Chapter 1171 Taking Photos
"It's really... too outstanding!" When Yang Dequan made the costume, he didn't expect that it would look like this when worn by a woman with excellent temperament, appearance, and figure, and he couldn't help but click his tongue.
Jiang Shuyi has a cool and calm temperament. She is also tall and thin, and her appearance is also very classic. Except for the slightly deep eye sockets, which is a bit exotic, her eyebrows are thick and she looks a bit stubborn.
Except for these two points, Jiang Shuyi is almost the most beautiful woman in the eyes of the Song Dynasty people. Therefore, the aura behind the Song Dynasty clothes can be perfectly blended, making people suspect that she is a beauty who stepped out of ancient paintings.
This kind of photography opportunity is thoughtful and cherished. The biggest interference when photographing silk clothing is the reflection of silk itself.
Such reflections will make the work appear frivolous. To reflect the classical style in photography, reflections must be removed.
The method is also relatively simple, which is to create scattered light, reduce the light intensity, and increase the exposure time to achieve the photosensitive effect.
The light in the film produced in this way will be very soft and even, and the style is very similar to the expression techniques of Chinese paintings. It is also the best way to take pictures of ancient costumes.
Technically, to achieve this, you have to cover the flash with silk cloth, then turn your back to Jiang Shuyi, turn on the flash towards the white reflective cloth, and then let the reflective cloth project the scattered reflected light to Jiang Shuyi The photography area where it is located.
Turn on another incandescent lamp to create the sunlight effect, but you also need to add several layers of silk cloth to create scattering.
After the arrangements were made, Zhou Zhi began to clear the place, driving out everyone except Yang Dequan and his grandmother.
Jiang Shuyi's character is not very good at all. Faced with such moments, she is easily nervous, except for Zhou Zhi and her grandmother who are the most kind.
As for Yang Dequan, he is almost an outsider. Jiang Shuyi never cares about the opinions of outsiders.
After working around the inner courtyard and the loom for more than half an hour, Jiang Shuyi put on the Ming Dynasty regular clothes and the court clothes of the married woman, and took photos respectively.
The clothing of women in the Ming Dynasty was basically based on the clothing of the Song Dynasty, mainly shirts, coats, harems, backs, skirts, robes, etc.
But it also adds some of its own characteristics, such as Bijia.
Bijia was an invention only in the Ming Dynasty. It imitated the military clothing of the Yuan Dynasty and became quite popular after that.
Originally, it could be worn by both men and women, but after the Ming Dynasty, it became a special clothing for women. The shape is coiled collar or crossed collar, sleeveless or with very short sleeves, and the placket is usually connected with buttons.
Similar to the braids, the lengths of the bras vary. For example, the one on Jiang Shuyi’s body is just below the buttocks.
The Ming Dynasty had very strict restrictions on the color of clothing. Folks were only allowed to use purple, purple, green, peach and other light colors, while noble colors such as red, crow green and yellow were prohibited.
Jiang Shuyi's regular clothes were also restored very well. They just happened to be pink and green silk clothes with dark flowers, plus a large purple armor.
But the skirt on the lower body is obviously a bit out of place.
According to Gu Yanwu's "Rizhilu" quoted from "Taikang County Chronicles": "During the Hongzhi period, women's clothes only covered the waist of their skirts. The rich used grosgrain gauze to weave gold-colored sleeves, and their skirts were made of gold-colored knee pads. .”
This shows that by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, With the corruption of the government and the weakening of the country's laws, coupled with the influence of the commodity economy and the spread of luxury in some areas, the clothing system, including women's dresses, has been violently impacted. The texture has changed a lot.
Women in the palace compete with each other, and luxury is becoming more and more popular. Rich women in southeastern coastal cities, whether they are the daughters of officials or the beauties of wealthy businessmen, their dresses no longer use materials such as silk. Instead, it is made of relatively high-quality grosgrain, satin and other fabrics. What's more, some have dared to wear gold-colored skirts that are only worn by the royal family.
During the Zhengde period, the styles of clothes and skirts also underwent new changes. Clothes became larger and the pleats of skirts became denser.
Jiang Shuyi's outfit should be in the style of the pre-Zhengde era. Hugely wide clothes have not yet become popular, but the exaggerated skirt, skirt pleats and skirt width have already been reflected.
Except for facing her face without any folds, Jiang Shuyi's rose-red skirt is full of dense folds. This is a variation of the "horse-faced skirt". Her movements are like running water in Xiaoxiang and clouds in Wu Gorge. , swaying.
