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eunuchboy · 1 year
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A Heart of Ice and Jade
I finished SWBTS a while ago and I love general ouyang so much! I’ve been waiting to read the book since 2020 but only got my book a few days ago, ahhhh it feels so surreal! well written eunuch antags are so rare in historical fiction and I never thought I’d live to see one beautifully written like a trans mlm, this really satisfies my incredibly specific niche (I’ve been fascinated by the concept for years), sorry I don’t know how to authentically describe how much ouyangs character means to me, he’s genuinely (almost) everything I’ve wanted to see in historical fiction, like oh my goodness... he raised the eunuch antag bar way too high now I’m gonna be disappointed when I read anything else
thank you if you read my entire paragraph above I feel like its really hard to articulate just how much I love ouyang as a gay dude with a eunuch hyperfixation... hope u like the art!
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Safe conduct pass stating that the bearer is under the protection of the Mongol Empire, Yuan Dynasty, 13th century
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Rural Dongyang Houtu Temple From the Yuan Dynasty
Dongyang Houtu Temple (東羊后土廟), located in Dongyang village, Linfen (臨汾市), Shanxi. Built in the Yuan dynasty, in the fifth year of Zhizheng (至正) (1345). The remaining murals and architecture date from the Yuan dynasty, the altar figurines are from the Ming era.
The temple was erected to worship Houtu (后土神), the Queen of the Earth, ancient goddess of all lands and mountains.
It is curious that the sources of the Spring and Autumn period refer to Houtu as a male deity. Being incorporated into Taoism, Houtu retained his gender from the very beginning, worshipped as one of the Four Heavenly Ministers (四神).
However, he later fell victim to the widespread belief that the Earth represents the Yin principle, and therefore has feminine characteristics. This is how the image of the Lady Mother Earth (地母娘娘) from the late Taoism arose.
Photo: ©大关沿路拍
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artifacts-archive · 2 months
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Foliate Dish with Bovine (Xiniu) Gazing at a Crescent Moon
China, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), late 13th century
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chinesehanfu · 9 months
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【Historical Reference Artifacts】:  
Portraits and Mural of Women in the Late Yuan-Early Ming Dynasties
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Chinese Ming Dynasty Yongle period(1360–1424) Hanfu Relic: 长袖夹衣&素纱单裙
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Yuan Dynasty Clothing Relics: 妆花凤戏牡丹纹绫夹衫,Unearthed from the tomb of Wang Shixian(汪世显)'s family in Zhang County,Gansu Provincial Museum Collection
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Yuan Dynasty Clothing Relics: 印金团花图案夹衫
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[Hanfu · 漢服]China Late Yuan to Early Ming Dynasties Traditional Clothing Hanfu Refer to Portraits and Mural of Women in the Late Yuan-Early Ming Dynasties
Typical styles of Han ethnic Women in the Late Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties
And it seen that the jacket has a certain connection with the jacket of the Southern Song Dynasty to some extent as blow:
Cotton jacket unearthed from the tomb of Huang Sheng(黄昇) in the Southern Song Dynasty in Fuzhou
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Chinese Southern Song Dynasty Painting<仙馆秾花图>,Collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei
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lionofchaeronea · 5 months
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Boats Moored in Wind and Rain, unknown artist (formerly attributed to Yan Ciyu), 1200s (Jin or Yuan Dynasty)
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scarroxana · 8 months
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Chinese Dynasties.
Shang | Zhou | Qin | Han | Jin | Sui | Tang | Liao | Song | Yuan | Ming | Qing
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beehunni62 · 1 year
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Married Mongolian Women’s Hairstyle in the Yuan Dynasty
Mongolians have a long history of shaving and cutting their hair in specific styles to signal socioeconomic, marital, and ethnic status that spans thousands of years. The cutting and shaving of the hair was also regarded as an important symbol of change and transition. No Mongolian tradition exemplifies this better than the first haircut a child receives called Daah Urgeeh, khüükhdiin üs avakh (cutting the child’s hair), or örövlög ürgeekh (clipping the child’s crest) (Mongulai, 2018)
The custom is practiced for boys when they are at age 3 or 5, and for girls at age 2 or 4. This is due to the Mongols’ traditional belief in odd numbers as arga (method) [also known as action, ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ, арга] and even numbers as bilig (wisdom) [ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ, билиг].
Mongulai, 2018.
