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In the historical drama The Road to Splendor (č±å¼é¦ē»£), actress You Jingru (å°¤éč¹) portrays Zuo Shi (å·¦ę°), a secondary wife in a wealthy household. While other female characters dazzle with gold and jade ornaments in their hair, Zuo Shi appears with either a dark, cap-like object perched on her head or a plain grey cloth […]
Li Yitong (ęäøę”) wears a lotus-shaped crown in her new period dramaābut is this a historical relic or a modern designerās fantasy? The answer takes us from Dunhuang (ę¦ē ) caves to Tang dynasty palaces, and from Buddhist sutras to Song dynasty dressing tables. That āstrangeā ornament, it turns out, has roots deeper than most costume […]
Why is Chen Yao wearing an ear pick on her head in Jiumen (ä¹éØ)? Her character, Huo Xian Gu, sports a hairpin that looks exactly like a modern ear pickāand that’s because it is one. This is the Er Wa Zan (č³ęē°Ŗ), or “ear-pick hairpin,” a traditional Chinese accessory that has been around for over […]
Have you ever spotted a character in a period drama and felt an instant tug of familiarity, not from their face, but from something glittering in their hair? In the hit series The Road to Splendor (č±å¼é¦ē»£), Madame Mo (é) makes a striking entrance. She is played by Fan Tiantian (čę¹ę¹), an actress who previously […]
Hani Kezi (å妮å å), playing Liu Fufeng (ę³ę¶é£) in the period drama Xin Jian Cuo (åæé“é), wears a hairpin so long that viewers scoffed online: Did ancient women really stab that kind of ruler-length pin into their buns? Could they yank it out and use it as a dagger mid-conversation? Yes, those long pins were real. […]
Why do historical dramas always show characters with impossibly thick, jet-black hair? Whether it’s a noblewoman’s towering bun or a scholar’s sleek topknot, the sheer volume seems beyond modern reality. Meanwhile, today’s young adults panic over receding hairlines and thinning crowns, stocking up on anti-hair-loss shampoos. Were ancient people simply born with superior follicles? The […]
In The Road to Splendor (č±å¼é¦ē»£), Lady Wang (ē) enters a room with the calm authority of a noble familyās matriarch. Portrayed by LĆ¼ Xiaolin (åęé), she seldom needs a loud voice; her posture, gaze, and unhurried gestures carry weight. Viewers who remember LĆ¼ from Day and Night (ē½å¤čæ½å¶) as Gao Yanan (é«äŗę„ ) may recognize […]
If you first saw a lotus leaf hat in a costume drama, you might think the prop team raided a fantasy anime. A green leaf perched on a noble’s head? Surely no ancient person wore that. Then your ancestors would sigh: āYou unfashionable kids embarrass us.ā This hat is not a time traveler. It is […]
When Myolie Wu entered mainland entertainment, viewers thought they knew her screen image. Then photos from Shang Gongzhu (å°å ¬äø») appeared online. She plays an elder princess in a Tang Dynasty (åę) court setting, and the first glimpse made fans blink. Is that really her? The surprise comes from more than a new role. Her hair, […]
Song Zuer (å®ē„åæ), also known as Sun Fanqing (åå”ęø ), recently drew attention in the costume drama Si Gong Ling (åø宫令). In a snowy scene, her hair looks almost bare. There is no heavy crown, no jeweled bridge, and no forest of gold flowers. Just one large pin shaped like a safety pin or a U-clip. […]
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