What is a rockhopper? The crested rockhopper is the exclusive crown ornament of the empresses of ancient emperors, and it is named after the crested rockhopper. It consists of two elements: phoenix and crown. Phoenix is the king of birds in ancient legends of China. Like dragons, the image of the phoenix is the most beautiful part of many species. Therefore, unless princess royal is promoted to queen after marriage, princess royal can't wear a rockhopper.
Phoenix robe is the usual dress style of the queen, which is basically similar to that of Manchu ladies. Round neck, big skirt, collar, sleeves and skirt are decorated with wide lace, but the patterns are different. The clothing pattern shown in this picture is a phoenix wearing peony.
The whole dress is embroidered with eight Cai Feng and Cai Feng on the bright blue satin floor, with several peony flowers in the middle. The color of peony is quiet and elegant, and the color changes vividly, which has the characteristics of traditional landscape painting. On the contrary, the color of Phoenix is relatively strong, and the contrast between red and green is extremely strong, which has typical national style and characteristics of the times.
As the king of birds, Phoenix symbolizes nobility. In ancient times, only the royal family and nobles decorated the phoenix. Even in some dynasties, the phoenix robe was exclusive to the queen. Of course, this feudal feature has long been a thing of the past, but the noble character of Phoenix has been preserved to this day, and black also has mysterious and noble symbolic significance, so golden phoenix's black cheongsam is more domineering. Therefore, although this beautiful woman has exquisite facial features, sweet appearance and fresh temperament, wearing such a noble and luxurious cheongsam still has a visual effect of not being angry and arrogant.