This skirt finally reflects the exquisiteness of Shu embroidery. The skirt is plain red from the top half, and the skirt is turned down two inches from the knee, creating a total of five layers of circles of different widths. The embroidery, from the magpies on the top layer, to the snowy plum blossoms in the middle layer, to the river water on the bottom layer, and the clouds woven with gold and silver threads in the middle, tied around Jiang Shuyi's waist, is really a bit exaggeratedly beautiful. The headdress also uses a cloud bun and a black silk forehead. A bead hoop is added to the forehead, decorated with gold, silver, pearls and emeralds. Different animal skins are used to make hoops on the top and bottom. The top is made of mink fur, which is called "mink cover"; The one with rabbit fur underneath is called "lying rabbit".
Among the three sets of clothes, Zhou Zhi felt that the one that best suited Jiang Shuyi's temperament was the Song Dynasty clothes, as clothes were expensive for people; the most beautiful one was the Ming Dynasty clothes, with a tight top and a wide bottom, plus the sleeveless bijia from the Ma people. Paired with Jiang Shuyi's thick eyebrows and straight nose, it actually creates a "heroic" look.
When he was wearing Song Dynasty clothes, Jiang Shuyi's props were all pen stickers, round fans, and embroidered stretchers; when he changed to this Ming Dynasty clothes, Zhou Zhi simply asked Jiang Shuyi to use a sword as a prop.
In the Ming Dynasty, women from noble families were often really good at training. There were even famous female generals like Qin Liangyu. It was not that special for a woman to hold a sword.
But the photographic effect of this combination is simply perfect, and Yang Dequan is very satisfied.
In the last set of court clothes, Jiang Shuyi was just a dress, leaving little room for Zhou Zhi to express his creativity.
In the third year of Hongwu's reign, it was stipulated that when nobles in the harem wear formal clothes, they should wear a coat. The coat is a slanted collar, right-sided shirt, lined with plain gauze singles, the knee covering is the same color as the coat, and the waist is a large belt; the feet wear green socks. And Xi.
The queen's coat is dark blue, painted with five-color and twelve-level Zhai patterns; the knee coverings are also painted with three Zhai patterns; the jacket is decorated with gold.
This kind of dress is only worn on ceremonial occasions such as receiving orders, visiting temples, and court gatherings.
Chang Chao wears a true red coat with large sleeves, a Xiapei, a long skirt, and a red jacket;
There are strict regulations on the patterns applied, and the queen's regular clothes are generally made of woven gold. The dragon and phoenix patterns are used, while the imperial concubine uses gold or embroidered phoenix patterns, and the dragon and phoenix patterns must not be used.
In addition, there are Xia Pei and Bei Zi, both of which are dark blue, and the materials can be silk, damask, Luo, and gauze.
The Xiapei is embroidered with Yunxia Zhai patterns in gold, the pendant is made of gold flowers, and the back is also embroidered with Yunxia Zhai patterns.
The following items vary with grade.
Wear long skirts, and the first and second grades wear long skirts. The materials are silk, damask, Luo and gauze of various colors; the long coat has purple or green edges, and is decorated with gold embroidered Yunxia Zhai on it. pattern; you can choose one of red, green or purple for the belt; the long skirt has horizontal and vertical gold embroidered branches.
Under this extremely gorgeous imperial concubine's regular court uniform, Jiang Shuyi only had a small face exposed, and her delicate figure had no chance to express itself.
But even more exaggerated than the clothes are the crown jewels.
Among all the crown ornaments worn by women in the Ming Dynasty, the phoenix crown was undoubtedly the most luxurious.
Phoenix crown refers to a corolla with a golden phoenix on the crown. It is said that it has appeared as early as the Han Dynasty. After the Southern Song Dynasty, noble ladies in the palace added dragon decorations to their phoenix crowns.
The Ming Dynasty inherited the Song Dynasty, so its exact name should not be called "Phoenix Crown", but "Dragon and Phoenix Crown".
But in order to highlight the imperial power and majesty to the maximum extent. Only the queen can wear this kind of dragon and phoenix crown, and the rest can only be decorated with phoenixes and phoenixes.
The phoenix crown on Jiang Shuyi's head is decorated with nine feathers, four phoenixes, nine flower hairpins, nine small flower trees, and nine hairpins on the temples.
The only pity is that this is not real gold, it is just gold-plated silver wire.
It’s already too heavy to bear.
With the addition of other accessories, Jiang Shuyi didn't need to move. Apart from her face, only her fingers were exposed. She sat upright with a Ruyi, and Zhou Zhi took a few "standard photos" of her to finish the job.
(End of this chapter)