How Accurate is Fan Bingbing’s Costume Compared to Real History?
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2018
- Chinese costume drama 'The Empress of China' was a huge commercial success. Fan Bingbing portrayed Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history.
This drama used extravagant and revealing costumes to attract viewers, but they are far from historically accurate. Let me show you some real examples from the Tang Dynasty to compare with Fan Bingbing's costumes.
Hanfu, meaning Han Chinese Clothing, or as I'd like to call it Han Couture, is what ancient Chinese people wore for thousands of years.
Traditional Chinese Clothes changed from dynasty to dynasty and there exists hundreds of variations.
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For my Chinese friends we feel the same way about a British drama The White Queen. All the ladies run around with their hair uncovered. Medieval European women when married covered every hair except for perhaps a lovelock. Veils flowed, trains, flowing sleeves. Producers did not find this modern enough. Yet it's a good story of the House of York and the Wars of the Roses.
Asian culture I find more interesting ,very delicate n strong the same time . It s help me many ways .
Honestly, as long as the costumes are stunning and the story is well-written, I dont mind that the accuracy isnt respected. I'm here to be entertained 1st and educated 2nd.
My favorite "royal" period dramas on both counts (story and clothes) are Marie-Antoinette, The White Queens and The Tudors (Chinese ones are: "The Story of Yanxi Palace", "The Curse of the Golden Flower" and "The Legend of Zhen Yuan")
This week, I'm watching the 1st season of Reign on Netflix, and the dresses are completely ridiculous (the actresses often wear contemporary haute couture at French Henri II court; and so is the story) but it's a lot of fun.
Happy to meet so many fans of history and period dramas btw.
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@@Holly888Ganwtf does that have to do with there comment? 😂😅 There agreeing thar historical inaccurately in historical dramas is annoying 😂
"but almost no part of the plot line was based on historical facts"
basically how we in the west sum up most European period dramas. I'm looking at you, "Reign". How the hell did Mary, Queen of Scots get her hands on Dolce and Gabanna 500 years before it was invented?
Al Cortes she never wore dolce and gabanna???!
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN then explain this. fashion-of-reign.tumblr.com/post/113449142299/in-the-episode-2x16-tasting-revenge-queen-mary
It’s called a drama for a reason. As long the story line is there.
@@imagine_8681 it also called "period", but it reflects only period when it was made. Put this word down then and use "costume drama".
I'm quite angry about what our own movie makers made with Russian most important for our history personalities. It's disrespectful, it's a lie and it's stupid.
Or how they made them wear corsets on bare skin without a chemise, or how every single woman in the court had some sort of exuberant crown that didn't even match the time period😅. I mean even the simple ladies in waiting wore tiaras not proper of their status🤦🏼♀️
I was kept thinking ”this ladies got a time machine somewhere and went shopping!” and the lack of chemise probably was something like ”life is too short with Henry the VIII I shall not waste any second of it on putting my undergarments and just wear this dress from future I got the day The Doctor dropped by on Tardis”, a few moments later ”now that I am about to get decapitated I understand why this gentleman from the future was so kind”🤣
I literally watched only some scenes important scenes because I like Natalie Dormer and Inwas curious about how they will portrait Elisabeth I. But the costumes kept looking more modern with every episode. Anne at least was not the worst in the costumes department Mary Queen of Scots looked like she was taken straight from a catwalk put a crown on and said to act.
If there's any sign of boob in any historical drama, you know it's inaccurate. 😂
*Chinese* historical drama!
@@juliaxiao5320 I thought about adding Chinese too, but I realized we also don't see cleavage in somewhat accurate Korean, British, etc historical dramas.
Actually this is not really true, at least not in Europe, First look at old Greece especially the Cretan time (400 BC), topless or half topless was quite fashionable. Then the Renaissance (1500, End of medieval times) showing some boob (actually cleavage not boob). Then you have Rokoko (1720+) again with a lot of cleavage and in Germany "Die wilden 20er" in between the World Wars where the people were hungry for life. Then you have the 70's with hippies and the 80's that were definitely not as prude as the 20xx. Sorry to tell you,, but these are only the examples I know, there are probably many more...
