This actress is so cute! I love the costume as well. The peacock hair accessories and necklace are awesome. Does anyone know which TV series this is from?
(Source: hanfu)
I was so in love with Fann Wong when I saw this series. She was so graceful, quiry, and pretty in it.
(Source: hanfu)
@hamburger-time, Regarding hanfu
Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to find information about hanfu. Unlike kimono which have always been popular and maintains its existence in Japanese culture, hanfu was banned in China when the Manchu conquered China and founded the Qing dynasty. AFAIK (my source being Wuxia TV series, so bear with me A__A) the banning was a political/ethnic act. Hanfu is Han Chinese clothing, the Manchu government wanted the Han Chinese to wear something from Manchu culture to the point that men who didn’t braid their hair was punishable by death.
As for types of hanfu, Wikipedia has a page about it.
The hanfu seen today in modern entertainments and hanfu movement probably have some differences than the traditional hanfu as the original culture was banned during Ming dynasty. Hanfu was popularized by mainstream media and over time the people who design costumes for such media have been inspired by Japanese and other culture’s aethetics; this, I assume, have inspired the young hanfu movement as well and thus probably make the hanfu that exist today to be different from the original hanfu.
I’ve also read about the Japanese court female hairstyle in Heian period (the taregami) was popular because the court at that time wanted something different from the Chinese hairstyle (buns, updo hair, etc). It’s possible that kimono came from the same idea, to wear something different from the Chinese.
My knowledge of hanfu is even less than that of kimono, what I posted here are mostly speculation (except the banning part) from observation.
