this is for sims 4 cc only. @mashiro-ttebane - Tumblr Blog

Here it is. Here is my take on Archangel Michael.

Pale Skin, Pale Blonde Hair, crimson eyes that fade to gold.

Maybe one day I’ll do a full body reference but his hood is like a cape! Just imagine Simeon’s cape but with a hood haha :D

#obey me #obey me michael

thalfox

How the Demon Brothers Laugh

The demons laugh a lot more with MC around, each with their own unique style.

This is also how the brothers' laugh in my fic, Wolf At Your Door 👀

Lucifer, the Trying-Not-To-Laugh

And bonus Diavolo on the left! Lucifer often finds it quite hard to hide his amusement at his brothers' antics, but he will fight to keep a stern face and they're all so scared of his wrath, they don't realise.

MC however does, and teases him when they're alone. He doesn't try to hide his amusement with MC, and laughs a lot more often than he used to...

Mammon & Levi, the Chuckle Brothers

These two have similar laughs, which isn't surprising given that when they're in truce-mode they are the two demons most likely to be found giggling over dick jokes. Levi appreciates that Mammon actually recognises most memes, and while much of Levi's fantalk is beyond Mammon, the otaku has excellent comic timing.

Both these demons laugh a lot and are prone to sudden explosive laughter and giggle fits, often over absolutely nothing.

The above gif is a legit incident from the dining room.

Satan, the Smirker

Like Lucifer, Satan will try and keep a straight face. Unlike Lucifer, he usually succeeds. In time, MC learns that his little smirk is the Satan equivalent of LMAOLOLROFLSKSKSK.

If it's just MC there, a quiet exhale of breath may be heard too. It's almost a chuckle, but his bright smile just for MC more than makes up for the silent laugh.

Asmo, the Howler

If Asmo is amused, everyone in the entire Devildom is gonna hear him. This is also how Diavolo laughs, though his is more of a bellow, while Asmo slides from hoot to shriek.

He is also VERY easily amused 😁

Beel, the Food Sprayer

It's never a good idea to tell someone a joke when they're eating, but with Beel it's kinda unavoidable. He's dreadfully embarrassed the first time MC does this, but given he aimed at someone else, MC finds it hilarious.

When he's not eating, Beel laughs with a full body shake, like a happy bear.

Belphegor, the Heh-zzzzzz

Belphie has three reactions. "Meh" means it wasn't funny. "Heh" means it was absolutely hilarious. "Zzz" means, ah, he fell asleep.

#obey me

ziseviolet

Are there any styles of hanfu that are unisex?

Hi, thanks for the question! I think the more pertinent question is, which styles of Hanfu aren’t unisex? One of the great things about Hanfu is that many of its styles are not limited to a specific gender, to the point that couples can go out wearing exactly identical clothes if they wish. Examples below - 1) Ruqun/Yichang, 2) Zhiju:

Common Hanfu styles considered to be unisex include the following (note: see posts here and here for Hanfu definitions): Ruqun (known as Yichang for men), Beizi, Banbi, Bijia, Pifeng, Zhiju, Quju, Yuanlingpao (technically men’s Hanfu, but became popular with women during the Tang dynasty), Shuhe, and Doupeng. These are just some of the most basic styles; there are many more. Examples below - 1) Banbi, 2) Beizi, 3) Yuanlingpao, 4) Shuhe:

Meanwhile, Hanfu styles considered exclusive to women include: Chest-high Ruqun, Daxiushan, Aoqun, Chang Ao, and U-Collar; while styles considered exclusive to men include: Dachang, Daopao, Zhiduo, Lanshan, Tieli, and Yisan/Yesa (again, these lists are by no means exhaustive).

Nowadays, of course, people are free to wear any style of Hanfu they want, regardless of its assigned gender code. As in Western fashion, women are freer to experiment with men’s Hanfu than the other way around. Example below - Couple wearing Song dynasty-style Lanshan, which is a formal style of Hanfu worn by male scholars and students since the Tang dynasty:

Hope this helps!

#hanfu

ziseviolet

Hi, this isn’t a clothing question but sometimes in period dramas i see people wearing the red mark on their forehead? Sometimes its just a dot, other times it looks complex- are these different kind of marks? And what are they for?