@@walterbenzing1864 oh right. They're deftje exception to the rule 😂
I was thinking about English royalty and the like (I just watched The Crown trolol). There's definitely no boob there.
The British are less fun than the French and Italian guys. I'm afraid the same seems to be true for the Germans and the Chinese people 😂
Mainstream media costume designers: What should we do for this production?
Costume advisor: How about historical accu-
MMCD: BOOBS.
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So true
Don’t forget the obligatory “corsets are death traps”
joke's on them, since China censored every single low neckline in the show^^
@@Amphitera oh my god lmao
SUPER great videos! Don't stop making them! You don't have many views now but the effort and quality of your videos are too excellent to not have more of and I'm sure you'll eventually see a good following :)
I like your analysis of this topic. Now we can really understand the traditional clothes of the Tang Dynasty. You look so much more elegant and royal than the actress in question. Her role in the film could have brought out real Chinese culture. What a loss. Thank you for all your hard work and time.Happy holidays
Thank you! Happy holidays :)
Wow. You just diss one of China's top earning actress. 😂
@@jyanneskye2535 not the actress, whoever decided that the costume must be this way. Look at previous period dramas in Western film and television. Make up, hairstyles, costume design interpretations always reflected current fashion. Its easy to date them this way.
Its great to have access to channels like this to learn about what each period really like and how each outfit was structured through each layer of clothing.
@@michellebyrom6551 I have noticed that in western dramas: sympathetic characters wear romantic modern styles with uncovered loose hair and modern makeup... where as antagonistic and minor characters cover their hair and are more likely to have accurate styles and makeup. Or in White Princess where all the clothes are hideous and inaccurate
I’m learning about historical clothing from different cultures in a college class because I want to major in it. I must say I love the details u put in. It really helps give a lot of information about that time
I love Wu Zetian and did a study of her along with other famous Chinese woman a few years ago. This was very interesting and as usual, your outfits are gorgeous
It’s hard to find informational videos like this on RUclips. Thank you!💓
I am enjoying Empress of China now. Thank you for helping me to understand the historical truth of what the ladies of the time were wearing. It is nice to see that reality does in no way diminish the loveliness of their garb.
This was so helpful, especially showing the specific pieces! Thank you!
They really made the clothes more revealing for the drama .
What’s the drama name???
I love this type of video and thank you for showing us what a proper court lady would look like! I'm in love with the skirt and I can't wait to see your video about it!
Oooh this popped up in my feed...soooo beautiful.. thanks so much for the history lesson and modelling the clothing/fashion. New subscriber here. Looking forward to seeing more videos also ❤️
That's such a beautiful video! Thank you so much! ❤️ I love hanfu from Tang dynasty. I really want to wear it on my daily, to go to a dinner, or walk in the park. But I don't want to be disrespectful, so I'm trying to learn as much as possible about it to wear it in the right way. This video is very helpful. ✨❤️
This is way too awesome! You did a great job on explaining and your voice is so cute. And I can see that you love your culture so much!Keep up!
Very elegant and beautiful. I'm living in the wrong century on the wrong side of the planet.
More like the "wrong race" if you consider the fact that minorities were probably looked down upon in earlier time periods.
@@mysryuza very true. I agree I know I existed in this era in past lives.
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Most likely you would be an eunuch if you lived in this dynasty in chang an
Their dresses are absolutely stunning, I would love to love to wear some of them just once in my lifetime. Even if they are not historically accurate.
I've just found your youtube channel out of my curiosity towards chinese xianxia dramas clothing which I really like. Your contents are good to watch! So, people nowadays are most likely interested in xianxia drama, such as Heavy Sweetness, Ash Like Frost or maybe Eternal Love (fyi it's so popular outside China among us asians hehe). It will be great if you'll make us a video about their 'so gorgeous and stunning' clothing 💕
Your work and knowledge is so amazing I’ve been wondering if all the drama about emperors etc had the right clothing on and what the accessories symbolised, your channel is great!
