Fragrant air

Author: Yang Erche Namu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Namu has published many books, but this one is special. The reason it's special is that it wasn't "written" by Namu—it was "made" by Namu and many others, bit by bit. What is a breast pocket? Oh, that's the East, it's the subtle fragrance. Namu collected one hundred breast pockets. Wherever she went, she carried them with her. She took them with her to interview people from all over the world, asking them about their understanding of breast pockets, sensuality, and the love ways of Chinese women. Among these people are the dedicated "woman-maker" Ving Rhames, the fashion designer Gu Lin who wants to give women around the world Eastern charm, the beautiful writer Mian Mian who has become a mother, diplomats, painters, and journalists. The breast pockets in the book are fragrant and colorful, Namu in the book is full of charm, the interviews in the book are spicy and direct, and the poems in the book are alluring and lingering. Namu frankly admits that she doesn't look good in breast pockets and lacks the shy and coquettish charm of Han girls. Like this book, although it has "color, fragrance, and taste," the beauty isn't in the breast pockets—it's in the dreams hidden behind them.
This is a collection of beautiful essays about the sensuality and charm of Chinese women, including the history and evolution of breast pockets, the embroidery techniques of breast pockets, sentences describing the beauty of Chinese women, and love letters written by women in the past to their lovers. The illustrations are exquisitely beautiful, just like a Chinese hot pot—rich and satisfying in color, fragrance, and taste. May it awaken your interest in traditional Chinese culture and keep that sentiment in your heart. A Fragrant Secret is a delightful illustrated book that showcases the ancient Chinese breast pockets she painstakingly collected over seven years. To be honest, the history of breast pockets can be traced back thousands of years. Han dynasty undergarments mostly had only a front piece and no back piece, while after the Tang dynasty, styles emerged that covered both the chest and abdomen. Delicate silk low-cut embroidered shirts of Tang dynasty women already had the prototype of breast pockets. The ribbons worn around the neck—gold chains for the noble, copper or silver for the middle class, and red ropes for the petite—were the original form of today's breast pockets. In traditional Chinese culture, red symbolizes auspiciousness, joy, and the ability to ward off evil spirits. Ancients intentionally used it to make close-fitting undergarments, hence the name "red breast pockets."