Hi, thanks for the question!

The markings on the forehead are traditional Chinese beauty ornaments called Huadian/花钿. They’re purely ornamental accessories that became fashionable among women during the Tang dynasty. I wrote about Huadian in my posts here, here, here, here, and here. I also have a post on forehead decorations for men here. Please check them out!

You can see all of my posts related to Huadian in my Huadian tag. Also fyi, I have a masterpost that compiles all my previous replies, so please check it out if you haven’t already ^^

Hope this helps! (images via 1, 2, 3)

#haudian #chinese #chinese culture

sp1cysie

Blowjobs

♡.summary | how they give vs. recieve blogjobs.

♡.characters | all obey me characters.

♡.warnings | nsfw, blowjobs, amab!reader for giving hcs (although i suppose you could pretend it’s a dildo??), gn!reader for receiving hcs

♡.word count | headcanons – 3.1k.

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me smut

hanfugallery

chinese fashion in xitang hanfu cultural week

#hanfu #mens hanfu #street hanfu

heartlessharless

5 ways to increase/decrease suspense in your writing

Suspense is one of the trickier parts of writing to manage effectively because, as the author, you can’t experience your story the way a reader does. If you don’t have enough suspense, it can be difficult to keep your readers interested. If you have too much, frustrated and stressed-out readers might throw your book against the wall. Too much suspense can even backfire - if you try to keep your readers constantly on edge, they can stop taking things seriously and the end result is as though you never included any suspense at all.

So how can you tell if you’ve reached the right balance? Unfortunately, I can’t answer that for you. Some things really do require feedback from honest and insightful readers. Once you have that feedback, however, there are easy tricks to adjusting the level of suspense without a drastic re-write. Here are my five favorite methods.

Promises and Payoffs

INCREASE SUSPENSE by promising something huge and then giving your reader something unexpected. To borrow an example from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, imagine a teenage boy and girl sneaking into an empty building. Everything from the costumes to the lighting is designed to make you uneasy about the girl’s safety but, in the end, she’s the vampire. Give the audience something sensational and they won’t be disappointed that you didn’t deliver on what you originally promised.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by promising less than you plan to deliver. For example, if you plan to kill off a character as they walk through a dark alley, let them worry about being mugged rather than murdered. Not only is it less suspenseful, the payoff is more shocking.

Characters are Crucial

INCREASE SUSPENSE by shifting the focus to a character who’s more involved in the action or one who has more at stake. Even if you have a single POV character, another can come in and demand that character’s attention, along with the readers’.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by focusing on a character who’s more concerned with a secondary goal. Subplots are a fantastic way to give your readers some room to breathe.

Calm vs. Chaos

INCREASE SUSPENSE by cutting back on the action. Suspense flourishes in the quiet moments when your characters have time to think and to anticipate what may be in store for them.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by giving your characters a big, exciting mess to deal with. Even when that mess causes more problems and puts more pressure on your characters in the long run, you’ve still created an oasis where both they and the readers are too distracted to worry about how the big picture will pan out.

Devil’s in the Details

INCREASE SUSPENSE by concentrating on the details of the setting. Horror movies are great at this - every creak of a door, every shadow across a wall keeps the audience immersed in the experience and tense with anticipation.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by breaking the “show, don’t tell” rule and allow exposition to help you move things along. You don’t need to take readers through every aspect of your story in excruciating detail. It’s okay to gloss over some things and it helps readers relax because they know you’re not going to be springing any surprises on them just yet.

Ticking Time-Bomb

INCREASE SUSPENSE by imposing a deadline that your characters struggle to meet. It’s one of the oldest and most obvious tricks in the book, but very effective.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by allowing your characters to believe that the deadline has been met or pushed back. If they (and the readers) believe that they’ve accomplished their goal or bought themselves more time, it relieves pressure and allows everyone to relax until the truth’s revealed.

ilikelookingatnakedmen

I can’t suspense worth a crap so any hint will help

syrenpan

Always reblog interesting suggestions.

pancake365

Why is this so good?

#writingtips #suspense

tentative-wanderer

🏯 Danmei Book Recommendations 📚

(Edited on 31/10/2020, will be updated as I go along. Sorry, tried to do the “keep reading under the cut” thing but Tumblr mobile isn’t user-friendly enough so I failed. May try to figure it out later.)