I love your videos! I learn so much about China and its history, and I love history! You are so pretty in your Hanfu! Thank you for sharing your videos with us! ~Janet in Canada 🌹🌹
This is very informative and fascinating- thanks for the mega research and great presentation
I’m so happy you’re showing people Chinese culture! There are many videos showing how to wear Victorian clothes, but no one shows Chinese traditional clothes. If you can, could you make videos from all dynasties in China?
Very informative, thank you! I do like the series and checked on the historical facts. Very interesting!
YES I NEED MORE OF THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS!!
You put a lot of feeling in what you do, it is very educational. thank you for enlightening me
Wow this is fascinating ! Thank you for explaining it to us
Thank you for the great information!!♥️
Wow your channel is so cool!
Love it!!! And very fascinating. Thank you.
Very interesting and absolutely educative. Thank you very much
I love the music, you and your team picked for this video. 😍😍😍
Awesome video. Keep up the good work girl!
Beautiful! Thanks for the info.
Wow!! Awesome Video!!!😊😊😊 Really clothes in Ancient China were very very beautiful!!
Very interesting. Excellent information.
Wow I just found your channel and I absolutely love it. Subscribed and liked!!😊
This is so cool! Would you consider doing a hair tutorial for this hairstyle as well?
The reason why I like chinese historical drama because of their costumes so beautiful..I love how their hair style matching the oufit..tqsm for good documentary .
In the real old old old old dramas, the clothes is like this, but now it’s different but I like the new version better.
Really good video, thank you. Great for people like me who are interested in Dao but are novices to the language etc.
Ooooh so pretty. The colors are so delicate and the fabric flows beautifully. I want one.
Wow beautiful. Yup i also find that show abit exegerated on their costume. Thanks for showing us the origins of early tang
If only dramas could be more historically accurate...
Han Couture is beautiful!
Thank you for so much very interesting information.
I'm English & utterly astounded by how finely Chinese could weave fabric, - to translucency & the vibrant dyes. Our best fabrics were very coarse, no comparison.
Very interesting..Thank you for the beautiful history.😊
Hats off to your hard work
Thank you! Very interesting.
Very informative。
Thanks for researching and accuracy and real costume high quality Tang style hanfu and styling . I feel like other amateurs are just mixing all hanfu styles to their liking without an relevant thought.
this is so interesting! I love this
I love your channel! Could you do a video about hair pieces?
做的很棒呐！加油！
Great video. I love seeing hanfu,it is so beautiful and elegant. Do you mind if I ask you to make a video about how Wu Zetian dressed herself? I'm doing a school project and I have to try to dress up as a historical figure. I tried Google but I'm not sure what hee full outfit looked like. Thank you🥰😊💗
Awesome video!! It seems the paintings the tied the waist much higher though?
I would really like to know about the fabrics that used to make ruquns. Like your videos. 多谢
Subscribed 👍😊
Did you do a video on "The Story of Yanxi Palace"? I feel, like Chinese period dramas' trend is to be more historically accurate in clothes, hairstyle and jewellery. I would have totally bought some of the jade manchurian earrings.
I heard of another drama celebrated for its accurate portrayal of manchurian clothes and co. It's called "Court Lady" but I havent had the chance to watch it yet.
Thank you for your channel, I'm so happy YT recommended it to me
太棒了!謝了!
I thank you for your afford to teach me something about Chinese culture. Greetings from Germany.
The shoes are awesome, could you make a future video about the history of traditional Chinese shoes?
This is so cool!
Thank you for information
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Hello I love your videos and your channel!!!!
But I was wondering if you knew about what harem women were allowed to wear in terms of hair accessories in accordance to their ranking? (During the Tang Dynasty)😊 its something I'm struggling to find information on and I was hoping you could shed light on the subject😊 have a good day!
