In the "most handsome in the world" selected by the American website "TC Candler", almost all European and American men on the list are like this:

There are Asian male stars, but almost all of them are like this:

No matter whether the judges who select this list are mostly men or women, it can be seen that the aesthetics of European and American men are mostly muscular, handsome and masculine.

Kim Tae Hyung and Jeon Jung Kook, who can come to Asia, especially from South Korea, are all women.

Some people think that this is an "aesthetic invasion" of the East by the West and a "castration" of the whole Eastern world.

After watching so many movies, Mr. Tomato will talk to you from his own cognitive angle today. The reason why the West prefers masculine men and the East prefers "feminine young people".

China, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese all belong to the "Confucian cultural circle", and the cultures of East Asian countries are interlinked.

In the traditional culture of China, the description of male beauty has never been "muscular".

There are 300 poems in the Book of Songs, saying that there is no evil in thought. The gentleman describes it like this:

Wonderful description.

In the traditional culture of China, a gentleman is the highest title for educated people. "Strong figure, can carry the tripod" has nothing to do with "sharp edge, grinding, grinding".

The highest ideal of men in ancient China was "self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world", and it was talent and accomplishment, not personal force.

In the Song Dynasty, this aesthetic was brought to the extreme. In the eyes of intellectuals, whether Zhuo Qun is masculine and aggressive or armed to the teeth, he is only "with developed limbs and simple mind".

Look at the representatives of ancient handsome men in China, and you will know what is going on.

Pan An, a handsome man in the history of China, is regarded as a model. He uses the idiom "looks like Pan An" to describe his handsomeness. He was a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty. His characteristic is "graceful posture, less famous for talent."

Ji Kang, another handsome guy in the history of China, was described as "dashing".

Song Yu, a writer in the Warring States Period, is as famous as Pan An.

To what extent was Song Yushuai in history? A stunning woman next door sneaked up the wall and watched him for three years, which is also the origin of the story of "neighbors peeping at the wall".

The idioms "Chun Xue" and "Takamatsu and Widow" all come from Song Yu.

Let's take a look at Cao Xueqin's description of Jia Baoyu:

The description of Baoyu in the third episode of A Dream of Red Mansions can be applied to women as it is.

With the description and edification of handsome men in traditional culture and the scholar-bureaucrat ideal of scholars all over the world, the shaping of male aesthetics has gradually taken shape.

At the same time, the west is different.

The history of Europe is basically a history of war. From the Roman Empire to the classical era, from the Middle Ages to religious wars, from being trampled by Mongolian fighters to the Renaissance, and then to the modern World War I, World War II and the Cold War, Europe never stopped.

Europe does not have our consistent Confucian culture, and the religious beliefs and ruling classes in different periods are different.

Europe is aggressive by nature, and martial arts is its nature. Force and conquest are the highest achievements and ideals, and people with high force can get more social resources and have higher social status.

Therefore, we can see that the descriptions of gods in Greek mythology are mostly powerful and aggressive.

Zeus, the king of the gods, is no exception. After the victory of the Battle of Titan, he just redistributed power and resources. In addition to his strong appearance, Zeus himself is also a very lewd god. He has many lovers and illegitimate children. On the one hand, it is the reproductive worship of westerners, on the other hand, it is the distribution of resources by the winners subconsciously.

European Renaissance sculptures do not conceal Europeans' preference for masculinity, strength and figure in male aesthetics.

The aesthetic difference between orientals and Europeans is essentially due to the difference in physiological structure. Asians look very different from westerners.

Because of physiological structure, nutritional structure, living habits, dietary differences, historical reasons and many other factors, Asians, especially Asians, are thinner and have smaller skeletons than Europeans and Americans.

Europeans, on the other hand, are mostly tall, with thick skeletons, well-developed muscles and thick hair.

If nothing else, we can see some clues by comparing the figures of Chinese and foreign martial arts superstars.

We are all familiar with Qiang Sen, whose height 195cm and weight 120kg. He looks like a big guy.

Jason Wu is 175cm tall and weighs about 75 kg. When two people stand together, the difference looks very obvious.

Not to mention Qiang Sen, an internationally renowned martial arts movie star, like Stallone, Schwarzenegger and jean-claude van damme, none of them are short and light, but they are all big.