(For the uninitiated: danmei=gay Chinese fiction)

Wanted to revisit the happiness these books brought me, so I made this rec list.

A few of these books have been translated by fans, but I think many are only available in Mandarin and don’t have commonly used English titles (yet). I translated some titles myself because I wanted to see how they look in English...

Some descriptions are briefer than others not necessarily because the books are worse, but because I read them a couple of years ago. I may have forgotten the specifics, but I remember the joy.

‼️ Important clarifications:

•Don’t be fooled by ridiculous book titles. Some wacky titles mask deep plots. (And by the end of the books I grow attached to their names...)

•Many of these books contain elements suitable for ADULTS only.

•Check the authors’ WARNINGS before reading.

•I ALWAYS have complaints. This applies to EVERY book. They may be about small things like slightly loose ends or bigger things like gender issues and offhanded racism. The things I can stomach may not be things you can stomach, and vice versa.

Note that: 1) not all my complaints are listed in this post, so read the books at your own risk; and 2) a book with cons listed under it might NOT NECESSARILY be worse than a book without cons listed under it; it may be that the former book is more memorable than the latter, which is why I remember the former’s cons better! Or maybe I discovered the book recently.

•All these books have happy endings...for the main couple, at the very least.

•NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO MY POST, but I care about your reading experience, so I’m putting this here: if you’re a reader of book translations by fans and you keep scrolling through social media and reading tweets about characters, sooner or later you’re going to come across massive spoilers. If the book is still in the process of being translated and/or you haven’t finished reading it, needless to say, you will ruin your fun. Save yourself and lay off the social media, don’t be a dumb husky (yes I’m looking at Dumb Husky’s fans here). (Being a rec list, this post of mine is safe and spoiler-free.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Masterpieces I love + have the least number of complaints about:

🗑 不要在垃圾桶里捡男朋友 Don’t Pick Up Boyfriends from the Trash Bin by 骑鲸南去 Qijing Nanqu/Riding A Whale South

•Key word: REBIRTH (note: it’s deeper than you think)

•Plot: PRIZE FOR BEST PLOT! Don’t get me wrong, I love the plots of Dumb Husky and Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation just as much as this one. But I’m awarding the prize to Trash Bin because it has 1) absolutely mind-blowing problem-solving, 2) many sub-stories of various genres tied into one overarching storyline, and 3) perfect pacing despite its considerable length. 🏅

•Emotions: 70% humour, 30% heartache. The first time I read the book, I found it jam-packed with fun and witticisms. The second time I read the book, I was stabbed in the heart harder than I expected. The author uses innovative events and metaphors to illustrate sadness.

•Additional points for depicting major real-life problems and blending these mature elements into the plot. The particular issue that personally affects the protagonist enhances the emotions in the story powerfully.

•Genre/setting: Modern, historical, xianxia, horror, apocalypse, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian...

•Characters: Lovely characters, many characters

•Protagonist: Funny and capable. I’m a huge fan.

•Read my gushing promo here: https://tentative-wanderer.tumblr.com/post/190027491153/the-best-book-ive-read-in-many-months

•Physical book published as 入池 Entering the Pool. (Suggestive, given the protagonist’s name...but I swear this book is all about the plot, not p+rn.)

🧟‍♂️ 魔道祖师 Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (that’s the fan translation title; personally I think the title can also be translated as Founder of the Demonic Path) by 墨香铜臭 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu/Fragrance of Ink, Tang of Copper Coins

•Key word: DISCOVERY

•Plot: Amazing plot. Never a dull moment. Major plot twist towards the end, which I think could have been handled better, but it’s fine.

•Emotions: 80% humour, 20% heartache

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Characters: PRIZE FOR BEST CAST! Numerous lovable characters with well-fleshed-out backgrounds and distinctive personalities. They’re still stuck in my mind, years after I finished the book. 🏅

•Protagonist: Funny and capable. I’m a huge fan.

•A favourite character who deserves better: Twinkle twinkle little star

•So fun that it made me seriously explore the danmei world for the first time in my life. Now I can’t get out.

•Has an animated series, a live action series (陈情令 The Untamed), manhua (comics), and an audio drama. Physical book published as 无羁 Unbridled.