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The Mongolian concept of arga bilig (see above) represents the belief that opposite forces, in this case action [external] and wisdom [internal], need to co-exist in stability to achieve harmony. Although one may be tempted to call it the Mongolian version of Yin-Yang, arga bilig is a separate concept altogether with roots found not in Chinese philosophy nor Daoism, but Eurasian shamanism.
However, Mongolian men were not the only ones who shaved their hair. Mongolian women did as well.
Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer, William of Rubruck [Willem van Ruysbroeck] (1220-1293) was among the earliest Westerners to make detailed records about the Mongol Empire, its court, and people. In one of his accounts he states the following:
But on the day following her marriage, (a woman) shaves the front half of her head, and puts on a tunic as wide as a nun's gown, but everyway larger and longer, open before, and tied on the right side. […] Furthermore, they have a head-dress which they call bocca [boqtaq/gugu hat] made of bark, or such other light material as they can find, and it is big and as much as two hands can span around, and is a cubit and more high, and square like the capital of a column. This bocca they cover with costly silk stuff, and it is hollow inside, and on top of the capital, or the square on it, they put a tuft of quills or light canes also a cubit or more in length. And this tuft they ornament at the top with peacock feathers, and round the edge (of the top) with feathers from the mallard's tail, and also with precious stones. The wealthy ladies wear such an ornament on their heads, and fasten it down tightly with an amess [J: a fur hood], for which there is an opening in the top for that purpose, and inside they stuff their hair, gathering it together on the back of the tops of their heads in a kind of knot, and putting it in the bocca, which they afterwards tie down tightly under the chin.
Ruysbroeck, 1900
TLDR: Mongolian women shaved the front half of their head and covered it with a boqta, the tall Mongolian headdress worn by noblewomen throughout the Mongol empire. Rubruck observed this hairstyle in noblewomen (boqta was reserved only for noblewomen). It’s not clear whether all women, regardless of status, shaved the front of their heads after marriage and whether it was limited to certain ethnic groups.
When I learned about that piece of information, I was simply going to leave it at that but, what actually motivated me to write this post is to show what I believe to be evidence of what Rubruck described. By sheer coincidence, I came across these Yuan Dynasty empress paintings:
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Portrait of Empress Dowager Taji Khatun [ᠲᠠᠵᠢ ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ, Тажи xатан], also known as Empress Zhaoxian Yuansheng [昭獻元聖皇后] (1262 - 1322) from album of Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk, Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368). National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan [image source].
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Portrait of Unnamed Imperial Consort from album Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk. Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368). National Palace Mueum in Taiper, Taiwan [image source].
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Portrait of unnamed wife of Gegeen Khan [ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ, Гэгээн хаан], also known as Shidibala [ᠰᠢᠳᠡᠪᠠᠯᠠ, 碩德八剌] and Emperor Yingzong of Yuan [英宗皇帝] (1302-1323) from album Portraits of Empresses. Artist Unknown. Ink and color on silk. Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368), early 14th century. National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan [image source].
To me, it’s evident that the hair of those women is shaved at the front. The transparent gauze strip allows us to clearly see their hairstyle. The other Yuan empress portraits have the front part of the head covered, making it impossible to discern which hairstyle they had. I wonder if the transparent gauze was a personal style choice or if it was part of the tradition such that, after shaving the hair, the women had to show that they were now married by showcasing the shaved part.
As shaving or cutting the hair was a practice linked by nomads with transitioning or changing from one state to another (going from being single to married, for example), it would not be a surprise if the women regrew it.
References:
Mongulai. (2018, April 19). Tradition of cutting the hair of the child for the first time.
Ruysbroeck, W. V. & Giovanni, D. P. D. C., Rockhill, W. W., ed. (1900) The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253-55, as narrated by himself, with two accounts of the earlier journey of John of Pian de Carpine. Hakluyt Society London. Retrieved from the University of Washington’s Silk Road texts.
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ancientorigins · 17 days
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One of the largest conflicts in naval history, the Battle of Lake Poyang forever changed the course of medieval China. This monumental clash in 1363 AD, amidst the scenic expanse of Lake Poyang marked a pivotal moment in the rise of the Ming Dynasty.
