ARKONA's latest outfit is Long Liliang. This is elegant Hakama style gown is perfect for traditional Japanese Festivals or Japanese Roleplay. It gown has rich lush colors and beautiful dragon scene. Koharu is available for Maitreya 5.3 mesh bodies.
ARKONA's latest outfit is Long Liliang. This is elegant Hakama style gown is perfect for traditional Japanese Festivals or Japanese Roleplay. It gown has rich lush colors and beautiful dragon scene. Koharu is available for Maitreya 5.3 mesh bodies.
GOOD FAIRY's latest release is Kayo Dress. This modern dress is done with Asian touches. Wearing Kayo, you will exude confidence at semi-formal events, dates, or a night out on the own. The dress is a thin strapped, sweetheart neckline, asymmetrical bodice done in large mums with gold embroidered edging and trim. The skirt is a 16 color HUD driven, sheath, mini skirt. Kayo is available for Belleza(Freya, Isis), Ebody(Reborn), Legacy, Maitreya, and Slink (Hourglass, Physique) mesh bodies.
GOOD FAIRY's other latest release is Kayo Handbag. This rectangular handbag with brown leather trim, brown leather arched handles has a matching texture to the dress with large mums with gold embroidered edging. This handbag is non-rigged.
ARKONA is celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival from October 3-7, 2025 with a new Chinese Collection. This collection consist of 8 items. Eight is a lucky number in China because its pronunciation, 八 (bā), sounds similar to the word 发财 (fācái), meaning "to become rich." Furthermore, the shape of the number 8 resembles the infinity symbol, symbolizing constant abundance and prosperity. In Chinese culture, this number is also associated with the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism and symbolizes harmony and well-being.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. This year is falls on October 6, 2025.
One of the items in the new collection is QIPAO (traditional female long tube dress)
The qipao (also known as a cheongsam) is a traditional Chinese women's dress that originated as a loose-fitting garment worn by Manchu women and evolved into its modern, form-fitting styles under the influence of Western fashion in Shanghai in the 1920s. Its classic design features a high stand-up collar, diagonal button closure, a fitted cut, and side slits, combining elements of traditional Chinese dress with Western elegance.
Qipao comes in 8 fabrics: Autumn Poem, Blue Serenity, Golden Dragon, Heaven Song, Jade Valley(shown), Read Sea, Tender Beauty, and Twilight Dreams. Each fabric dress is sold separately. This dress is compatible with: Ebody Reborn, Legacy, Maitreya V 5.3, LaraX, TMP, and Fitmesh (L, M, S) mesh bodies.
Another item in the new collection is HUA XIE (fabric shoes with embroidery)
Hua Xie are traditional Chinese fabric shoes with embroidery. "embroidered shoes", also known as Chinese shoes, Chinese-style embroidered shoes, and Chinese slippers, are a well-known subtype of traditional Chinese cloth footwear (中国布鞋; zhōngguó bùxié); xuhuaxie are deeply rooted in Chinese culture and are characterized by the use of intricate and colorful Chinese patterns.
Hua Xie comes in 8 fabrics: Autumn Poem, Blue Serenity, Golden Dragon, Heaven Song, Jade Valley(shown), Read Sea, Tender Beauty, and Twilight Dreams. Each fabric pair of shoes is sold separately. These fabrics match Qipao from this same collection. These shoes are compatible with: Ebody Reborn, Legacy, Maitreya V 5.3, and LaraX mesh bodies.
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TARA's Free Gift at SL FANDOM CON is Silver Butterfly; a delicate silver butterfly that sits in the palm of your hand and has white particles. This butterfly is a tribute to Heaven Officials Blessing, Hua Cheng's attribute.
Location: YANAGI NO OGAWA
The legend of Wang Zhaojun
Wang Zhaojun 王昭君 was born to a prominent family of Zigui, Nan county (now Xingshan county, Hubei) in the south of the Western Han empire. In a legend, Wang Zhaojun left her hometown on horseback and began a journey northward. Along the way, her horse neighed, making Zhaojun extremely sad and unable to control her emotions. As she sat on the saddle, she began to play sorrowful melodies on a stringed instrument. A flock of geese flying southward heard the music, saw the beautiful young woman riding the horse, immediately forgot to flap their wings, and fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun acquired the nickname "fells geese" or "drops birds."
She entered the harem of Emperor Yuan probably after 40 BC. During her time in the Lateral Courts, Wang Qiang was never visited by the emperor and remained as a palace lady-in-waiting. When choosing a new wife, the Emperor was first presented with portraits of all the possible women. Wang Zhaojun’s portrait was either never viewed by the Emperor, or was not in its true form, and therefore the Emperor overlooked her.In 33 BC, Huhanye visited Chang’an on a homage trip, as part of the tributary system between the Han and Xiongnu. He took the opportunity to ask to be allowed to become an imperial son-in-law. Instead of honouring the chanyu with a princess, Huhanye was presented with five women from the imperial harem, one of them who was Wang Zhaojun.
A story from the History of the Later Han relates that Wang Zhaojun volunteered to join the Shanyu. When summoned to court, her beauty astonished the emperor’s courtiers and made the emperor reconsider his decision to send her to the Xiongnu.
Wang Zhaojun became a favourite of the Huhanye shanyu, giving birth to two sons. Only one of them seems to have survived, Yituzhiyashi. They also had at least one daughter, Yun, who was created Princess Yimuo and who would later become a powerful figure in Xiongnu politics. When Huhanye died in 31 BC, Wang Zhaojun requested to return to China. Emperor Cheng, however, ordered that she follow Xiongnu levirate custom and become the wife of the next shanyu, the oldest brother(or her stepson, born by her husband’s first wife) of her husband. In her new marriage she had two daughters.
Wang was honoured as Ninghu Yanzhi (寧胡閼氏 "Chief-Consort Pacifying Hu").
In legend, she commits suicide after her husband dies, seeing it as her only resort in order to avoid marrying his son. Historically, it is not known how or when she died.
Wang Zhaojun was a symbol of the cohesion for the Chinese nation. Her deeds are respected by the later people. Her tomb is repeatedly renovated by the later generation in memory of her. And the story of Zhaojun going out of the frontier strongly attracted numerous artists of every dynasty, who created thousands of works based on her story in a variety of artistic forms, such as music, painting, poetry, drama and novels.