After the TV drama Flourished Peony aired, some people were left wondering: was peony really that popular during the Tang Dynasty? The drama depicts a booming peony economy that enables the female protagonist to become rich. It also shows peonies blooming in every household, drawing huge crowds. In fact, the drama isn’t Read more…
Many netizens are complaining that they can’t tell the characters apart after watching Perfect Match (《五福临门》) for quite a while. What’s more, it’s easy to get visual fatigue. Once they checked the pictures, they were really left dumbfounded. Setting aside the plot and the actors’ looks, were the makeup and costumes Read more…
In TV dramas like The Palm (掌心), we’ve started to see striped hanfu skirts. They bear a striking resemblance to modern fashion trends. But were there really such striped skirts in ancient times? Was the Tang Dynasty incredibly avant – garde? In fact, these skirts did exist. Skirts featuring near – Read more…
We’ve seen so many stunningly elaborate Hanfu designs. Have you ever wondered why people mainly wear Hanfu styles from the aristocratic class and rarely opt for commoner – style Hanfu? Besides the fact that aristocratic Hanfu is more gorgeous, commoner – style Hanfu seems rather underwhelming. But what exactly accounts Read more…
The production team of Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2, starring Liu Shishi, recently released a video. In the video, Liu Shishi makes an entrance wearing bead yingluo (a kind of hanfu hair accessories). This gives off a unique charm that combines exotic allure with traditional Chinese aesthetics. But why is that? Read more…
This question is likely on the minds of many hanfu enthusiasts. When people first start learning about traditional Chinese clothing, they’re often reminded never to “wear their hair in a disheveled manner.” For the ancients, when was it necessary to tie up their hair in a bun? And for people Read more…
If you ask Chinese kids what they want most during the Spring Festival, all decked out in their Chinese New Year outfits, 99.9% of them will answer, “Give me a big red envelope!” And the remaining 0.01% who don’t ask for red envelopes are just pretending. Why is there this Read more…
When it comes to Chinese wedding dress in ancient costume dramas, some people will say that during weddings in the Song Dynasty, “women from lower – status families wore red when getting married, while those from higher – status families wore green.” And when seeing these wedding costumes of men Read more…
Recently, the crew released spoilers, and the flower – adorned hairstyles of Ju Jingyi and Chen Duling came into the public eye. However, some netizens said: For Chen Duling’s flower – adorned hanfu hairstyle, why does it seem that the flowers are too big and her head is too small? Read more…
Chinese food generally doesn’t contain extremely high amounts of oil and fat. So why is the number of obese people in China on the rise? In fact, the global obesity rate data is rather severe. According to the official website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Read more…