Sinology Sunday: May 8, 2016

Sui Dynasty to early Tang dynasty

This week, we take a look into more reconstructions from the Sui Dynasty and Tang dynasty.  Pictures this week come from Clothing and Happiness 裝束與樂舞.  Images are labeled with their approximate time periods during this era.

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Sinology Sunday: December 13, 2015

Northern and Southern Dynasties.  Can you imagine Ariel Lin dressing like this for the Prince of Lanling?

This week, we take a look into more clothes pre-dating the Tang dynasty.  Pictures this week come from Clothing and Happiness 裝束與樂舞.  Each of the pictures will be labeled with the general time period they are attributed to and possibly some more details.  I will try to keep them in order.  Most of the pictures come from the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui dynasty.

With this post, we make a full circle and end up just behind the Tang dynasty.  You may see more of Clothing and Happiness in the future but I find that their styling may not be for everybody and probably not the most… err… in-line with modern tastes.  We will be following this post up with more Han dynasty and pre-Han dynasty clothing pictures before we start jumping around in the timeline and exploring other Hanfu groups.

Also, I was able to find a source of more Han dynasty hanfu pictures with *gasp* males from different occupations and walks of life.  I’m not sure how long these pictures will last but it seems a couple other hanfu makers have started expanding into this time period a tiny bit so maybe I will be able to get just as many pictures from this era that I have from every other dynasty… like say the popular Tang dynasty… pretty please… *bambi eyes*

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Sinology Sunday: December 6, 2015

Early Eastern Han Dynasty.  Looks like zhiju to me.

This week, we take a look into more Han dynasty-inspired clothing and clothes pre-dating the Tang dynasty.  Pictures this week come from Clothing and Happiness 裝束與樂舞.  Each of the pictures will be labeled with the general time period they are attributed to and possibly some more details.  I will try to keep them in order.  Most of the pictures come from the Eastern Han Dynasty, the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms periodJin Dynasty, and the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

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Sinology Sunday: November 29, 2015

Warring States period (Clothing and Happiness).  Zhiju probably worn in various styles farther back than this period and into the Han dynasty, though probably not too popular given other options by the time we get to the Han dynasty.

This week, we take a look into a subject I have been avoiding Han dynasty-inspired clothing and clothes pre-dating the Tang dynasty.  Therefore, for those of you who have been keeping track, we will be making a loop around in the timeline… and just in time since this period kind of correlates with Qin’s Moon and The Legend of Miyue‘s rough time period.

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