An elegant, cinematic portrait of a graceful young Chinese woman in her twenties in traditional hanfu, holding a pipa.
She has very long, straight black hair, loosely gathered at the back of her head with long strands flowing down past her waist.
A delicate gold hairpin with small white jade plum blossoms and tiny dangling pearls is tucked into her hair.
She has fair porcelain skin, soft almond-shaped eyes with warm peach eyeshadow and coral-red lips.
She wears long gold drop earrings ending in small white pearls.
She looks gently off to the side with a calm, wistful, distant expression.
She wears a pale blush-pink layered hanfu with a cross-collar, a soft beige inner layer and a sheer flowing outer robe with wide sleeves.
She holds a traditional Chinese pipa upright in front of her, its body resting against her shoulder.
One hand rests lightly on the frets near the top of the neck.
The pipa has a rich dark wooden body with raised bamboo frets and black tuning pegs with white bands.
The lower body of the pipa is decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays of white plum blossoms, flying birds and a mythical figure.
The background is a dark, softly blurred landscape of misty gray rocks and deep green foliage.
Soft, diffused natural light falls on her face, with gentle shadows and a quiet, poetic mood.
Muted pink, cream, brown and dark gray tones.
Vertical portrait from the waist up, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field.
