What happens when a woman gets a second chance at love, but the man she is trying to save is destined to become the most powerful eunuch in the empire? That is the high-stakes question at the heart of the…
What if the fortune teller who sealed your fate was the very person who swore to love you until death? That is the chilling premise of Rise of the Wind (长风起), a 24-episode Republican-era suspense drama set to hit Tencent…
Liu Tao (刘涛) wore a strange bronze helmet in the show Civilization in Bronze and Stone (金石探文明). It was not a prop master’s fantasy. It was a direct replica of a 3,000-year-old artifact: the Shang Dynasty (商朝) beast-face bronze helmet.…
When Wu Jinyan (吴谨言) appears in the period drama Yu Ting Yao (御廷谣), her character Meng Tinghui (孟庭辉) wears a row of brilliant golden blossoms across her hair. When she moves her head, these tiny flowers tremble and catch the…
Did Ancient Chinese Men Really Wear Earrings? The Historical Truth Behind Liu Xueyi’s Bold Look in Jiangshan Datong. When the first set photos of Liu Xueyi (刘学义) from the upcoming historical drama Jiangshan Datong (江山大同) surfaced online, they sparked an…
Liu Tao (刘涛) as the Shang Dynasty warrior Fu Hao (妇好) in the recent variety show Jinshi Tan Wenming (金石探文明) has sparked a wave of curiosity. It is not her martial prowess that has caught the public eye, but a…
Yang Zi (杨紫) wears a pale blue costume in the historical drama The Mo (家业), set in the Ming Dynasty. Right at the center of her robe’s front placket sits an embroidered motif that looks uncannily like a lantern—round, symmetrical,…
Could You Survive a Summer in Ancient China? The answer might surprise you. While we crank up the air conditioning and complain about heatwaves, our ancestors faced scorching temperatures without a single watt of electricity. Yet they didn’t just survive…
Jin and Yuan dynasty officials wore them. Ming dynasty noblewomen made them a fashion statement. Today, they are almost exclusively seen on period drama heroines. So why is actor Deng Kai (邓凯), in his new historical drama Fengchi Shengchun (凤池生春),…
Wu Jinyan’s new costume drama Feng Bu Qi (凤不栖) has sparked curiosity: why does her character always wear two dangling locks of hair by her ears? It looks modern, almost like a stylist’s trick to make her face appear slimmer.…
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