheng and ascended the throne in 1735 and reigned for more than 60 years.

The Emperor had a strong resilient spirit as he excelled both in military campaigns, allowing China to flourish with the chinese empire reaching its peak years during his 60 year reign, but he was also an enjoyer of arts and literature preserving the spirits of his father and grandfather who where both equally invested in this aspect.

During his lifetime he had about 50 consorts and concubines that served him including 3 empresses, 5 imperial noble consorts, 5 noble consorts, 6 consorts, 6 imperial concubines, 12 noble ladies, 4 female attendants, 5 “choice ladies” and 2 GeGe （格格）

the most famous out of all of them was Ula Na’ra (The Empress Nara of the Nara clan) (i will make another post explaining this and getting more in depth with her personal story)

now there are a lot of things i could say about Qianlong but it will be divided into many many parts as the story and dramas are never-ending (why do u think there are so many series based on him ?hahah)

Qianlong

Empress Nara

if u read my previous post you’ll know why she’s wearing three earrings in each ear 😏😙

*fun fact Qianlong is believed to have destroyed all of her portraits so we don’t actually know if this is actually her*

(Chinese equivalent of Anne Boleyn ??)

[illuminespace]

2023/Dec The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

[greenpanda-djg]

Wait wait-

Is Moshang just Bilbo baggins and THorin!?

I mean being described as a hamster, almost killing himself for a king who shows no emotion-

Oh my god Moshang is just chinese bagginshield.

[sxilin]

[2022/08]

[dramajunkyy]

Auspicious Roe Deer by Giuseppe Castiglione (Qing period).

[ancientorigins]

Enter the Forbidden City: Marvel at the ancient architecture, uncover hidden passages, and indulge in the life of luxury led by China's emperors.

[arosthorn]

Recently finished doing some readings on Tan Sitong, a late Qing scholar-reformer and intellectual that's generally best known for his association with notable figures like Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, and participating in the 1898 Hundred Days Reform that lead to his execution. Far too often in popular historical narratives, Tan's activities and intellectual beliefs get subsumed by an exaggerated image of his relationship with Kang and Liang, which take that as a basis from which to discuss and characterise Tan's life and beliefs.

Piercing through the veil of popular narratives and myths that surround him, you get a portrait of an figure immersed in a diverse intellectual milleu ranging from Hunan's local intellectual tradition of statecraft, to 'Western learning', to Mozi, to Buddhism and a myriad of other intellectual branches present in the late Qing. The development of his intellectual worldview, from an essentially static, sino-centric world in his 1889 'Zhiyan' essay to the more cultural relativist, comparative perspective in his first major work 'Shiju yinglu bishi', to conceiving of a universal culture in his 'Renxue', was also interesting to read about. In addition, it was curious to observe how significant events like the early death of his mother, sister and brother within five days of each other when Tan was 12 years old cast a long shadow and influence on his later views and intellectual output.

A striking figure all-round, far more interesting than the one-dimensional image of the 'disciple of Kang Youwei' or 'martyr for the Qing' that he regularly gets portrayed as.