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Li, Qingzhao 李清照 | Zanhua & The Great Women 簪花图谱

4/12/2026

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Zanhua & The Great Women: Li, Qingzhao
​HISTORICALLY ACCURATE fashion
​簪花图谱‧伟人篇‧李清照

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The writings of Li, Qingzhao (李清照) serve as the major inspiration behind my installation project: "Flora, Luna-Corona 团花·月華".

Paying homage, this historically accurate render depicts Li, Qingzhao in a standard Song-styled hanfu attire for women, especially during the late 11th-12th centuries.  Her zanhua (floral adornments) are based on a selection of poems that I've translated into English.

《鷓鴣天·桂花》
“Gui-Hua (Sweet Osmanthus)” in the rhythm of Zhe Gu Tian

By Li, Qingzhao 李清照

Around early 12th century
​Song dynasty, China  宋·兩宋交際

暗淡輕黃體性柔,情疏跡遠只香留。
何須淺碧深紅色,自是花中第一流。
梅定妒,菊應羞,畫闌開處冠中秋。
騷人可煞無情思,何事當年不見收。

Soft yellows with mellow souls,
lightweight bodies, light-toned hues.
Being distant and remote,
it leaves trails as fragrant notes.

Who needs light green or dark rose
when it's top-tier on the roll?

Who are envious? The plum blossoms.
Who are blushing? The chrysanthemums.
Among the floral railings and roads,
it's crowned, on Mid-Autumn Festival.

To the great poet who wrote "Li Sao",
were you having emotional doubts?
Why was this august flora left out?

(​English translation: Eric Chengyang)
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Stay tuned for a detailed update including a visual break-down, or follow my fashion storytelling project on Instagram: @daohanfu  ​
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CRYG: Mulan 人物·衣冠 木兰 (ENG/中文)

5/11/2020

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Character Reimagined Yi-Guan:
Relatively, Historically Accurate Mulan
人物·衣冠·动漫游篇 之 北魏晚期风格的花木兰形象

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By Eric Chengyang 墨月无觞 / Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
A re-imagined Mulan (花木蘭) in a relatively, historically accurate fashion from the Luoyang-era of the Northern Wei dynasty, inspired by the 1998 Disney film.

First, I’d like to introduce the term, hong-zhuang (紅妝), because many folks had mistaken Mulan’s matchmaking style as a Geisha’s attire since the release of the 1998 film. ​ "Hong-zhuang" actually originated from the Ballad of Mulan.

以北魏晚期装束风格为基础,重新想象绘制的迪士尼动画版花木兰。

一般认为,“红妆”一词出自《木兰辞》中的“阿姊闻妹来,当户理红妆”。红妆(亦作“红装”)在此处并不是指某种特定的妆容,而是泛指女子艳丽的装束,有盛装之意。更广义的红妆(红装)亦用于对美女的代称。

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  • Multi-Media | 多元媒介
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    • Dao: Duan-Xiu 道·断袖 (2024)
    • Dao: Fen-Tao 道·分桃 (2019)
    • Dawat Yan Banquet (Web-based, 2022)
  • CRYG Series | 人物·衣冠
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