🥀 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun by 肉包不吃肉 Roubao Buchirou/Meatbun Doesn’t Eat Meat

•Key words: REDEMPTION; DIFFICULT CHOICES

•Plot: Amazing plot. Major plot twists in the second half—kudos for portraying a gigantic grey area instead of stark black and white! Hooray for shitty situations with no right solutions! I love fantasy with a dash of realism!‬

•Emotions: PRIZE FOR BEST EMOTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS! Evocative and devastating prose; gorgeous imagery. Sensuous, horny, quirky. Immersive experiences of turmoil (due to personality reformation), sadness, love, and lust.🏅

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Characters: Lovely characters, many characters

•Protagonist: He’s a jerk and a good boy. I’m a huge fan.

•A favourite character who deserves better: My boy trapped between a rock and a hard place. Whichever choice he makes, he just can’t win. Did he do terrible things to solve a terrible problem? Yeah. Would you have done the same if you had been in his position? You’d probably have had a pretty strong desire to do so, unless you’re a utilitarian saint. Have some empathy, folks.

•Horny Award 🍑

•Extremely simple intro of the main cast that somehow amassed close to 300 notes...: https://tentative-wanderer.tumblr.com/post/183588840253/im-reading-dumb-husky-and-his-white-cat-shizun

•My critical commentary on character modifications in 皓衣行 Hao Yi Xing/Immortality, the upcoming Dumb Husky drama series. Contains major spoilers: https://twitter.com/tttvwanderer/status/1254155769282326528?s=21

•Has 2 audio dramas and an upcoming live action series.

🚪 死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by 西子绪 Xi Zi Xu

•Genre/setting: Horror, modern

•It sent chills down my spine. Scary.

•But it’s also funny!

👁 那个被我活埋的人 The Person I Buried Alive by 反派二姐 Fanpai Erjie/Villainous Second Sister/Dumb Villainous Sister

•Genre/setting: Mystery, modern

•“One Friday evening, a special patient walked into the psychotherapy centre.” (I love this one-line intro by the author. It’s very effective—on me, at the very least.)

💣 好一朵美腻的白莲花 What A Lovely White Lotus by 钟晓生 Zhong Xiao Sheng

•Genre/setting: WW2, Chinese Civil War

•Personal growth and development in a time of war. A taunting, teasing ruffian and a cowardly, selfish, rich, weirdass young master evolve into big-hearted soldiers, half forced by circumstance and half owed to choices of their own.

⚰️ 挖坟挖出鬼 Dug A Ghost Out While Gravedigging by 君子在野 Junzi Zaiye/Gentleman in the Wild

•Genre/setting: Modern, ghosts (not scary)

•Intriguing

•Powerful emotions

•Horny Award 🍑

💊 解药 Remedy by 巫哲 Wu Zhe

•Genre/setting: Modern

•Key word: LEARNING

•Man (booted out of his rich family) with the life skills of a baby VS street-smart gang leader

•Has an animated series (nowhere near as good as the book though)

🕺 迪奥先生 Mr. Dior by 绿野千鹤 Lü Ye Qian He/Thousand Cranes in a Meadow

•Genre/setting: Modern

•99% slapstick humour

•Warning: inadvertent cultural appropriation at some point

🎋人渣反派自救系统 Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by 墨香铜臭 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu/Fragrance of Ink, Tang of Copper Coins

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•A favourite character who deserves better: 9️⃣—999 emergency he smashed my heart into smithereens. Facets of good and evil + what-could-have-beens = very nice. I’m obsessed.

•Cons:

-I found the frequent use of colloquial words/internet slang off-putting at first, but I ended up not minding too much because it fits the protagonist’s character

-Two characters suffer from inexplicably irrational behaviour that I chalk up to plot necessity

🧝🏻‍♂️ 穿成高危职业之师尊 Transmigrated into a High-Risk Career: Shizun by 一丛音 Yi Cong Yin

• Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Off-putting title, good story

•Lively silly unskilled protagonist + possessive love interest with no care for anyone but the protagonist. These personalities are decidedly not my cup of tea, but I kept reading and found that the plot gets better and better. The sense of “mysteries to uncover” gradually builds up and then snowballs in the second half of the book. I was hooked.

