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Chinese headwear has a long history. According to some scholars, China used to be called "the Kingdom of Headwear" by people due to its variety of colourful and artistic style of hair ornament. [ 1 ]
Small hooks called ori-kugi or posts called odome located on various places would help secure the chin cord. The men-yoroi was constructed from iron, leather, or a combination of both. It had a lacquered or rusted type of finish and included a variety of facial details, such as a moustache , fierce teeth and a detachable nose.
Shang ding for food rituals celebrating ancestors. The surface is decorated with three taotie motifs – Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Although modern scholars use the word taotie, it is actually not known what word the Shang and Zhou dynasties used to call the design on their bronze vessels; as American paleographer Sarah Allan notes, there is no particular reason to assume that the ...
Biu Ji (simplified Chinese: 镖指; traditional Chinese: 鏢指; pinyin: biāo zhǐ; Jyutping: biu1 zi2; lit. 'dart pointing'). A form that emphasizes emergency hands, techniques that are used to regain the centerline when one is put in a bad position. Reminiscent of the Chinese compass, aka the 'south pointing needle' 指南針. This form has ...
The hannya is also called chūnari (中成). The shinjya (真蛇), also called honnari (本成), is a mask that represents the appearance of a female onryō (vengeful spirit) that is even more intense than the hannya. These masks, which represent the jealousy, resentment, and anger of female demons, are classified as jya (蛇, snake) masks. [3]
The facekini (Chinese: 脸基尼; pinyin: liǎnjīní) is a mask designed for swimmers and beachgoers that covers the head and face, revealing only the eyes, nose, and mouth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The mask is made of stretchy fabric commonly used in bathing suits , [ 4 ] and comes in different colors and patterns. [ 5 ]
Bian Lian (traditional Chinese: 變臉; simplified Chinese: 变脸; pinyin: Biàn Liǎn; lit. 'Face-Changing') is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music.
Nuo theatre is a kind of folk dramatic art that originated from folk religion. [4] In the Analects of Confucius, "villager Nuo" (or village Nuo) was mentioned.The Lüshi Chunqiu mentions that there was also a custom that whenever there was a celebration, grand Nuo (or royal Nuo) would be a necessity.