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It was fairly common to have royalty, such as Azula here, carried around in one of them. Azula comes out in a palanquin, which was found in most of the world, though Europe didn't really have them until fairly late, since it got the idea in part from the Americas. And there are two other standing structures I don't know what are.Īzula's ship looks like it has a pagoda sticking out of it, for some reason. On the table to the right I think they have a tea set laid out, but I don't recognize the spherical thing above it (maybe it's a Chinese lantern?). In the background of that place, you can see a folding screen at one point, and some other items I don't recognize. Zuko is wearing a straw hat while Iroh gets a massage. That makes me think of sakura, but I imagine it could be another kind of tree. Around the city are numerous trees with pink blossoms. The house they're in later also seems to be Asian style architecture as we see it from the inside, but I'll get to that later. The Fire Nation colony Zuko and Iroh are in definitely looks like Chinese architecture: short, broad buildings symmetrical layout gabled roofs with curling corners. Pakku gives Aang some scrolls, which of course were used all over the world, but China kept to scrolls for longer, when the western world was switching to codices. Speaking of hair, what is up with Lo and Li? Is that Manchu hairstyle? It's very broad and strange. Many people have topknots as well, which boys in ancient China were expected to have. Naturally, anyone wearing robes-such as Pakku and the nameless Water Tribe members on the boat Zuko and Iroh and the Fire Nation citizens in the colony Iroh and Zuko are at-wear them left over right. From a distant view, it looks much less wooden, and we can see it's one of the Northern Water Tribe's pontoons / catamarans. I don't think they'd have a lot of wood at the north pole. maybe it's a turtle seal shell? On close views, the boat appears to be made of wood-we see the walls below deck made of wood, and see wooden planks on the deck. And there's what appears to be a turtle shell hanging on the wall. However, the roofs of the towers do look Asian, since they're sweeping gabled roofs whose corners curl upward.Īang wakes up, and is sleeping in a hammock made of some creature's hide, it looks like. It's got several tall towers, rather than broad buildings. Again, it doesn't really look like Chinese architecture. In Aang's dream, we see the Southern (I presume) Air Temple.
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