#ehuang

[parziivale]

Another custom design commission! Originally Darkstarz-Inc wanted a shamisen-inspired design, but when I suggested making her a chinese Sanxian player instead due to one of the inspos being Kuybyshev's Maestro of Sterling Strings skin from Azur Lane, they were super thrilled, and I was extremely excited and honored to draw her! They named her Ehuang!

[ziseviolet]

hey! I've heard some ppl talking (complaining) about how, in the upcoming Mulan movie, there seems to be historical inaccuracy w the clothing?? Personally, I thouht there was; it looks like tang then switches to song for her like,,,big Matchmaker outfit?? I'm not really sure T.T What's your opinion??

Hi, thanks for the question!

Yep, you’re right - the costumes in Disney’s live-action Mulan film seem to be mostly based on the Tang dynasty, but Mulan’s matchmaker outfit is quite different. Let’s take a look at it (excuse the low quality screenshots):

We see that she’s wearing a (rather cheap-looking) one-piece, long-sleeved purple robe with spiraling hems, that resembles the type of hanfu called quju. Quju was popular during the Han dynasty, and wasn’t worn during the Tang dynasty. Below is an image of Mulan’s outfit (left) and a modern quju (right). Aside from Mulan’s strange “sash”, the outfits look quite similar from the waist down:

Once we look more closely at the top half of her outfit, things get weird(er):

First of all, the collars are very loose and open, which would never be the case on an actual quju. Second, she appears to be wearing underneath her purple robe an embroidered Tang dynasty-style hezi (chest cover), which is never worn with quju. It makes her look like she’s wearing a heziqun (hezi dress) under her “quju” - essentially, two styles from two different time periods worn on top of each other. It is, quite frankly, a bizarre look. Below for comparison - quju (left) & heziqun (right):

If you want to see what Mulan actually would’ve worn during the Northern Wei dynasty (the setting of the original Ballad of Mulan), I have posts on that here and here. Popular hanfu brand Qianshan Yuandai also came out with a design that combines Northern Wei style with the color scheme of the original matchmaker outfit:

Another historical inaccuracy is that most of the women in the film wear earrings, which would not have been the case during the Tang, Han, or Northern Wei, as ordinary women only started wearing earrings during the Song dynasty (which I wrote about here): 

Still, I’ll give credit where credit’s due - the makeup does portray some actual historical Chinese trends (even though it’s applied badly). For example, Mulan has a red huadian (forehead decoration) and e huang (yellow forehead) makeup, in which the forehead was painted yellow as an early form of contouring:

The matchmaker has two black mianye (dimple-like cheek decorations) as well as two blue xiehong, which are crescents painted besides the temples:

There’s a lot more I could say on the historical accuracy & aesthetics of the film’s costumes, but I’ll just cover the matchmaking scene here. Hope this helps!

[likeicarusundone]

@femmefatalenet | event fourteen | obscure goddesses | death

∟ The Xiangshuishen

you’re not my best friend. you’re my sister, and that’s more. (x)

[cassiopheias]

Xiangshuishen 湘水神; The Xiangshuishen or Xiang River Goddesses are goddesses of the Xiang River in Chinese folk religion. The Xiang flowed into Dongting Lake through the ancient kingdom of Chu. The Xiang goddesses were daughters of the Emperor Yao, who were named Ehuang and Nüying who were said to have been married by him to his chosen successor, and eventually emperor, Shun, as a sort of test of his administrative abilities: then, later, they became goddesses, after the death of their husband.

[thereikoproject]

THE TALENT SHOW

Based off Tommyinnit's live show from like. Ages ago. 2022 I think? This drawing is just as old

See the joke is that last time Li Hua tried to seek love she had to kill her boyfriend. And said boyfriend is her best friend's brother who is speaking on the mic.

[characteresque]

Introducing: Ehuang

Ehuang’s Neopets Lookup Gather the flower of youth before it is too late, While the good season is still not yet over. She was in pain – but it was a kind of pain that was outside of herself. Almost as if the memory of a great pain from long ago, she felt the emotion but it was not her body that burned. Did he feel it too? Who was once part of herself, he must have had some kind of connection to the Xiang river as well. But with how he had abandoned his home, his shrine…her…possibly, it was not her problem any more. Under a comforting darkness, the woman crept along the manicured land around her home. She lived downstream, forced toward the unpopulated areas in the hopes of erasing what was hers to begin with. She placed items – ill items, evil items – all along the machinery that labored during the daylight hours causing her such grief. An explosion, a fire – she felt this pain as well, but she wanted it this time. It was hers to control, and there would be no more building tomorrow. They said the construction site was cursed, and they were absolutely right. No longer content shedding tears by the waterside, casting spots on the bamboo that grew along the rural shores of the Xiang with her sorrow, she had grown vengeful. In the morning, toppled beasts would welcome the eyes of those who sought to poison her with their polluting and their containing and their forceful re-shaping of her form. Looking to the bright lights that cast a mar on her land across the horizon, she could still feel him too – yes, he did feel the pain. But just like she wanted to from the start, he ran, as loose and as free as the flowing water his soul represented.

If you happen to remember Weijin and Kielle - Ehuang’s from the same plot (still working on a proper plot write-up though!). She is the deity of a river - along with her twin, Shui, who abandoned his godly duties in exchange for city life. She is blinded by rage, hurt and fear of what’s going to happen to her glorious waterway; but only time will truly tell.

[thelcatm]

Ehuang et Jiayi qui débutent une belle amitié à coup de compliments et de conseils beauté