Chinese Influencers Are Floating Among the Cherry Blossoms

Posing from the ground is so last year — Chinese influencers are now ascending ladders to get better backgrounds for their springtime pics.

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Walk by a brilliant row of blossoming trees in a park, and you may come across the scene featured above.

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One popular tag on Xiaohongshu, titled ‘springtime girls are climbing trees,’ is full of photos and videos of girls posing from up high.

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Many images online appear to be from professional photoshoots featuring DSLR cameras, reflectors, and costumes.

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The women in the photos often dress in pink, white, and purple; some wear the traditional hanfu, a robe-like garment dating back millennia.

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The resulting portraits of girls seemingly floating among the blossoms are almost surreal.

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