•Many humorous moments. Huge fun.

•Interesting supporting characters. The doctor with the laggy response is my favourite.

•There are a couple of loose ends, and a few relationships and some villains’ motivations could have been handled better, but the resolution is still acceptable to me.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Books that I have a few more gripes about but enjoyed just as much/almost as much as the books above:

🌸 折枝/阶下囚 Broken Branch/The Prisoner by 困倚危楼 Kun Yi Wei Lou/Drowsily Leaning Against The Balcony Of A Tower* (*this phrase is from a poem)

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Beautiful depictions of 1) longing and 2) anguish and regret

•Sly and teasing love interest VS cold and stern protagonist, nice.

•Has an audio drama

•Con: the second half of the book got strange but it’s okay I enjoyed the book anyway

🤹🏻‍♀️ 天官赐福 Heaven Official’s Blessing by 墨香铜臭 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu/Fragrance of Ink, Tang of Copper Coins

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Deep themes, contemplative themes

•Has manhua (comics) and donghua (animated series). I found the first episode of the donghua quite lovely; here are my thoughts:

-https://tentative-wanderer.tumblr.com/post/633666933824405504/review-upon-rewatching-tgcf-episode-1

-https://tentative-wanderer.tumblr.com/post/633476984168726528/watched-tgcf-episode-1-sweet-tempered-xie

•Cons:

-The love interest is a tad too smooth/stereotypically perfect in a way that isn’t quite to my liking, but many fans seem charmed by that style. Subjective issue. But I do find him incredibly attractive in episode 1 of the donghua!

-I have gripes about some events

(But I enjoyed the book anyway)

🗡 每天起床都看到反派在抢戏 Every Day I Wake Up and See the Villain Stealing My Show by 钟晓生 Zhong Xiao Sheng

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Humourous!!!

•Con: the ending is kinda wonky but the reading process was fun enough to compensate for that

⚔️ 每天起床都看见教主在破案 Every Day I Wake Up and See the Sect Leader Cracking Cases by 钟晓生 Zhong Xiao Sheng

•Genre/setting: Wuxia

•Intriguing

🌊 水魅 Water Wraith by 樊落 Fan Luo

•Genre/setting: Modern, ghosts (not scary)

•Intriguing; dark mysterious mood

•Has an audio drama

•Con: if I remember correctly, I had a gripe about some powers in the second half of the book, but I enjoyed the story anyway

😤 奴才 Slave by 风弄 Feng Nong

•Genre/setting: Historical

•A trashy book. Trashy books make guilty pleasures.

•Utterly unrealistic, but I wasn’t looking for something realistic anyway.

📕 魔尊也想知道 The Demon Lord Would Like To Know As Well by 青色羽翼 Qingse Yuyi/Green Wings

•Genre/setting: Xianxia

•Funny supporting characters. If not for them, I wouldn’t have finished the book.

•Far surpasses most danmei novels in terms of gender equality (though it still doesn’t perfectly meet my standards); see this post for a slightly more detailed description: https://tentative-wanderer.tumblr.com/post/629254095244558336/currently-reading-%E9%AD%94%E5%B0%8A%E4%B9%9F%E6%83%B3%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93

•Cons:

-The love interest has no personality except for one key trait + I don’t like him, he’s too cold

-The descriptions of how magical energy works/plays out in that universe can be abstract and draggy

🌬 临时保镖 Temporary Bodyguard by 绿野千鹤 Lü Ye Qian He/Thousand Cranes in a Meadow

•Genre/setting: Modern, mystery

•Witty dialogues

•Warning: shocking racism at some point. I contemplated removing this book from this list, but ultimately didn’t because 1) I managed to swallow the bile and move on with the story, and 2) I did the same when I came across other social issues depicted disappointingly in other books on this list. (Typically, the culprit is sexism; less eye-catching but more insidious.) Read, if you do, with discernment.

