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On July 19^th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of Chinawas officially released at the Digital Cultural Tourism Development Forum of the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference! The website covers five languages: English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish, and will meet the needs of audiences with different languages.

The multilingual website of the Palace Museum is committed to establishing an international website that is concise, clear, easy to use for overseas audiences, and fits the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including tour guides, information, panoramic tours, online exhibitions, collection appreciation, cultural topics, etc. Rich immersive content describing of the most detail collection that housed within the Forbidden city collection… .

In the Qing Dynasty, gold-plated copper dots emerald inlaid with jewelry and the word Tianhua; in Qing Dynasty, gold-plated jewelry with two dragon knots. Tin flowers are the main decoration on the tin, and the number of tin flowers is one of the factors that determine the grade of the tin. Tin flowers come in a variety of shapes, and depending on their location, they are called knots, face hairpins, green strips, tin tails, head faces, etc. Gold-plated copper dot emerald jewels inlaid with the word “囍” is a set of thirteen pieces, with gold-plated copper dot emerald as the base, and a bead embedded in the character “囍” made of red coral rice beads. Judging from the decorative theme, this tin is made for a big wedding. Another piece of gold inlaid jewelry is a two-dragon knot, in the shape of two dragons playing with gold silk. The center of the fire bead is inlaid with a large ruby, surrounded by green and auspicious clouds. The pendant is made of pearls threaded into eleven strings of tassels, and the corners of the pendant are red sapphires. This kind of decorative knot has the highest standard and is exclusively used by empress dowagers and empresses.

Qing Daoguang, silver-plated hairpin with gold-plated emerald dots inlaid with gemstones, and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, silver-plated hairpin with gold-plated gemstones and fake beads and phoenix pattern. In the jewelry of concubines, there are a large number of hairpins of various types, and although they have different themes, they all have auspicious meanings. The number of pearls and the types of gemstones on these jewelry reflect the rank and status of the jewelry owner. Three pieces of silver – plated emerald “囍” character hairpins, with pearls inlaid on the center “囍” character, “囍” character above and below…

In the Qing Dynasty, the golden chiseled word butterfly pattern is flat and square. Bianfang is a unique headdress for Manchu noblewomen in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a bracket used for dressing up the “two heads”. It has a similar function to the long hairpin used by Han women. This flat square is made of gold, chiseled with sesame seeds as the ground, with a circle of flowers and grass patterns chiseled on the frame, six dancing butterflies and five “囍” characters chiseled inside the frame, and a bat chiseled on the head, implying the double arrival of happiness and happiness. It is a special decoration for the queen’s wedding…

Clear, silver-plated dots emerald beads tassels. Tassels usually refer to drooping tassels, threaded by silk threads, feathers or beads, used on clothes or hair ornaments, also known as step shakes. This tassel is composed of silver-plated dot emerald poles and three strings of pearls. The red coral is embellished with seven “囍” characters, and the pendant corners are three rubies. The head of the pole and the knot in the middle are dotted emerald chiseled bats and money patterns, which means “blessings come to you”. This tassel should be used for the queen’s wedding. Every auspicious festival in the palace, concubines have to wear such ornaments.

Qing Guangxu, stone blue silk embroidered with eight groups of magpies, plums, coral beads and Chinese characters, with water and auspicious clothing materials. The queen’s dowry includes all kinds of ready-made clothes and materials for the four seasons, all of which are woven by Jiangnan Sanzhi, which is prepared in advance several years before the emperor’s wedding ceremony. The pattern of the fabric has always been drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, and the artist draws a sample draft. After the emperor approves, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sends it to Sanzhizao for purchase. The wedding patterns woven for the royal family are all traditional patterns that are related to marriage customs in the palace and contain auspicious meanings, such as Fulu Bandai, Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Good Fortune, etc. The seawater river cliff pattern of this gown is embroidered with a magpie and a plum pattern on the upper part, and decorated with red coral and rice beads to form the character “囍”. The purpose is very clear.

Qing Guangxu, bright yellow silk embroidered with eight groups of magpies, plums, coral beads and 囍 characters, with Shui Jifu gowns. This gown is embroidered with bright yellow silk, with eight embroidered plum blossoms in full bloom, four magpies jumping on the branches, and red coral rice beads in the middle to form the character “囍”, with distinct layers and echoing up and down. Bright yellow is the imperial color exclusively used by the royal family. The magpie and plum blossoms imply happy brows, and the word “囍” pressed on the top implies happiness on top of happiness, highlighting the joy and peace of the emperor’s wedding. Plum blossoms have strong cold resistance, and they can brave the severe cold and bloom alone in the middle of winter when all the flowers are withered. Emperor Guangxu’s wedding coincided with the midwinter when plum blossoms were in full bloom, and such patterns added a festive atmosphere to the wedding..