This strategic battle unfolded against the backdrop of the Red Turban Rebellion, where former Buddhist monk Zhu Yuanzhang rose to challenge the Mongol-based Yuan Dynasty's rule. Amidst shifting alliances and power struggles, the battle unfolded as a clash of naval supremacy in the Yangtze River Basin when hundreds—if not thousands—of warships maneuvered amidst a storm of arrows and cannon fire. This epic clash has been remembered for the innovative tactics employed. From fire vessels to formidable tower ships, this was a testing ground for naval weapons which yielding devastating effects.
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thatshowthingstarted · 2 months
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A gold ‘dragon’-handled cup, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368),
The cup has a shallow bowl with rounded sides raised on a gently flared ring foot. The handle is exquisitely executed in repoussé from two gold sheets as a dragon head suspending a loose ring from its clenched jaws.
The cup is chased with a narrow band of foliate scroll below the mouth rim, and the bottom of the interior is chased with three peony blossoms borne on leafy, scrolling stems on a stippled ground within a 'bead' border.
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) wide; weight 72.1 g.
Courtesy: Christie's
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panicinthestudio · 9 months
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Bottle with Peony Scroll, mid-14th century
Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), China
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
The structured surface of this bottle ultimately derives from the Islamic cultures of West Asia. The designs painted on the surface of the bottle also illustrate the complicated ties between China and other regions in the fourteenth century: the patterns on the neck parallel the cloud-collar designs often found in textiles and clothing in China and the Islamic world; the scrolling peonies that decorate the center of the bottle derive from longstanding Chinese traditions; and the stylized lotus petals on the base allude to imagery found in Indo-Himalayan art. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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jeannepompadour · 1 year
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Lady and plum blossoms by an anonymous Yuan dynasty painter (1279-1368)
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yebreed · 10 months
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Ming and Qing Taoist tokens (Ling Pai 令牌 aka Lei Ling 雷令or Wu Lei Hao Ling 五雷號令) used in the Thunder Rites (Lei Fa 雷法). Mostly from Lushan Taoist school (閭山派), Fujian.
The tokens are made of wood, often peach wood or jujube, however, jade, ivory, bamboo root, etc. are allowed. The rounded top represents Heavens and the rectangular base – Earth.
The Ling Pai are engraved with signs corresponding to those divinities or forces with which the practitioner interacts during the Rites. The patterns and shapes may vary depending on the Taoist school and lineage, but the overall structure remains recognizable.
Photo: © Lin Mengyi, Xuanwu Daomen Taoist Research Center (林孟毅 玄武道門 道教研究中心), Taiwan.
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artifacts-archive · 1 month
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Scalloped-Rim Dish with Cranes and Clouds
China, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
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chinesehanfu · 1 year
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【Reference Artifacts】:
・China Ming Dynasty Portraits:【馬順𡖖夫人何氏遺像/【Portrait of Mrs. He, Ma Shunqing's wife】
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・China Ming Dynasty Portraits: 【Anonymous old woman Portraits/ 佚名老妇像轴】
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・China Ming Dynasty Portraits: 【Yao Family Portrait/ 明代姚氏家谱像 】
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・China Ming Dynasty Portraits: 【Portrait of a woman in the early Ming Dynasty/ 明初妇人容像】
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[Hanfu · 漢服]China Ming Dynasty Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu & Hairstyle Based on Early Ming Dynasty Female Portrait
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Early Ming Dynasty women's costume
【History Note About “左衽/ garment fastened on the left side ” 】
In China, due to the Confucianism of Confucius, the Han nationality people is basically dressed in “右衽/ garment fastened on the right side” ,only the  dead person and some ethnic minorities wear “左衽/ garment fastened on the left side ”.Therefore, the way of wearing clothing in  “右衽 or 左衽” is usually used to distinguish Han people and ethnic minorities.
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But under the rule of Yuan Dynasty(Mongolian), the above concept was not taken seriously (It may be related to the reason that many foreigners moved in China during the Yuan Dynasty), even Han people also began to wear in   “左衽/ garment fastened on the left side ”until Early Ming Dynasty.
However, the way of “左衽/ garment fastened on the left side ” gradually disappeared after the early Ming Dynasty due to the Ming Dynasty expelled the Mongolian from China.
【History Note About “缘襈袄”in Early Ming 】
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↑BY @撷芳主人
The “缘襈袄/Yuán zhuàn ǎo” is a kind of clothing with edges on the collar, sleeves and clothes edge with obvious boundaries between(Use other fabrics than clothing)
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