Even my alma mater gave me a thumbs up, and the "Flower Girl" by West Lake became famous at the China Academy of Fine Arts | Girl | Flower Girl
Recently, the video and pictures of "Flower Seller and Flower Girl" by West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang have attracted the attention of netizens.
The flower seller picked a pole, dressed in Tang Dynasty attire, with a basket of blooming lotus flowers on one end and umbrellas, lanterns, and a miscellaneous box on the other.
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The flower seller was dressed in Song style attire, shaking a fan and carrying a basket of lotus flowers behind her.
This behavior has attracted the attention and likes of many netizens.
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But some people have also expressed that such behavior is "posing" or "hyping up"?
On June 22nd, the response of the flower girl surged on the hot search.
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A flower girl named Chen Xiyue, dressed in Song Dynasty costumes, is a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts and a senior Hanfu blogger by the West Lake. Chen Xiyue said, "I'm not hot, what's hot is traditional Chinese culture.".
On the evening of June 22nd, Chen Xiyue posted a long article on Weibo to decipher the story behind "West Lake Flower Seller".
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She said: At first, this public welfare activity was when she saw an old man selling lotus flowers and thought of the West Lake thousands of years ago. There used to be such a salesman, and the character image of the current salesman once again walked in modern cities. The romantic "summer" by the West Lake must be very interesting.
She and her partners initiated the "Summer" campaign by the West Lake, answering questions with passersby and giving lotus flowers as a blessing for good luck. I didn't expect a video taken by passersby to be loved by so many people on the internet, and I am also very happy to let more people feel this unique romance of West Lake and China.
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Chen Xiyue introduced that she is a graduate of the Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration program at the China Academy of Fine Arts in 2022. The school's strong influence on traditional culture has inspired her to turn her hobby into a career. As a Chinese style blogger, she usually produces short videos promoting traditional Chinese culture, and this event was planned by her.
One year after graduation, she returned to her alma mater again to make up for the regret of not completing last year's graduation work due to the epidemic: showcasing the beauty of the four seasons of life in the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty.
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She said that wearing Hanfu in daily life to inspire people around us to fall in love with traditional Chinese clothing is the cultural confidence of our post-2000s generation.
Chen Xiyue's alma mater @ China Academy of Fine Arts also posted that Xiyue has shown us the confidence of the post-2000s in traditional culture.
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