Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Speaking of dolls....
In an attempt to pull together a home decor scheme, I have been going through some of my old pictures. I found this fun one that I thought you guys would like. I don't know much about these dolls... other than the fact that this display is located at the Shanghai museum. Maybe I can send my two history henchmen on a bit of a scavenger hunt to fill in some of the blanks on these cute little dolls. Of course, they could just end up being gift shop merchandise....
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Hmm after a bit of digging, I would say that they are part of some sort of exhibit because they are behind class and have a place card. At the Shanghai Museum, there a several permanent exhibitions, and the only one of those that this would fit into would be the exhibit for minority Chinese ethnicities. It almost looks like the dolls are dressed in traditional outfit. There are also three non-permanent exhibit halls at the Shanghai Museum that these could be part of. Also, they look a lot like an exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts, which has different, more Japanese styled dolls similarly placed behind glass. I wonder if maybe each one represents traditional outfit styles in various Chinese regions.
ReplyDeleteI would assume they're little more than toys. In Korea they do similar things where they make little dolls dressed in traditional clothes, I'm not sure if China does the same thing, but in Korea they break out Hanboks for special occasions like a baby's first year, and big family things. So, as kids, they try to embrace the culture that they don't get to quite experience the same way by giving them toys with the outfits. Tourists just eat them up too haha! There might be more to it, I'll see what I can find!
ReplyDeleteYou are both great at inferring! Must have a great history teacher? hehe! I think you are both correct. Is it just me, or does there appear to be a bit of Mongolian influence?
ReplyDeleteI love that you guys jumped all over this scavenger hunt... more to come!
for the Mongolian influence, I've never known that much about Chinese culture, except that they are VERY diverse to the point where its really confusing. And yes, I do believe that an awesome history teacher is a part of it :)
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