•Cons:

-I have gripes about the way some of the cases/crimes were executed

-I have a gripe about a plot twist

-The ending feels slightly rushed

🥢 古董下山 Antique Descends A Mountain by 缘何故 Yuan He Gu/The Reason Why

•Genre/setting: Modern, mythology

•I won’t finish this book (the story, as it progressed, wasn’t to my taste), but the first part was fun

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Short stories for chilling without much brainpower:

😠 室友男友是个渣，我该不该提醒他？ My Housemate’s Boyfriend Is Scum; Should I Warn Him? by 反派二姐 Fanpai Erjie/Villainous Second Sister/Dumb Villainous Sister

•Genre/setting: Modern

•A simple and light “bedtime story” (in the words of the author) for when your brain just wants to trundle along sluggishly.

🌔 月光宝盒 Moonlight Treasure Box by 反派二姐 Fanpai Erjie/Villainous Second Sister/Dumb Villainous Sister

•Genre/setting: Modern

•A short “bedtime story” (in the author’s words). A bit plottier than the one above. Cute.

📑 将就 Make Do by 河汉 He Han

•Genre/setting: Modern

•Trite trope, simple, mild sweetness, no brain needed. Made do with this one when I couldn’t find plotty books to read.

🧑‍🎨 潮湿 Moist by 春日负暄 Chunri Fuxuan

•Genre/setting: Modern

•Light, p+rny story. Trigger warning. No brain needed. Made do with this one when I couldn’t find plotty books to read.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

🗣 Please recommend books for me to read! My reading habits:

•I read danmei in Mandarin.

•Most of the time, I’m picky about writing and plot quality. I’ll tolerate the occasional grammar mistake/typo if the writing is still good overall and if the plot is really interesting.

•The likeableness of the main characters plays a huge role in keeping me interested. I get attached to characters. Most of the time, I dislike constantly cold-blooded protagonists.

•I dislike dry court politics and palace intrigue. In a similar vein, I’m seldom interested in books with a non-magical historical setting, but I’m open to trying out such books if they don’t involve a lot of politics.

•Most of the time, I dislike books whose “plots” largely consist of characters being cutesy and lovey-dovey. Short stories are exempt from this standard, to an extent.

•Most of the time, I dislike nigh unbeatable protagonists who smoothly sail over obstacles and keep winning at life without much effort (金手指).

•I’ve tried many times to read Priest’s books but could never sustain my interest.

Thank you if you reblog this—I wanna share my love, and I’m both starving and picky so I really want more good books on my radar!

#danmei recommendations #danmei

fuckyeahchinesegarden

chinese bridge

hanfu-asks-deactivated20220126

The song in the background is a pretty famous song [左手指月] Upwards to the Moon from the drama Ashes of Love played on the Guqin

#scenery #bridge #upwards to the moon #guqin

surfacage

in which itachi and shisui go to a halloween party

why does anyone let shisui out of the house honestly

#modenau #naruto #itachi #shisui #halloween

dk-sims

Bicycle Pastel Recolours

D O W N L O A D | PATREON (FREE)

- Functional for teens - elders - Requires DU - Requires mesh (not included) HERE - 14 swatches - Check original ATS for recolouring rules. Re-uploading not permitted.

If you use, please tag me - I’d love to see it!

T S R | T U M B L R | I N S T A G R A M | P A T R E O N

#ts4cc #s4cc #ts4 recolor

ziseviolet

Hi! I see in your posts that there are names for the different types of hanfu...but i cannot tell the difference...would you be able to make a post on what the different types of hanfu are? If its too complicated thats ok!

Hi, thanks for the question! I covered the basic types of men’s hanfu here and here, so in this post I’ll describe the basic types of women’s hanfu. Resources on identifying different types of hanfu can be found in my reference tag.

- Ruqun/襦裙 - the most basic type of hanfu consisting of a top and a wrap-around skirt. The top is called “ru/襦” and the skirt is called “qun/ 裙”, hence “ruqun”. Sleeves can be narrow or wide. Generally speaking, people divide ruqun into two types based on the height of the skirt: “Qiyao Ruqun/ 齐腰襦裙” (waist-high ruqun) and “Qixiong Ruqun/ 齐胸襦裙” (chest-high ruqun).

“Qiyao Ruqun” is the kind of ruqun in which the waistband is on the waist. Both men and women can wear it. For women, the top’s collar can be parallel (left), crossed (middle), or u-shaped (right). Men’s ruqun are cross-collared only.

