CRYG: Mulan 人物·衣冠 木兰 (ENG/中文)

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

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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