The Cinematic Themes and Visuals of Ancient China - Part 4 | Video Essay

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  • Qing dynasty is most easiest to spot. For one they are villains in many movies. Their hairstyle, armour, official helmet with peacock feather, and beads.
  • @JShredz
    You've made many great videos over the years, but this series has been my favorite work of yours. History, culture, and comedy, edited together in a compelling multi-part story covering thousands of years of media. What a series!
  • @greg_mca
    You know something's gone terribly wrong when the Austro-Hungarian army is colonially exploiting you, when it could barely establish a foothold just over its own border
  • @yuyuyu25
    This might be the best sponsor spot I've ever seen on youtube.
  • I gotta go for the Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy featuring Jet Li as my favorite Qing Dynasty-centric movies because they don’t simply display impressive martial arts stunts but it tells a story of China slowly changing with the times and the ways people embrace the change surrounding their country with folks either embracing change or stubbornly defying it.
  • @NeverHard
    I'm surprised you didn't mention the biggest visual indicator of the Qing Dynasty: the queue. The iconic men's hairstyle. Fantastic video, as always.
  • @aoshi000
    White Snake and Chang'An (about the famous poets during the Tang dynasty) are both excellent animated features in recent years, not to be missed, both made me shed tears.
  • @Replicaate
    The Yuan period is absolutely fascinating to me because as you said it was a strange time. The conquered people fearing extermination or assimilation, the conquerors trying not to become assimilated themselves, the fact that China was merely the easternmost point of the largest empire on the planet but also was sort of its own khanate; there's a lot of conflict and jumbling and contrasts to dig into. It's probably also oft neglected as a setting since it was a pretty brief dynasty, barely a century when others lasted millennia.
  • @swanurine
    Hey, I enjoyed the history lesson, but I think the visual themes that were presented in in the previous videos of the series aren't talked about so much here. For example, Ming could mention the basket-style hats or the circular helmets. Tbh, I still can't identify quickly the difference between Song and Ming. Qing dynasty could've definitely talked about the Manchu queue, the women's broad hairdresses, and the distinct cone-shaped hats with red tassels that even foreigners know. Growing up with Pearl Princess and Kangxi, I thought those were the definitive traditional Chinese look. I even made Qing mandarin costume for my 3rd grade halloween (which was really hard to explain to my friends).
  • I grew up in the Philippines, and we had a high school class about Asian history, with Chinese history being a feature. I've learned much from your four-part series than I had in my high school classes. Amazing videos!
  • I was on the brink of tears after I listened to the afterword. This is so well made and well written. Thank you.
  • I'm sad the series is over. I love ancient Chinese history. It's fascinating to see how society is shaped by changing values, evolving art forms, and outsider involvement. I would love to see more videos focusing on specific stories of unique individuals in Chinese history, strange or interesting events, or regional festivals and customs throughout the ages.
  • The schedule part absolutely killed me. Genghis and Conan would be proud.
  • I'mma be honest, I spam watched this "History of China" series and flexed my new found knowledge to my mom (I'm Chinese born Canadian). Safe to say she was incredibly impressed. Actually matter of fact all the movies I watch with my parents are Accented approved films (She thinks I'm a Chinese scholar now). Keep up the good work so I can keep up the facade of being a good Chinese son :3
  • Please make an additional video on the depiction of the warlord era, Republic of China and People's Republic of China in Chinese movies also. Love this whole series ❤❤
  • @fflunatic
    Will you do a series on Jin Yong's novels & adaptations? And also how Jin Yong's 3rd edition novels were heavily based on his views in Buddhism.
  • i enjoyed this series throughout part 1 to 4...it's like reviewing my junior history textbooks. i love this so much and i just hope more people can see it
  • Hello, Mongolian fan here. Another informative and well-structured essay, as always. This time as a Mongolian it was interesting to see how my culture influenced Chinese's history and its films, keep up the good work!
  • I laughed and spat part of my breakfast out at the start of the Squarespace ad. Thanks for posting such a well-written and entertaining introduction to Chinese history through cinematic themes.
  • @mimisaiko
    It would be epic if you do a modern China series.