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Chinese hanfu.
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XIAO YAN 肖燕 | hanfu photoshoot
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请冷风汉服造型Please cool style
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Chinese hanfu.
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WANG YITING 王奕婷 | hanfu photoshoot
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Some of my characters from my fantasy world based on China, Japan, and other countries
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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):
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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):
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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):
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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):
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This particular style of rongqiu hair ornament was depicted in the 2012 historical cdrama 娘心计/Mother's Scheme:
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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 ^^
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ziseviolet · 3 days
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Chinese hanfu.
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This particular type of theatrical/performance outfit is not uncommon in Chinese opera and other Chinese performing arts such as dance. It does resemble feitian costume and may be based on/inspired by it. I'd put it in the category of xifu/戏服 (Chinese opera costumes), which covers many styles as I described here and here.
Hi! First of all I wanted to say that I only just found your account recently and it's very interesting, I love learning about other cultures and clothing has always been a big reason for that so I really appreciate the amount of research you put into your work!
Anyways, I'm also a big fan of Journey To The West and I found this photo depicting Princess Iron Fan that came from a 2010 Chinese opera performance "Monkey King: Flaming Mountain". Her outfit is very very pretty but I couldn't find any info on it no matter how hard I tried, the one thing I managed to find that was similar was called a feitian dress (I think, sorry if that's wrong), but they don't look quite the same as the one in this performance. I was wondering if you knew what it was called and if it has any historical accuracies behind the design of her outfit as well, thanks in advance! :)
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you're enjoying my blog.
So, I think you're on the right track with "feitian" dress. Another culture/ historical fashion blog, @ziseviolet, wrote an excellent post about feitian dress, its origins, and its modern versions that you should read here: https://www.tumblr.com/ziseviolet/672232299973296128/what-exactly-does-dunhuang-style-mean?source=share
Another thing to note is that it's a Chinese Opera performance, meaning that the costumes will blend the well-known character traits & signifiers from the original tale mixed with traditional Chinese Opera costumes/ accessories. As far as I could tell, Princess Iron Fan is some kind of demoness in the original story, and many gods/bodhisattvas/apsaras (i.e. feitian)/ demons were depicted wearing "feitian" style clothing to indicate their non-humanness to audiences.
We know that feitian style clothing isn't historically accurate and that many aspects of Chinese Opera costumes are also not historical, so there's not much else to find regarding this version of Princess Iron Fan's costume. I do agree that it's very pretty, but I don't think it has any special name or style other than "feitian." I hope you find this answer helpful! If not, see if @ziseviolet may have a better answer for you!
Regards,
Koikishu
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ziseviolet · 3 days
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Dunhuang-style feitian costume.
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ziseviolet · 3 days
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Zhang Xiao aka Xiao Zhang aka 張曉 aka 张晓 (Chinese, b. 1981, Yantai, Shandong Province, China) - 1: Shanxi No.1  2: Shanxi No.2  3: Shanxi No.75  4: Shanxi No.24  5: Shanxi No.9  6: Shanxi No.5  7: Shanxi No.6  8: Shanxi No.22  from Shanxi series, 2007  Photography 
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The Victoria & Albert Museum
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春有约,花不误,樱花满枝头。Spring is here, are you going out on a date?
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ZHANG YUXI 张予曦 in hanfu 『 LOOK1 』 | Guerlain Brand Event
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ziseviolet · 3 days
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Chinese hanfu.
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Hong Xiao
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chinese hanfu by 裳宫语
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Pearl River Park, Guangzhou, China
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