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Hanfu and whatnot

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Hanfu, and sometimes other Chinese stuff.
  • 【Tang Dynasty Artifact Reference】: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Murals

[Hanfu · 漢服]China Tang Dynasty Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu Reference to Tang Dynasty Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Murals 【佳期阁-观海2.0(Pink)】

Mid-Tang Dynasty Noble Woman Costume and Hairstyle

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[Hanfu · 漢服]China Tang Dynasty Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu Photoshoots

📸Photo By: @松果sir

👦🏻 👧🏻 Model: @查查查查比 & @小白龙LR

👧🏻 Hanfu By: @桑纈

👦🏻 Hanfu By: @彰漢堂 ​​​

[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Tang Dynasty(618–907AD)Traditional Clothing Hanfu Based On Tang Dynasty Silk Painting

【Historical Artifacts Reference 】:

▶ China Tang Dynasty Silk Painting《"Beauty under the tree"/唐 樹下美人圖 絹畫》

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China 【Tang Dynasty】Mural :《陕西礼泉县新城长公主墓壁画 (663) /Murals in the tomb of Princess Xincheng, Liquan County, Shaanxi Province (663) 》P2

The costume of female court servent in Emperor Gaozong of Tang period

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P1, P3 & P4:Restoration work by © 晓琳-装束复原 

[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Tang Dynasty(618–907AD)Traditional Clothing Hanfu Based On Stone Carving of Tang Dynasty

The image of girls in the early Kaiyuan reign (713-741) of the Tang Dynasty

【Historical Artifact Reference】:

  • China Tang Dynasty Stone carvings on the stone coffin of Xue Jing(薛儆)'s tomb

Xue Jing(薛儆):son-in-law of Emperor Ruizong of Tang China

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hii !! ihave a question i hope I'm not bothering you <:D i would like to create a !fictional! story set in a ancient chinese setting and i would like to mix different chinese dynasties is it possible ? also can men wear clothing such as the yunjian or a pibo ? and if they cant can i do that for a fictional story? ( idont want to offend anyone 😭)

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The word you are looking for perhaps is "架空" (fictional world). Men don't wear yunjian or pibo, but if I did see people adding a pibo for costumes of deities.

(【鹤庐】汉服)

As for offensiveness, sorry that I can't give you an answer.

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Regarding yunjian -- it wasn't worn by men historically, but it can be a component of men's theatrical costumes (xifu). For example, the below images of Chinese opera "The Butterfly Lovers" depict yunjian being a part of Liang Shanbo's costume (1/2/3/4):

Anonymous asked:

Hello this might be a silly question but I genuinely wonder if the Pi Bo and Pi Feng can be worn together?

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

Historically, 披帛/pibo and 披风/pifeng would not have been worn together, as they are from different time periods.

As I explained in my post on pibo here, the pibo - a scarf-like accessory - first appeared sometime around the Qin dynasty, really came into vogue during the Sui & Tang dynasties, and fell out of common use during the Song dynasty. Below - Tang dynasty-style pibo (via):

The pibo didn't disappear, though - it just evolved. During the Song dynasty, the pibo evolved into the 霞帔/xiapei. The xiapei became an important component of women's formal attire in the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties (x). Below - xiapei in Ming dynasty portrait (via):

Meanwhile, the pifeng, an outer coat with loose and long sleeves, was worn during the Ming dynasty (pifeng is the Ming dynasty name for beizi). Below - pifeng (via):

So technically, it would be anachronistic to wear the pibo and pifeng together. However, nowadays people are free to mix and match hanfu as they please. Unless you're going for historical accuracy, there's no reason not to wear the pibo and pifeng together if that's what you want ^^

Hope this helps!

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