“Qixiong Ruqun”, on the other hand, has its waistband above the chest. The top’s collar can be parallel (left) or crossed (right). It’s only worn by women.

As seen in the photos above, ruqun is often accessorized with a long scarf called Pibo/披帛. Originally used to protect against wind and cold air, pibo gradually became an important feature of hanfu.

- Aoqun/袄裙 - a type of ruqun that became fashionable during the Ming Dynasty. It consists of a double-layered top called “ao/袄“ and a waist-high skirt (”qun”), hence “aoqun”. Unlike the “standard” ruqun that has the top tucked inside the skirt, the aoqun’s top is worn untucked, above the skirt. There are two types of “ao” - “short ao” and “long ao”. The “short ao” (left, right) reaches the waist, while the “long ao” (middle) covers the knees. Ao collars can be crossed (left, middle), upright (right), or square (not shown). Only worn by women.

- Unlike ruqun and aoqun which are made of separate top and bottom pieces, the Shenyi/深衣 style of hanfu consists of one-piece robes that wrap around the body once or several times. Quju/曲裾 (curved-hem robe) and Zhiju/直裾(straight-hem robe) are two types of shenyi. The quju (left, middle) is a robe in which the bottom hem of the left lapel spirals its way up to the waist of the wearer. Modern quju can come in a shortened version (middle) that reveals the skirt worn underneath. In contrast to the quju, the bottom hem of the zhiju (right) circles around levelly, creating a straight line. Quju and Zhiju are worn by both men and women.

- Beizi/褙子 - a parallel-collar “jacket” with side slits beginning at the armpit or at the waist. It can be secured at the front either with ties or a metal button. Extremely versatile, it can be long or short, have narrow or wide sleeves, and is worn by both men and women. During the Song Dynasty, it was popular to wear narrow-sleeved beizi over a chest undergarment and skirt/pants (middle). Another name for Ming Dynasty-style beizi is Pifeng/披风 (right). Pifeng collars can also be upright (not shown).

- Banbi/半臂 - a half-sleeve jacket worn by both men and women. It comes in various lengths and is usually worn over ruqun. Its collar can be parallel (left), crossed (middle), or u-shaped (right). When paired with ruqun, it can be worn tucked inside the skirt as well as over the skirt (untucked).

- Bijia/比甲 - a sleeveless jacket, usually worn over aoqun, that comes in various lengths and styles.

- Daxiushan/大袖衫 - large-sleeve robe commonly paired with ruqun. As its name indicates, its main feature is its broad sleeves. The length is at least 78 inches, and the width exceeds 40 inches. The material is generally thin and light, because it was originally created for wear in the summer.

Of course this doesn’t cover everything, but it describes the basic hanfu styles that appear most often on this blog. Hope this helps!

#hanfu #reference #chinese fashion #chinese culture #chinese clothing

ziseviolet

Are there any styles of hanfu that are unisex?

Common Hanfu styles considered to be unisex include the following (note: see posts here and here for Hanfu definitions): Ruqun (known as Yishang for men), Beizi, Banbi, Bijia, Pifeng, Zhiju, Quju, Yuanlingpao (technically men’s Hanfu, but became popular with women during the Tang dynasty), Shuhe, and Doupeng. These are just some of the most basic styles; there are many more. Examples below - 1) Banbi, 2) Beizi, 3) Yuanlingpao, 4) Shuhe:

Hope this helps!

#hanfu #mens hanfu #reference #history #chinese fashion

ziseviolet

I have seen pictures of hanfu where there is are strings tied around the sleeves of the Yishang (correct me if this is the wrong term). I was wondering if the strings have a particular name and what the purpose of this is. Thanks in advance! =)

Hi, thanks for the question! (Image Via)

The strings tied around the sleeves of the Yichang in the photo above are called Bangshoudai/绑手带 (hand wraps). They’re basically a simplified form of the Huwan/护腕 (wrist guards) seen in the photo below (Image Via):

These forms of accessories were commonly worn in ancient China during strenuous physical activity, such as manual labor and combat/sports (hand-to-hand combat, sword-fighting, archery, etc). Their purpose was two-fold: 1) bind up the sleeves for convenience, and 2) protect the wearer’s hands and arms.

Here are two more examples of Bangshoudai & Huwan worn with Shuhe (Via):