Resource post for Chinese language fandoms eg Nirvana in Fire and Guardian

[amara1783]

This is going to be a resource post for stuff I find helpful, as someone who has very little knowledge or experience with Chinese cultures in any detail, and up until April when I started watching Nirvana in Fire no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese or any other Chinese language, in (hopefully!) making less of a tit of myself.

“Guardian eps 14/15 feature a before/after marriage hairstyle change for Zhao YunLan…
traditionally in Chinese culture, when a woman marries, she changes her hairstyle” by ascended-fanboy-yuuri

On Chinese Names by surreality51

A couple of generalised "writing about Chinese characters" tips by oftenimprudent

Three widely used words for wife in modern Chinese by deeperfriedkoi More context.

How to Name Chinese Characters by yurouchng

Interesting thread about Chinese usage

"Sā Jīao" "撒娇" in Chinese culture by deeperfriedkoi

a conversation about linguistic register by hunxi-guilai

Comments

[enemyofperfect]

I'm not even in any of those fandoms, but these links are still super interesting, thank you!

[amara1783]

You're very welcome :D

For Nirvana in Fire, here's some info:

Necessary intro:
http://catchaspark.tumblr.com/post/168159151979/ok-ill-bite-sell-me-on-nirvana-in-fire

Cheat sheet character guide:
https://lesbloggerables.tumblr.com/post/157788020760/nirvana-in-fire-character-guide

Watch the show with English subtitles here:
https://www.viki.com/videos/1080865v-nirvana-in-fire-episode-1

 With uBlock as adblocker so you don't see the ads.

And for Guardian:

https://warpedpuppeteer.tumblr.com/post/177589960589/guardian-zhen-hun

It can be watched on Youtube.

There are Discords for both, lmk if you want an invited :)