#chanhua

[hanfugallery]

禁步jinbu, a waist ornament for chinese hanfu by 兮月手作

#china #hanfu #fashion #chinese fashion #hanfu accessories #jewelry #chanhua

[fouryearsofshades]

fenghuang chanhua chai (chai could have multiple legs while zan only has one) 凤凰缠花 钗 by 鲛月手作 

#鲛月手作 #hanfu accessories #hair ornament #art #fenghuang #chai #chanhua

[pctaldrunk]

As promised, the random hcs my brain cooked up for Xueqing at work today

She l o v e s baths and hot springs. There's nothing more relaxing to her than a proper scrub, a roomy tub, warm water up to her chin, and some scented oils and maybe a few flower petals. She'll stay in there and just soak for hours and hours and hours and not get out even when she gets wrinkly fingers. She's definitely fallen asleep in the bath on more than one occasion.

Conversely, very sensitive to 'feeling dirty.' She'll just be uncomfortable till she can get a nice scrub in.

Maybe as a result of the previous points and because she is a musician by trade - she's fairly well maintained. There is definitely moisturizer involved here. Her hands are soft and without the usual callouses that come from frequent sword wielding, her nails rounded and clean and regulated for best playing. She rarely wears actual makeup (only on occasions and ceremonies that would require such a thing), but generally rubs a lightly scented cream into her face in the winter.

Her hair was once dry and brittle as an abandoned child not getting all the proper nutrients and care. Once she was taken in by her aunt and uncle however, her aunt gets straight to work, and over the years it's become a lot darker and softer and very long. Actually, most of her habits were probably formed by her aunt. Presently, it is so well kept that it now feels very much like fine black silk. The fragrant oil her aunt uses and she has since then also adopted using on her hair smells like gardenias.

Absolutely awful about drying her hair fresh out of the bath. It's too long and she tends to towel it carelessly and just let it drip. Has been the start of some colds in the winter.

Unfortunately because of how smooth her hair is now, hair accessories tend to slip right out. Ribbons and other such ties require tight braids, and heavier, grander/more dangly pieces either drag on the scalp or lose their grip shortly. As such she prefers lighter, smaller pins or chanhua pieces.

Prefers fairly simple hairstyles for herself. Decently good at doing hair for other people though - she helps the aunties with half of her smaller (read: baby) sect siblings in the morning. There's just a small line for Xueqing jie jie to get through.

#su xueqing #((see i told u)) #((self care headcanon)) #headcanons #((i love her sobs))

[darkeningclouds]

Hanfu Accessories 👑

Accessories

Miansha/Mianlian (face veil)

Yingluo

Xiangquan

Maoling

Doupeng (cloak)

Qiuyi

Pibo (shawl)

Panbo (string to tie the sleeves back)

Youzhisan (oil paper umbrella)

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Sleeves

Water Sleeves

Huwan (arm guards)

Bangshoudai (hand wraps)

Yexiu

Pipaxiu (pipa-shaped sleeves)

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Waist Accessories

Weichang

Weifu

Zaju

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Yaopei (Waist Ornaments)

Jinbu

Hebao

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Fans

Tuanshan (stiff round fan)

Bianmian (stiff semi-circle fan)

Zheshan (folding fan)

Yaoshan

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Hats

Mili

Weimao (veiled hat)

Humao

Douli

Tiger Hat

Futou

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Hair Accessories

Guan (crown)

Xiaoguan (topknot crown)

Lianhua Guan (lotus crown for taoist priests)

Furongguan (lotus crown for women)

Mianguan (emperor’s headdress/crown)

Zanhua

Chanhua

Ronghua

Juanhua

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[tc-doherty]

Also – and this goes for writing too – the things that you make don't have to even be good, they don't have to be serious.

Make things! Make good things and bad things and important things and silly things!

If you can learn to take joy in the act of making things (which is made easier by those things producing a real result) then the act of doing those things will be easier. And the more things that you make, and the more fun you have with it, the easier it will be to try new things too.

