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As requested by user @Wei on my Mamianqun article, here’s a little summary of all the most popular hanfu skirt (qun or types and what the difference between them is! I’m not going to go into as much detail as the previous article since my goal is to go through them all quickly and teach you the differences between them, but I’ll be including some brief details on their name, history, construction, and features so that you can better understand the huge variety of skirts in hanfu. Let’s start off with some basics rules hanfu skirts tend to follow. Skirts are made up of one or two pieces of fabric, usually, and they take the shape of a flat piece of pleated or non pleated cloth that gets wrapped around the body and tied in place by ribbons/ties. There are very few exceptions to this, except in hanyuansu, which is modified hanfu for convenience and style. The waistband of the skirt is usually 6-8cm wide and made with a different piece of fabric than the body of the skirt, which the body of the skirt is then attached to—this is referred to as the skirt head (. But even with…

Hanfu models are arguably the luckiest of all, as they are always the first to try on the latest hanfu and take beautiful photos. But becoming a good hanfu model also takes a lot of hard work. Modern Hanfu found four hanfu models and let's hear their stories.   No.1 A Shang (阿尚) I am a college student studying drama performance, and I chose to join the hanfu modeling industry in my freshman year because I wanted to gain more shooting experience to better train myself and to reduce some economic pressure for my family, and I had participated in some aspects of modeling work. When I first joined the hanfu modeling industry, I thought hanfu modeling was the same as print modeling, but then I realized that I had to have my own "Yun Wei (韵味, charm)" to make it work. And the outside world's opinion about hanfu is really too single, each hanfu model as a "show" on stage for a minute or even a dozen seconds, may have to do a full month or two months of preparation off stage. From the understanding of the costume, to the selection of the overall style, to the design of…

The Legend of the White Snake is one of the four major Chinese folk love legends, and has spawned many classic TV series and movies. Today, we bring you a tutorial for the Hanfu hairstyle of Xiao Qing (小青) in the Legend of the White Snake. 1: Two ponytails first;2: Tie into braided hair; 3: Take a wig piece; 4: Fixed on the left rear side; 5: Coil the right side of the braided hair and secure with clips (the goal is to cover the ends of the wig pieces);6: The other side is the same; 7: Take a strand of wig hair;8: Tie into braided hair; 9: Coil and fix the braided hair;10: Finally, put on a green hair tie; Complete! Click on the video to see the full tutorial. ancient Chinese Hanfu hairstyles can be found at Hanfu Makeup Group and Hanfu Makeup tag.

As requested by user @Wei on my Mamianqun article, here’s a little summary of all the most popular hanfu skirt (qun or types and what the difference between them is! I’m not going to go into as much detail as the previous article since my goal is to go through them all quickly and teach you the differences between them, but I’ll be including some brief details on their name, history, construction, and features so that you can better understand the huge variety of skirts in hanfu. Let’s start off with some basics rules hanfu skirts tend to follow. Skirts are made up of one or two pieces of fabric, usually, and they take the shape of a flat piece of pleated or non pleated cloth that gets wrapped around the body and tied in place by ribbons/ties. There are very few exceptions to this, except in hanyuansu, which is modified hanfu for convenience and style. The waistband of the skirt is usually 6-8cm wide and made with a different piece of fabric than the body of the skirt, which the body of the skirt is then attached to—this is referred to as the skirt head (. But even with…