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Not a week later and I'm back again with the details on our even larger, even longer hanfu outing just last weekend on Saturday, August 13th! You can check out our absolutely PHENOMENAL photographer this time at @Ryfucius on Instagram, he was incredibly dedicated and we couldn't have done it without him. Inspired by the fun we had on the East Coast New England outing, Yulan and I decided to plan a second outing for our SF Bay Area friends on the West Coast too. This time with a party of 14 and a whole day's time, our itinerary was expanded to include multiple photo locations and a karaoke session at the end of the day—and hey, I got to participate this time! Our first stop was the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, a beautiful park with a lot of natural beauties. Our main target location was the Chinese Pavilion, an incredible work of archtiecture gifted to San Francisco by Taiwan. With a pointed roof and some enchanting carvings in the pillars and benches surrounding the pavilion, it was a perfect spot for a group photo as well as a lot of solo shots. We couldn't waste the rest…

"Hanfu has become a part of my life," said Liu Nian, a post-90s girl to the reporter. Her first encounter with Hanfu was in 2009, "When I watched period dramas before, I found the costumes very gorgeous. It wasn't until after I got into Hanfu that I realized these 'costumes' were quite different from authentic Hanfu." As she delved deeper, she discovered that Hanfu is not only visually stunning and meticulously crafted but also varied across different dynasties, forming an extensive costume system. During the interview, she wore a stand-collar blouse paired with a mamian skirt, a typical Ming Dynasty Hanfu style. Sixth place: Cai Wenji's Celestial Melody, despite being the most criticized, its jacket paired with a pleated skirt, the color and craftsmanship are still commendable, giving off an air of royal nobility. The implication is that we wear traditional Han Chinese attire to revive our great civilization's nation of etiquette. Examples of evocative Hanfu shop names include: Bright Moon of Han, Han's Proud Pavilion, Han Dynasty Garments, Han Dynasty Silhouette, Elegant Han Studies, Tang Dynasty Elegance, Han Dynasty Brocade, Songs of the Han Dynasty, National Style Spring and Autumn, Broad Sleeves and Blue Robes, When I Departed, Drunken…

Hanfu models are arguably the luckiest of all, as they are always the first to try on the latest hanfu and take beautiful photos. But becoming a good hanfu model also takes a lot of hard work. Modern Hanfu found four hanfu models and let's hear their stories.   No.1 A Shang (阿尚) I am a college student studying drama performance, and I chose to join the hanfu modeling industry in my freshman year because I wanted to gain more shooting experience to better train myself and to reduce some economic pressure for my family, and I had participated in some aspects of modeling work. When I first joined the hanfu modeling industry, I thought hanfu modeling was the same as print modeling, but then I realized that I had to have my own "Yun Wei (韵味, charm)" to make it work. And the outside world's opinion about hanfu is really too single, each hanfu model as a "show" on stage for a minute or even a dozen seconds, may have to do a full month or two months of preparation off stage. From the understanding of the costume, to the selection of the overall style, to the design of…