(under a read more because it got photo heavy)

I've done really big cross-stitch projects like these, which are absolutely massive and took almost a year each:

and I also done really stupid ones like these, which only took me a couple of hours:

And all of them were equally fun to make!

My little guy that I made out of clay looks like this!

It is particularly good work with clay or painting? No, but his name is Edgar and I love him.

I tried to make chanhua a while back and man it was hard and I didn't really get it and I never finished it but I made some leaves, and they’re really cute:

I was the most pretentious nerd imaginable by actually doing real embroidery on a cosplay that I made, because I fuck around with enough shit that I was able to figure out how to do it, even though I never had before:

I mean, people probably won’t believe that I've been clinically depressed since I was 12 but the world is a little easier to manage when I'm giggling over something like this:

#I like crafts #making shit is free serotonin even if it's silly or doesn't work out

[taiwan11house]

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[ziseviolet]

Do you have any shop recommendations for hair accessories? I’ve looked at your posts but there didn’t seem to be anything specific for hair stuff. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the question! (image via)

I have a post with some shop recommendations for traditional Chinese hair accessories for hanfu here, and you can also check out my hair ornaments tag for all my posts related to hair accessories. I also have a hair accessory recommendations tag. With that said, here’s a more comprehensive list of my recommendations for Chinese hair accessories shops on Taobao (click name for link to Taobao page):

1) Xun Zan Ji/寻簪记 - A large variety of elegant designs that make heavy use of floral themes and pearls:

2) Shui Mo Jiang Hu/水墨江湖 - Light, ethereal designs in gradated colors (my personal favorite!):

3) Feng Xue Chu Qing/风雪初晴 - Airy, feminine designs bursting with delicate details:

4) Jing Chen Xuan/静尘轩 - Traditional designs for a more formal and/or mature look. Has a gorgeous collection of gold filigree pieces, including lotus crowns:

5) Qing He Ji Yi/青荷记忆 - A wide assortment of classic styles showcasing traditional motifs (the ornaments in the top image of this post are from this shop). Notable collections include graceful crowns (guan) and lovely silk flowers:

6) Hua Yue Sha/花月砂 - Beautifully crafted designs mainly in gold and silver, including filigree, with gems providing pops of color: 

7) Chai Dian Fang/钗钿坊 - This shop specializes in Chan Hua/缠花 (wrapped flowers), a traditional Chinese craft of making floral hairpins with fine textiles:

8) Yangzhou Feiyi Ronghua/扬州非遗绒花 - This shop specializes in Rong Hua/绒花 (velvet flowers), a traditional Chinese craft of making floral hairpins from fine silk on twisted wire frames:

9) Xi Qing/喜晴 - This shop has a gorgeous collection of crowns suitable for weddings, including phoenix crowns (fengguan/凤冠), among its treasures:

10) Hui Shou Zuo/翙手作 - This shop’s intricate pieces are truly works of art:

Of course there are a lot more great Chinese hair accessories shops out there, but hopefully this gives you a place to start ^^ 

Finally, I’ll leave you with this self-deprecating meme image (“Ladies who wear hairpins will never admit defeat!”) that pokes fun at how hanfu lovers can get addicted to buying the many different types of Chinese hair ornaments :P

Hope this helps, and have fun! 

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[shcngrila]

a starter for @ofsinandsilk.

“i’m not acting weird.” she definitely is though. chanhua has been dealing with pain in her lower back all day and nothing seems to help. with her arms folded infront of her and her cheek resting on her forearm, she just looks at the other. “i’m just tired and i have some pain happening, it’s nothing bad.” exhaling a sigh through her nose, she turned her head so that she wasn’t facing them. because she could just feel their worried eyes and she didn’t need it. “you can go have lunch -- i can meet up with you in a few minutes.”

#‹ chanhua conversations › #ofsinandsilk

[briarrosescurse]

If you're still taking the ship asks, 3 and 6 General and 2 Love for Chanhua?

