I’m Jealous Of Ancient Chinese Not Having A Set Age When To Do The Imperial Exams :( Nowadays You Don’t

One of my favorite little facts about history is that the Mexican peso was functionally the everyday unit of currency in China in the 19th and early 20th century. Silver was one of the few western commodities that Chinese merchants were willing to trade in at rates that made shipping it to China (an expensive, arduous process) profitable; this trade became so voluminous by the 19th century that large everyday transactions even far away from port cities were conducted in pesos, in large part because Mexico's large domestic silver supply and existing transpacific trade links meant that the currency was stable (a known quantity to merchants in a time and place where relatively pure silver coins were otherwise uncommon) and readily available for use in trade

Halloween idea:

A Tang dynasty hanfu but make the scar-like makeup into realistic scars🩸

Imagine how cool it would be if veils and bonnets went back to everyday fashion

Fr, learn to sew. It also helps to reduce your wardrobe only to garments that you absolutely love 💕

Let sewing radicalize you against fast fashion

I was sad I didn’t have a valentine until now, I love u little rat💗

the most dangerous kissy

Does it belong in this blog? Idk to be hones

every few months i reread this article to remind myself that there is in fact a limit to how far bosses can push their employees before getting literally beaten to death

endless night

I meant 曲裾, sorry should’ve clarify.

(I can’t find the source of the drawing, but it raised even more questions how it was made ;-;)

I can’t figure out how does it accommodate the hips but then is narrow and then wide again

Does anyone who has access to Chinese websites could help me find a pattern for a warring states period hanfu? I would really appreciate it <3 <3 <3

Damn girlie, reblogging cause those dresses are too pretty <3

Me leaving an armoury exhibition with a long sword up my ass