On the one hand, this is the result of "aesthetic" choice. Because of their preference for muscular men, WWE's Qiang Sen and bodybuilder Schwarzenegger will be chosen as superstars by the audience.

On the other hand, it is also determined by "aesthetic preference". Because of the physiological structure of westerners, their aesthetic preference for men will certainly highlight their own characteristics.

Some people may argue that Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are not well-known internationally, so why are they not as famous as Westerners?

Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are more famous for their films. They are famous for their works first, not because they conform to the aesthetics of westerners.

In addition, you might as well look at Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee in their heyday. Although not tall, but muscular and full of masculinity, this figure is naturally favored by western audiences.

On the contrary, in the choice of martial arts stars, China audiences prefer those handsome, provocative, stretched and handsome movie stars.

For example, Jet Li was a national kung fu champion in his early years. 1994, he relied on a "Jason Wu hero" to make the flat head popular all over the country.

When Jason Wu debuted, especially in "Tai Chi Master", it was simply a standard small fresh meat.

Donnie Yen, 58, is only 169cm tall. She is half a head lower than the actor who plays his wife in IP Man.

In the scene of fighting Tai Sen, this is simply a direct collision between the East and the West in male aesthetics.

It is undeniable that people's aesthetics will be biased towards the characteristics of their own race, and westerners will naturally be biased towards taller and stronger bodies; Orientals' preference for elegance and white-flour scholars has also continued since ancient times.

In popular culture, East Asian culture represented by Korean Wave has a feminine aesthetic, which actually originated in Japan.

There is a Japanese named Beichuan, who is known as the "godfather of the men's team". He founded Genese's office and packaged a large number of handsome male stars to become idols. This trend swept the country and spread to South Korea.

South Korea's SM, JYP and YG entertainment companies promote women's aesthetics. They draw lessons from the production method of Genese Office in Beichuan, Japan, and form the star-making mode of men's team idols with standardized appearance, typhoon makeup and even hairstyle.

With the expansion of Korean Wave's influence, this model is popular all over Asia, from Japanese to Thailand, from China to Latin America.

The men's and women's teams have become a huge star-making industrial chain. These singing and dancing stars were wrapped and harvested the wallets of fans. At the same time, the capital behind them also earned a lot of money. At the same time, this aesthetic culture has completely invaded Asia.

Since then, it has become a trend for male idols to wear earrings, paint heavy makeup, make foundation and leave colorful hair. More and more people, especially the main youth group in rice circles, are gradually being reshaped by such female aesthetic infiltration.

And they are the main force of the network, and they also control the discourse power of the mainstream aesthetics of the network. In this way, we will see the ubiquitous "female aesthetics".

But at this point, the west is very cautious. Most of their children like comics, and superheroes in comics are often the opposite of men's teams in aesthetics.

Look at the superheroes of Marvel Comics, from Team USA to Raytheon, from Hulk to Iron Man.

Even female characters, such as Black Widow and Captain Surprise, are quite masculine and strong.

The same is true of DC's Super English, not to mention Superman's muscular appearance and angular appearance.

Amazonians in wonder woman are also militant people, although they are all women.

From Batman to Neptune, from steel to Flash, it is a proper sense of strength.

Pop culture has a great influence on modern aesthetics, which directly leads to the selection of "the most handsome face". The American and western standards are the aesthetics of men in the western world, and when they arrive in Asia, they automatically bring feminine style into the Korean Wave.

In fact, aesthetics is pluralistic, and there is neither absolute beauty nor absolute ugliness. Most of them vary from person to person.

Moreover, in western aesthetics, there are also many small fresh meats that look like clouds and moons. Brother Tom, who just debuted, is simply a template for small fresh meat.

When I was young, Xiao Lizi was also very handsome.

Keanu Reeves was a typical handsome Asian face when he was young.

Of course, there is sweet tea, Alan Delong, these feminine European and American male stars.

However, their way home seems to be a rude European with a beard and a big belly.

There is another interesting phenomenon. When you type "handsome guy" in English in the search engine, you will often see powerful European and American handsome guys.

You can type "handsome boy" in Chinese, but the result is the opposite.

Perhaps this aesthetic alienation has penetrated into the judgment of big data on each of us.

(Film Rotten Tomato Editorial Department: 1 1)