[Blog Update] Taiwan

[lilium-m.livejournal.com]

お花は耳じゃないよ！

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[wafflesama.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the colours! *__*

[hippiechick37.livejournal.com]

So pretty*A*
Hima's on a roll lately huh?

[larosabelle.livejournal.com]

She's so pretty! *_* The coloring is amazing. Hima is spoiling us as usual.

[muuttis.livejournal.com]

cuteee!♥

[oversoul4.livejournal.com]

Cute!!! Is she wearing the Aborigine costume?www

[blue-bansheed.livejournal.com]

I think she is, or al last it looks for me like one from the bunun tribe. <3

[oversoul4.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know! Someone in Komica says so too!
Thank you so much!^^

[tokyohottie11.livejournal.com]

"The flowers aren't ears!"
Wat.

[rosetteroulette.livejournal.com]

PRETTY. ;3;

"The flowers aren't ears!" lmao.

So adorable

[sirvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

I am totally fangasming over how completely adorable this image is!

[blue-bansheed.livejournal.com]

Taiwan in a Taiwanese aboriginal outfit, or at last it looks like one the Bunun tribe, it could be an ancient qipao also... but anyway i'm so freaking happy whit this ~

THANKS HIMA-PAPA <3 just in time for my birthday <3<3

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

I think it's aboriginal. Qipao is very much not this color pattern, and it is not very ancient at all, in fact it is so modern, it may only have a history of no more than 150 years.
The aboriginal dresses I have seen often resembles this color pattern as well.

[blue-bansheed.livejournal.com]

When i said "Ancient qipao" I was referring to the fact that isn't the "modern one" as it is a lot more slim than the traditional one and was adapted in the last century and it's by now the more popular form of it. And By the way the Qipao haves almost 400 years as it was from the Quin dynasty, but I wasn't aware of the color pattern.

By the way, take a look to the Bunun's outfit it looks a lot like them.

East Asia Fashion Talk?

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

In no way I think this is going to happen, but if Himaruya sensei releases the full picture, that is including how the dress looks like overall, then there probably is very little room left for the debate of "what is she wearing?".

It is very interesting that most people use these terms (ancient,modern, adapted etc.), because I think the evolution of East Asian clothes, whether traditional or not, have taken many different routes in modern days. Some encompasses a more dramatic approach and other encompasses a more gradual approach. In terms of Qipao, I think the adapted version (to make it simple for the discussion) is a rather drastic change from the ones wore pre-Xinhai revolution, or more appropriately before the 1920s. It is, in the opinion of mine, possible to draw a line between the adapted and the unadapted. Not necessarily as two different styles of clothes but something that deserves separate studies.

I am sorry I mistook your word for that meaning. The Qing Dynasty (do mind the spelling because the Qin Dynasty is a completely different era of time) is currently up for many debates, seeing as there is resurgence of many revolutionary related ideologies from Xinhai revolution, including fashion related areas. Unfortunately within the fashion arena, history regarding the Qing Dynasty is rather bloody and dark.

What I am about to say next may be rather different from what you believe in, so feel free to contest my argument. I think when it comes to studying East Asia, there are few holes people often fall into. One of the major holes I believe many people have fallen into, including myself, is how valuable we view pieces of history. East Asia has a very VERY long history, I have found myself and many others take a more focused look at modern history instead of history before 1850 (this is my very rough line of separation). Of course EA changed a lot in the past 150 years, but EA have been changing and evolving for many years, sometimes the changes that happened thousands of years ago still has a profound effect on EA today,as it is everywhere else. It is very important for us to weight in post-1850 as much as we weight in pre-1850. I suppose in comparison or proportionally, time frames need different quantification.

Qipao, with its 400 year history, regardless of talking about the unadapted ones or adapted ones, is still considered very modern in my opinion. It is especially true against wafuku, hanbok and hanfu. In the whole grand scheme of EA history to date, it started to shine very late.

Hope to hear from you ^_^

[pyrolynx.livejournal.com]

Oh my, she's gorgeous! Hima wasn't kidding when he said that Taiwan (as his character) was very fashionable *A*

[lulzhana.livejournal.com]

Epicness! i love this! i wish i could draw like this!

[chewy-rouyale.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Love the colors!

:DDDDDD

[megumitan.livejournal.com]

This makes me so so so happy. I've waited too long for someone to draw Taiwan in this outfit.

[foohey1212.livejournal.com]

Taiwan!

I remember reading somewhere that today is Taiwan's anniversary of some kind of revolution...that's probably why he drew her today

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

This year is the centennial anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution which is celebrated differently on Mainland and Taiwan. On Mainland it is the celebration of the anniversary, on Taiwan it is called Double Ten Day, because it falls on 10th of October. It is the day where the Wuchang Uprising was pronounced successful in 1911. It is also the day where Taiwan and associate areas celebrate founding of the Republic of China, which doesn't actually fall on today, but it is more symbolic. There was a military display and some fireworks in Taipei.
The political situation probably have made this explanation very confusing,feel free to ask questions.

[pandaspaz.livejournal.com]

Whoa, my Chinese teacher didn't mention yesterday was the centennial in class yesterday! Aww, now I feel like I missed something, even though I knew what day it was…
Anyway, Taiwan, here's my credit card. Feel free to buy me a new wardrobe!

[foohey1212.livejournal.com]

thank you! I'm embarrassed that I didn't know about it (and I'm Taiwanese...)

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

You are welcome.

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

Forgot to mention the fact that the historiography is extremely complex in Sino-related areas. (aka Mainland/Taiwan/HK/Macau) It's okay if people don't really know about it.

[acnologia.livejournal.com]

She's so pretty! As expected of Himaruya-sama~

[nakaisan.livejournal.com]

Cant. Stop. Staring.
The outfit, the looks, the colors, y so pruttteh.

[wakalakaosaka.livejournal.com]

*A* She's so gorgeous!!! ♥

[konbini.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I've always wanted him to draw her in aboriginal clothing ♥ Nice!

[kaiju-z.livejournal.com]

For a moment I thought that was a female Bulgaria. Then I remembered that Bulgaria isn't a popular character.

[lord-sandwich.livejournal.com]

Cute :)

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

Guh, so pretty.

[smileyfacegamer.livejournal.com]

So adorable :3