This historically accurate outfit looks so much better and so much more practical than all the Cdrama inspired costumes
Hi, Ally. Your videos are very educational. Thank you very much for the efforts =) anyway it'll be good if you could try not to inhale too loudly. Cheers from Malaysia!
Can you do tutorials at doing hairstyles?
Yes, you’ve definitely recreated the authentic look, as seen in paintings and statuettes of that era. As Professor Amanda Hallay, of the “Ultimate Fashion History” YT channel, always says - fashion recreation is about the silhouette. Your beautiful 66-panel striped skirt, with its components broader at the hem than at the top, perfectly recreates that subtle, swirling flare around the feet which one sees on antique statuettes of Chinese goddesses and historical figures. Of course, cutting out 66 flared panels and then stitching them together painstakingly, is probably more work than the average TV company could be bothered with! So they settle for second best, a rough approximation of historic accuracy, plus a big element of Peking Opera! The exposed bosoms and cleavage look very European; all the Chinese costumes I’ve ever seen have high necklines and covered chests. PS someone gave me a beautiful little antique Chinese figurine of a lady in T’ang style costume, and your recreation looks exactly like her.
That's not quite true. I saw several Chinese paintings and the ladies show some cleavage... not as much as in the series, but a fair amount
I really don't know what your talking about but, it sure sounds wonderful
Please keep going, introduce our beautiful traditional costumes to the world peacefully!
Hello, Ally. Can you suggest me which book that explain about women fashion in Tang Dynasty era? I need it for my research. Thank you in advance.
EXCELLENT!!!! INTERESTING!!!!
That skirt is so impressive. I can't imagine the amount of time and care needed to sew that many panels. Your whole outfit is so beautiful!
Very interesting and gracefully presented. Thank you.
I thought that Tang Dynasty was actually like the drama, thanks for letting us know how it was!
Keep in mind that most (but rarely) we find inaccurate setting of culture, knowledge, historical, etc. on film/movie/tv series. So it'll better to recheck the accuracy of the producer's since they tend to have more into artistic style purpose.
It was a hot mess mélange of Chinese, Japanese & Korean styles throughout the ages. Historical colours were off. Really bad.
That song sent me to space and back
This is so beautiful! I have a hard time trying to connect with Chinese and Korean history and culture. I love that I can access to creators like you, thank you.
Historically, Korean women's clothes show their nipples (about 11 years old. After they get married and have children), until they are old, they use their heads to transport things (and the original culture of Africa).
The real Korean traditional costumes are pure white (the Korean people have been known as the "White clothes Ethnic" since ancient times), and women's clothes are exposed (the Korean people show their nipples to represent the beauty). This reflects the ancient Korean people and thoughts.
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1910. Japan has swallowed Korea. The Japanese believe that some of the low -level Korean traditional culture and primitive (women expose their nipples and transport things on their heads) are very primitive and backward. The Japanese banned Korean women from exposing the nipples (the traditional Korean costume. Hanbok).
The Korean people strongly resisted. Koreans believe that this is a traditional culture of Korea. They insist on retention.
In the Korean capital city. As long as the Japanese see those Korean women who show their nipples, they will give them penalties and slaps. After that, the Korean capital city gradually reduces Korean women's nipples. They cover the nipples with a piece of cloth.
(But in the place where there are fewer Japanese soldiers. Korean women still maintain the traditional culture that exposes nipples).
Until 1950, Westerners were still taking photos in Korea. A photo of Korean women showing nipples on the street (traditional Korean clothing). In 1970, this kind of Korean traditional culture disappeared completely.
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The ancient Korean Peninsula("朝鮮" is the name of China) has always been a place where Chinese territory and Chinese regime. Until 1900.
Yi Seong-GYE 李成桂(1335-1408) established a Chinese local regime on the peninsula . He is very sure that he is the descendant of Chinese immigrants (Yi Seong-GYE 's father is the Han people - Chinese).
Yi Seong-Gye 李成桂 leads some Chinese people to establish a Chinese local regime on the peninsula (Chinese royal family and nobles). The aristocracy also claims to be HanChinese. They use the Chinese emperor as their parents. Tribute to China like other Chinese cities.