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

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In fact, in ancient times, women were not the only ones who would wear jewelry. Jewelry originally refers to the ornaments on the heads of men and women. “The Book of the Later Han Dynasty•Yufuzhi” once recorded: “The saints of later generations saw the system of the beard and beard of birds and beasts, so they made crowns and tassels, which were regarded as ornaments.” You can express the honor and inferiority.” These records show that the early jewellery was an imitation of birds and beasts with “crown horns and beards”, and at the same time, jewellery was worn to distinguish one’s identity. Cao Zhi wrote in the “Luo Shen Fu” that women “wear the jewelry of Jin Cui”, but the jewelry here refers to hairpin, hairpin, sheng, step, gold tin, bead flower, 栉 (the general name of comb and grate), Le Ziba Kind of jewelry. With the development of history, the accessories used by women began to be collectively referred to as jewelry, and the categories suddenly increased~

In the Qing Dynasty, it can be said that it was an era when the jewelry of the past dynasties was collected, and the styles were colorful and very beautiful. In addition to headdresses, the empresses of the Qing Dynasty also combed two hair styles. In order to embellish the hairstyle, he also created matching special jewelry: the flat square is one of them. The flat square is in the shape of a ruler, one end is semicircle, and the other end is shaped like a scroll. It looks a lot like the crown hairpin worn on the head of a man in the Qing Dynasty. The flat square mainly serves to connect the “beams” in the real and wig buns. When the concubine of the Qing Dynasty combed her hair, she also deliberately exposed the patterns on the two ends of the flat square, which was eye-catching. Some concubines will hang a bunch of silk tassels in the flat square shaft hole, which is said to echo the flowerpot high-soled shoes worn on their feet, and their actions are disciplined, adding a beautiful and dignified manner. It seems that the matching of costumes is really a tradition from ancient times to the present~

Speaking of the hairstyles of the concubines in the Qing Dynasty, we must mention hairpins and head flowers. The hairpins worn by concubines in the Qing Dynasty are indispensable for combing all kinds of hair buns. They are generally divided into two types, one is practical and the other is decorative. Practical hairpins are relatively plain, available in gold, silver, or copper, and are mainly used to fix the bun and head shape. The other type of hairpins for decoration is much more exquisite. Generally, precious materials are used to make hairpins with exquisite patterns and decorate them on the combed buns. In addition to its decorative function, it also implies auspiciousness and caress with things, which implies many blessings, longevity, and many children. Such as Ruyi, Aquarius, Peony, Butterfly, etc. are very common patterns in hairpin ornaments.

In addition to hairpins, there are also head flowers. The head flower is a jewellery developed from the hairpin, which consists of two parts: the head flower and the needle. The head flower is actually based on the development of the Qing Dynasty concubine’s hair style, which is a kind of head decoration with a larger coverage. Most of them use pearls and gems as raw materials, with rich patterns, flowers, birds, animals, cordyceps, and pine, bamboo and plum shapes. The workmanship is not only exquisite but also lifelike. It looks very beautiful on the head. The feeling of beauty~

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其实在古代，并不是只有女性会戴首饰。首饰原本是指男女头上的饰物。《后汉书•舆服志》就曾记载：“后世圣人，一见鸟兽冠角髯胡之制，遂作冠冕缨蕤，以为饰件。”“秦雄诸侯，乃加其武将首饰为绛袙，以表贵贱。”这些记载可以看出早期首饰是古人模仿鸟兽有“冠角髯胡”，同时佩戴首饰也是为了区别身份。曹植在《洛神赋》里写到女子“戴金翠之首饰”，但这里的首饰指的是簪、钗、胜、步摇、金钿、珠花、栉（梳子和篦子的总称）、勒子八种首饰。随着历史的发展，开始把女子使用的装饰品都统称为首饰，品类一下子就多了起来~

到了清代，可以说是一个集历代首饰大成的时代，样式丰富多彩，非常好看。除了头饰外，清代后妃还会梳两把头发式。为了点缀发型，还创制了与之相配的特色首饰：扁方就是其中之一。扁方呈尺形，一端半圆，另外一端形似卷轴，看着很像清以前男子头上戴的冠簪。扁方主要起到连接真、假发髻中“梁”的作用。清代后妃在梳头时，还会故意将扁方两端的花纹露出，引人注目。还有的后妃会在扁方轴孔中垂一束丝线穗子，据说是与脚上穿的花盆高底鞋呼应，行动有节，增添美丽端庄的仪态。看来服饰装扮的搭配真的是从古至今的传统呀~

说到了清代后妃的发型，那就一定要提一下簪和头花。清代后妃佩戴的首饰中簪是梳各种发髻必不可缺的首饰，一般分为两种，一种是实用的，另一种是装饰用的。实用的簪比较素，有金、银或者铜的，主要是为了固定发髻和头型。另一类装饰用的簪就精美的多了，一般会选用珍贵的材料，制作成图案精美的簪头，装饰在梳好的发髻上。除了有装饰作用外，还有寓意吉祥以物托情的作用，会将多福多寿多子等寓意暗含其中。像如意、宝瓶、牡丹、蝴蝶等等都是簪饰中很常见的图案。

