Recently, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the 17th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival, a grandma dressed in a Chinese hanfu costume made a stunning appearance. It attracts many eyes.
The "Hanfu grandma" named Liu Weixiu (刘维秀), has 77 years old. At first, the grandma just cooperated with her students to shoot a set of videos in hanfu, but to her surprise, the video was released and received many likes from netizens. The grandma created a social account to record her life, and with her outstanding hanfu look, she gained many fans!
"Beauty lasts forever.", in the social media comments of the Hanfu grandma, you can often see such a message from netizens. In fact, this is very closely related to the grandma's youth is a Beijing opera actress, she began to study Beijing opera at the age of 13, 19 years old into the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts to further study, decades of Beijing opera skills make the grandma's gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the classical grace.
After Grandma retired, the costumes were put into the depths of her closet, but the hanfu not only gave her back the feeling of performing on stage, but also gave her a whole new experience.
"I can't wear the costume out of the stage, but I can wear the hanfu in my daily life, and every time I wear the hanfu, I become very happy," said Grandma.
Liu Weixiu is not only a "fairy grandma" loved by her fans, but she also has a young mind. At this year's Animation Festival, she showed everyone a hanfu she was wearing.
"As long as you like it, as long as you want to wear it, there is no age limit for loving hanfu", the grandma also said, she is participating in the festival for the first time, wearing hanfu is out of love, on the other hand, she hopes to introduce hanfu to more young people, "Although my personal ability is small, I still have the responsibility to promote traditional culture".
With her elegant temperament and young mentality, the Hanfu grandma received many "Likes" and comments from netizens, "Elegance never goes out of style" and "Even a seventy-year-old can have a girl's heart".
She had typical opera trained eyes! they express so much!
I love this! She’s so pretty and looks so happy! I’m glad that she is able to wear what she wants embrace what she wants. It’s so wonderful how she supports others as well!