CHANHUA... MY LOVE AND MY LIFELINE... 🤤🤤🤤

GENERAL

3. What was their first kiss like?

i feel like their first kiss was quite spontaneous? somethig in the spur of the moment...

on the hand, i like the thought of lanhua perhaps successing in something, could be a battle or something simpler - but overcome with joy, she just decides to go for it and give chanyu a good old smoochie on the lips. the realization of what she did really settles in when she spots chanyu genuinely raising his eyebrows in surprise and his lips being in a blue color now. but if anything, he seems really assumed.

BUT ALTERNATIVELY... the thought of chanyu being the one to suddenly initiate it, out of nowhere, leaving lanhua no room to think except for "holy shit oh my god oh my god" - i love that so much

6. What’s their relationship with each other’s families?

i can see lanhua's family having mixed opinions on chanyu, since his serious nature does seems to promise a more secure and stable relationship but then again - his morbid sense of humor kind of. is disturbing and unsettling. maybe they feel a little thrown off...? not that chanyu particularly cares - as long as they don't try to do anything with their relationship.

lanhua, on the other hand, seems, if anything, unsettled by chanyu's family. all with that same deadpan face and rather. serious attitude. hard to crack a joke with those people. although i do imagine that chanyu's older sister has taken a liking to lanhua rather quickly - she seems pretty funny.

LOVE

2. What are their primary love languages?

good question!! lanhua strikes me as... someone who enjoys expressing her affection through physical actions? correct me if i'm wrong though. chanyu isn't particularly picky in that regard, he never really thought about this kind of thing, so he accepts any kind of affection she decides to show him.

chanyu on the other hand seems like the type to show his affection through acts of service! he isn't a man of many, emotional words and gifts... are not particularly his thing. but he is a man of action, so having his support and guidance even, for such a... ruthless leader? that means plenty, if u ask me !!! 🥺

#ship questionnaire asks #[chanyu/lanhua] #HI IM LATE BUT I HOPE U LIKE IT LULU !!! #twst oc #shundain #[my writing]

[ronghuachinese]

Chinese Ronghua and Chanhua Combination Headwear Handmade by @ 爱做绒花的雪胖on XiaoHongShu #ronghua #chineseronghua #chineseculture #中国绒花 #绒花 #非物质文化遗产 #intangibleculturalheritage #chineseintangibleculturalheritage #art #headwear #chineseheadwear #chineseart #chinesetradition #crafts #chinesecraft #chinese #handmade #handcraft #pretty #gorgeous #beautiful #cultural #cultures #chinesehandcraft #craft https://www.instagram.com/p/CNLL8fSnZto/?igshid=obq6sixc0tj0

#ronghua #chineseronghua #chineseculture #中国绒花 #绒花 #非物质文化遗产 #intangibleculturalheritage #chineseintangibleculturalheritage #art #headwear #chineseheadwear #chineseart #chinesetradition #crafts #chinesecraft #chinese #handmade #handcraft #pretty #gorgeous #beautiful #cultural #cultures #chinesehandcraft #craft

[fouryearsofshades]

What’s in your opinion, your view on non Han accessories such as Miao silver, Japanese silk flowers, and other accessories used while wearing and posting Hanfu online. I’ve seen it a lot personally when looking at Hanfu things on little red book, is it complexed than we think?

Personal opinion below:

Oh are they still popular on little red book? I thought they had gone out of fashion. The latest offense is Tibetan style.

The popularity of miao silver, Japanse silk flowers, Japanese hand fan etc, however, is often because those things are CHEAP. Cheap, easily found on taobao and looked good on screen. That is it. Most people wanted to stand out of the crowd but doesn't want to spent too much time, money and energy on it. And taobao sellers, to increase exposure, will include additional keywords regardless whether it is true or not. Again, many people will not spent the time to do good research, so people will be misled and think that they are authentic Han products.