除了簪以外，还有头花。头花是簪发展而来的首饰，由头花和针挺两部分组成。头花其实是依托清代后妃发式发展而来，是一种覆盖面较大的头上装饰。大多以珍珠、宝石为原料，图案丰富，有花朵鸟兽、虫草环抱，还有松竹梅等造型，做工不仅精细而且形象逼真，戴在头上非常好看~让人不禁有一种美人如画，画如美人的感觉~

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Dressed in Imperial auspiciousness Red, on Chinese hand crafted embroidery youthfully cheongsam Red wedding Qipao ….with beautifully dressed in Beautiful Chinese Painting embroidery of Oriental women’s unique beautiful and imperial auspiciousness Red Cheongsam in which is painted embroidery with traditional ceremonial version and style, the waist is cut and the waist is thin for the new Chinese style retro large one fell in love Rong Xiu Ti in which Shun-color embroidery peony gown skirt Fengming new retro Chinese wedding… phoenix embroidery , and cheongsam. In which that individual style comes out in bride and groom’s wedding attire as it reflects that with the A-line in the bride…..

The traditional embroidery techniques of Su embroidery show the gloss and three-dimensional texture of the pattern to the fullest, and the feelings of Chinese wedding dress embroidered with one stitch and one thread. The fabric is smooth and delicate, and the heavy satin silk is rich in drape. The self-cultivation model highlights the perfect figure, and wears a gauze shawl for even more temperament…..

….…… In which timeless gorgeous hand crafted embroidery youthfully cheongsam Qipao Chinese Qipao –Cheongsam makes a most treasured embroidery art center piece on you and after on a mannequin as your fashion art piece memorable…….

QIPAO 旗袍 Cheongsam …. In which from historically Shenyang is the birth place of the Qing Dynasty 1636-1912plus …. In which Qipao is termed for Qing Dynasty Clothing that the Manchu ethnic adoptively wore…… in which the Shenyang Palace Museum was an imperial palace towards two Qing Dynasty emperors. Previously two years ago During the event it which was an eight day forums, with exhibitions also related workshops illustrating the birth place of the Old Capital of Cheongsam where the Qing Dynasty- Qipao was inspired from..

Before that Shanghai 1930’s Qipao-Cheongsam revolution, the Manchurian Cheongsam was the fashion of choice of the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) throughout as it standardised that style during the dynasty… Replacing the previous clothing standard Han Fu – Han Dynasty clothing style, in which also is form fitting towards the women’s silhouette but with a higher degree of freedom of flare of personal, individual style…

Qipao-Cheongsam is uniquely hand crafted tailored Chinese dress to the customer’s various measurements… in which you can still have them brought of the rack in which is accustomed to the standard measurements… in which you can tell which is western influenced with the back zipped in which the Eastern traditional Chinese Tailors would have the side zipped of the Qipao dress due it interrupts the flow of the pattern work at the back of the dress.. Also it creates a continuous seamless back look… after as the measurements are translated drafted onto the silk or the customer desired accustomed fabric of choice, from the measurements book with the associated look of the design elements with additional accessories the sexiness of Qipao lies subtlety.. Measuring, patterning, cutting, and button making are crucial, in where passion and art comes together in tailoring..

In which traditionally Qipao- Cheongsam dresses are worn for from straight forwardly every day towards after work evening wear in without having to change to another set of wardrobe dressing only to accessories for the required occasion… … in which the Qipao dress pattern silhouette is design for the lady’s figure in which accentuating the silhouette without giving away too much of what’s underneath in retaining…. its timeless classic silhouettes in which are designed to be worn every day, from work, evening, casually towards to the weekend… with sleek simple, elegant, sexy intelligent sophistication in which are easy to be accessorised with any pieces of clothing in your current or upcoming wardrobe…

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HanFu- Han Dynasty Clothing is making a massive come back in the Asian Chinese communities as youths reliving In recently decades there’s been very much strong revitalisation of Chinese Customary tailoring clothing in which is HanFu- Han Dynasty (221-206 BC) period inspired clothing in which was worn just before the fall of the Ming Dynasty (23 January 1308 to 25 April1644, until a North East Manchurian fashion that have taken over the traditional Han Dynasty fashion in which we known till today that’s the Qipao in which have been fashionable evolving on the same path also…. Like a Qipao, HanFu can be worn every day, as work wear, till as evening wear… It also it comes in various forms as to the nature of activity of the day or night…

圣微 ViVi is an actor, photographer, director in China – People’s Republic of China …… in which her Hanfu- Han Dynasty stories based short film works are featured on many Weibo also on bilibili in which you find here at her Weibo blog in which she does among with her production team formulate intriguing inter woven stories that surrounds Chinese culture ancientignly in which can be found on her bilibili with short music movie video composition features her in Han Dynasty clothing in which is sheerness for summery silks in which allows for bodily ventilation to keep cool.. As to soft colour does generate a sense of summery coolness …. Featuring two prominent colours sheerness reds and blue beautifully handcrafted embroidery both colours with Chinese paintings swans and cranes handcrafted embroidery on the coat of the dress… accessorizing featuring Chinese fans also decorative Bamboo umbrellas ….

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