Although this movie has no historical references whatsoever, it is still interesting to get a sense of Chinese culture, fashion, and values from this movie. I highly recommend this movie and would have to say it's one of my favorite Chinese movies of all times. Watch it in Chinese with English subtitles though because I've seen the dubbed versions and the translations were horrible and difficult to get the point across.
The film does an AMAZING job at showing the splendor of ancient Chinese dynasties. The filmography and setting is beautiful. They also show quite a bit of Chinese culture as well including favoring the eldest son (In Chinese culture they tend to bare the most responsibilities), rituals such as Chung Yeung festival.
The costume in this movie is beautiful as well. I'm pretty sure its not historically accurate--for example the empress' nail extensions were not popular until the 1500's I believe. The elaborate costumes might have been similar they seem pretty consistant in Chinese movies and dramas for the royal family.
THANK YOU for detesting dubbed versions of this movie. The dubbers (?) spend so much time trying to fit all the translated audio within the characters' speaking times that it doesn't make much sense. Also, I like how you tell the readers that although the movie is visually stunning, don't believe everything. Love it.
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