The founders and royal members of the ancient Korean dynasty (Joseon) were Chinese. They spoke Chinese dialects and official Chinese language. Use Chinese characters. Wearing Han nationality clothing. Building a small Chinese palace on the peninsula (Gyeongbok palace景福宮).Royal members use Chinese coins. They bring Chinese culture to the Korean Peninsula.
Koreans are called as slaves (become subordinate civilians). They were wearing pure white (no dyes and technology) and women showing her nipples as beauty. This is the traditional custom of Korean .
However, the Chinese emperor on the peninsula has always forbid slaves and indigenous Koreans to learn Chinese language and Chinese characters. Koreans use indigenous language (Korean language). There are no character (until the 15th century). Almost all of them are illiterate. No coins. The trading of ancient Koreans has always been carried out in the way of exchanging items. (Until 1910).
Until 1895. China was in a war of foreign invasion.China loses the right to control and protect "Joseon ". 1900 was occupied by the Korean Peninsula in Japan. The Japanese abolished Chinese language and Chinese characters.
The Korean language and character (invention of the 15th century) of indigenous language began to popularize on the peninsula.
>>> * In 1948, the Koreans renamed the "Chinese City 漢城" to "Seoul"
please share about the qing dynasty fashion and hat..like huan zhu ge ge wear
Can u make about Tang Dynasty clothing plz
thank you
Gostei muito. Muito bonita a moda dessa Dinastia. E também muito prática, com excessão da manga muito comprida. Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho.
Could you do a video about the fashion shown in Empresses in the palace.
It looks so comfortable to wear
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Well done.
Can you please do a video on the Chinese costume dramas best and worst examples?
Very pretty and so much dedication to have a tailor!
It was great 😀😀 if you do other countries too please do one of Iran
can you pls show how to dress in ancient china , the process also include under garment ? i never see any video show the process of getting dressed in that period of time . i see you also wear modern under garment in this video.
Please review Story of Yanxi Palace or Legend of Ruyi
Can you make a video about the house of flying daggers ?
I wish I could wear this it looks so comfortable!
I still love the outfit they so colorful and wavy and it’s just so cool
nice video! I guess the clothes back then probably weren't as bright and didn't have as much good colour as in the period dramas. Probably very hard to make good dye back in the day. But the historically accurate clothes probably look a little boring for TV.
im very well versed in it, no it was very bright but in a way kinda pastel colour, instead of vivid eye straining color.
empress of china is very accurate in terms of extravagance, some are very accurate, some are semi accurate, some are mixed of many different trends.
the mistake is just using weird colors, cheap gold hairpins, cheap flowy fabric, weird silhouette when they could have use accurate one and it still looks more or less the same.
the more i study this, the more accurate this drama is, just some weird mistakes. but yeah budget its definitely at play here, they can't even rent the right set 🤣, the set is HAN DYNASTY palace in 220 BC painted red instead of Tang dynasty 700 AD palace.
Is the drama's costuming a more provocative version of the qixiong ruqun you covered earlier? Or is it still very different?
That's right. From what I've seen, a good portion were modified qixiong ruqun, which wasn't a thing during this period. The rest were more like a mix of random elements sewed together.
I just started watching empress of China I really like the show and every garment and accessory is gorgeous even though it isn't historically accurate. The historically accurate garments is also beautiful.
So beautiful!
In the Chinese historical dramas that came out in the last few years, including Empresses of China and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, the colors on the costumes are vivid, bright & varied. I imagine that the dyes at the time were based on natural sources, such as vegetables and minerals on silk and linen blends. How do the actual colors compare to that we see on tv? Thanks!
Many Chinese historical dramas that came out over 70 years. . It is only short of time on RUclips. Many Korean historical TV dramas are also plagiarized in Chinese historical drama (including Chinese historical drama in Hong Kong and Taiwan). Korean history TV dramas are almost fake. They directly copied Chinese history and culture.
Very beautiful