Traditional Han accessories are expensive because they are often not factory made. For example Japanese lantern and Japanese mask are often used in China because Japan had ordered a lot of those products from China and the production lines have existed so it can be made cheaply and easily. But Chinese masks and lanterns? Often there are no factory lines available and they have to be hand made so they are rather expensive. (People will complain if they found the local organizers used them but often it is too late. Japanese building and vectors are also a common offense. Because those designers are often freely available online while Chinese stuff are often not digitized.)

The price does come down slightly nowadays as more people promote Han culture and there are factory products, such as chanhua, now they are available in packs of premake pieces and sellers can just put them together instead of rolling each leaves and petals themself.

In short, I think professionals (including designers, make up artist, influencers etc.) should avoid using those accessories (unless there is a good reason to use them) because it perpetuals the wrong image, but random people~ eh whatever. People can buy imported stuff as international trade has always been a thing. People can also include anything that is meaningful to them, either to speak of their heritage or as a memento.

#Or they are just ignorant. #my friend runs a hanfu buying service #a lot of people have the wrong idea about the cost of hanfu #and accessories #they asked for x price #you can't even get a dress from uniqlo for that price #a t shirt yes #they often just want something bling bling #and cheap #basically it is just money issue #most people doesn't care about culture #or honour #or whatever #rants #fouryearsofshades

[fouryearsofshades]

bat chanhua zan 蝙蝠缠花簪 by 鲛月手作

(bat symbolized prosperity/blessed)

#bat #鲛月手作 #art #chanhua #hair ornament #hanfu accessories #taobao #zan #buy buy buy

[fouryearsofshades]

chanhua 缠花 by 南山有台

#南山有台 #hanfu accessories #chanhua #hair ornament #hair accessories

[fouryearsofshades]

缠花 chanhua by 提灯入梦 原名别鹊惊

Zhongzi for Duanwu Festival

Bamboo leaves

Osmanthus

Orchid

Albizia 

left: pine; right: berries

#提灯入梦 #hanfu accessories #art #handcrafted #chanhua #hair ornament #hair pin

[ziseviolet]

Can you tell me more about fabric flower hair pins used in hanfu? I saw a lot of Japanese-style kanzashi in “The Empress of China”, but I couldn’t find any info of that sort of hair ornament used in Chinese history.

Hi, thanks for the question! 

Yep, you’re right - the Cdrama “The Empress of China” sometimes uses Japanese-style fabric flower hairpins (see example below) that are culturally and historically inaccurate (then again, Chinese costume dramas are notorious for being loose with sartorial historical accuracy…):

So let’s now take a look at actual Chinese fabric flower hairpins:

The umbrella term for Chinese flower hair ornaments is Zan Hua/簪花 (lit. “flower hairpins”), which includes fresh flowers as well as artificial ones made from fabric, paper (Zhi Hua/纸花), beads (Zhu Hua/珠花), etc.

Traditional Chinese fabric flower hairpins used with Hanfu include (but are not limited to!):

1) Juan Hua/绢花: “Silk flowers” - flower imitations made from silk fabrics of various colors. Dates back to more than 1,700 years ago, and was the main ornament for women during the Tang Dynasty. In 2008, Beijing Juanhua was officially designated as an intangible cultural heritage of China.

2) Chan Hua/缠花: “Wrapped flowers” - using colorful silk threads to wind flower art onto fixed frames. The technique of wrapping flowers originated during the Ming dynasty and flourished in the Qing dynasty. Notable for being small, delicate, and lifelike. Has been designated as an intangible cultural heritage of China.

3) Rong Hua/绒花: "Velvet flowers” - made from fine silk on twisted wire frames. Dates back to the Qin Dynasty, and was a marker of nobility. Eventually became popular among the common people during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was mainly worn during festivals and weddings. In 2006, Nanjing Ronghua was officially designated as an intangible cultural heritage of China. 

For more resources, you can check out my Zanhua tag for my posts on Chinese floral hair ornaments, as well as my sub-tags for Chanhua and Ronghua.

Of course this doesn’t cover everything, but hope this helps! ^^

Sources/Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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