Beauty is charming, after all, color is the main factor (Li Yu, Volume Department). The Book of Songs says: "A vegetarian is gorgeous!" As the ultimate white, the word "snow" is regarded as the standard of skin color. Song Yu described the girl next door in "The Lotito": "The eyebrows are like jade feathers and the muscles are like snow." Other words such as "skin is better than snow", "skin is like condensed snow" and "bullying frost for snow" can be seen everywhere.
In addition, crystal clear, transparent and moist white jade is also often used to modify the skin of beautiful women. For example, Mrs. Huarui of the Five Dynasties: "jade bone, ice muscle, clear and sweat-free." ("On the Summer Mohe Pool" Meng Chang)
Pure white is not the only criterion of skin color, but pink and white are in harmony. The goddess in Cao Zhi's Ode to Luoshen is "if the morning sun rises" from a distance, but it is "if it burns, the waves will rise" from a close look. Words like "peach blossom with dew", "water hibiscus" and "water red water chestnut" all focus on pink. Second, the hand
In The Book of Songs Feng Wei Shuo Ren, Zhuang Jiang wrote: "The hands are soft and the skin is solidified." Cotton poplar is the bud stem of thatched grass (Zhu Shi Ji Jing Juan). White, smooth and tender, as thin as a bone. Its beauty lies in its faint fragrance. Take a sip gently, and your lips and teeth will stay fragrant. Use it to compare the fingers of beautiful women, which is vivid, vivid and appropriate.
Tang and Zhao Luanluan's poem "Finger" reads: "Delicate jade and chopped shallots grow on the sleeves of fragrant snails." Compare your fingers to white jade. Crystal clear, transparent and moist.
Soft catkins, tender bamboo shoots and scaly jade all constitute the standard of ancient China beauty hands. Third, send
Black, bright, thick and thin are the standards of ancient beauty hair in China. Fourth, face.
Zhuang Jiang, a beautiful woman in The Book of Songs Feng Wei Shuo Ren: "A cicada's head flies with a moth eyebrow." A cicada's head refers to a cicada-like insect. Its forehead is plump and smooth. This is the standard of ancient beauty forehead.
The standard face of ancient beauty, slightly round on the top and slightly sharp on the bottom, looks like melon seeds, plump and white, commonly known as goose face. In addition, the "full moon" is also a face that conforms to the ancient aesthetic standards of China. A face like a full moon means that it is round and white. Like a full moon, it looks white, plump, plump and energetic. (Encyclopedia of Oriental Beauty)
The dimples on the face are called smiles or double dimples. There are many descriptions of smiles in China's ancient literary works. For example, there is a paragraph in "Songs of the South Zhao Da" that describes "Ji Fu's strange teeth should laugh"; Another example is Ban Jieyu's "Dao Fu Su" in the Han Dynasty: "Two cymbals are like points, and the eyebrows are like Zhang." Words like "smile like a flower" are too numerous to mention. V. Purpose
In ancient China, the standard of beautiful eyes not only emphasized verve, but also had appropriate metaphor. "There are beauties in the north, but they are independent. Take care of the city, then the country "(Biography of Han Xiao Wu Li Fu Ren). Yang Guifei: "As long as she turns her head and smiles, there will be a hundred spells, and all the powder and pigments in the Sixth Palace will go up in smoke." (Bai Juyi, Song of Eternal Sorrow) The charm of this kind of eyes is the standard of expression of ancient beauty's eyes in China. Six, nose
"The face is like a flower, all by the nose." The nose is the most prominent part of the face. The standard of a beautiful nose is exquisiteness and three-dimensional sense. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the nose is beautiful". Qiong Yao is a beautiful jade, crystal clear, smooth and moist. This entry mainly focuses on the exquisite beauty of the nose, while "nose hanging like a gallbladder" focuses on the three-dimensional beauty of the nose.
Representative: Cui Yingying: It's just a cherry at the mouth of the altar and a pink nose leaning on Qiong Yao. Light Pak Lei face, light waist. ("The West Chamber" Wang Shifu) VII. lip
The aesthetic standards of ancient beauty's lips in China are: ruddy color, glossy and small shape. People often use "cherry" to compare lips, that is, because of its shape and color. Eight, teeth
Crystal white, uniform, is the standard of ancient Chinese teeth. Nine, the neck
In The Book of Songs Feng Wei Shuo Ren, the beauty Zhuang Jiang wrote: "Leaders are like crickets". Collar means neck; Newt is the larva of longicorn and mulberry cattle, milky white, long and plump (the hole in the Book of Songs). "The collar is like cricket" means that the neck is as white as cricket and as full. The standard of ancient beauty's neck is white, smooth and full. In the poem "There is a Gift on the Table", Han Wo used the phrase "the lotus root is covered by a fragrant neck cloud" to describe the fragrance of a woman's neck, which is quite classic. Ceng Bu, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Qiong Yao in a broken window with a pink neck". Another example is the word "pink neck" in "Seeking elegance and elegance" in the Ming Dynasty: "Frosty muscles are not dyed round, and there are many charming people in themoon. If you pull it, you might as well remove the powder. Tired, often get pity. Delicate and gentle, every effort is for a good marriage. " ("Oriental Beauty Hundred Rhymes Encyclopedia") X. Foot
There are few specific descriptions of women's feet in works before the Han Dynasty, which shows that there was no specific aesthetic standard in ancient times. Although there are descriptions in Luo Shen Fu, they only describe the dynamic beauty of women's feet. According to Nan Qi Zhi, Feidong Hunhou has a special liking for the feet of the imperial concubine Pan Yuer. The feeling of love was only an individual phenomenon at that time, not a universal phenomenon. Du Mu's poem said, "Four points are deducted at the discretion of the cymbal ruler, and the jade bamboo shoots are delicate and wrapped in spring clouds." The custom of foot-binding seems to have existed in the Tang Dynasty. During the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, there was a maid-in-waiting, who was lithe and good at dancing. She wrapped her feet with satin, and her feet were crescent-shaped. She wore plain socks and danced on the six-foot-high golden lotus, which was deeply loved by Li Yu, queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Since then, the wind of foot-binding has gradually prevailed in the court. Since the Song Dynasty, foot-binding has spread all over the people, and "three-inch golden lotus" has become the basic requirement for female beauty since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. (Encyclopedia of Oriental Beauty) XI. chest
In ancient times, there were no aesthetic requirements and standards for breasts. Literary works that describe beautiful women, such as The Book of Songs, The Ode to a Disciple, The Ode to Luoshen, etc., all say nothing about breasts. In particular, The Ode to the Goddess of Luo, with its gorgeous layout, describes women's bodies in detail, but keeps secrets about their breasts. The Secret Symphony of Miscellaneous Affairs in the Han Dynasty (some scholars suspect that it is a copy of Yang Shen, the top scholar in the Ming Dynasty) describes the physical examination of Liang Yingquan, the daughter of Liang Shang, during the court beauty pageant in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even when it comes to her breasts, there is only the word "breast milk". It can be seen that flat chest does not affect its beauty. Twelve, waist
Thin waist is an important feature of ancient beauty in China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a legend that the king of Chu had a thin waist and starved to death in the palace. The goddess "If you cut off your shoulders, your waist will be almost plain" in Song Yu's articles "The Lust of the Disciple" and "The Goddess of Luoshen" both try their best to render a beautiful woman's waist slender. Zhao Chuan written by Han describes the origin of her name, saying that she is "slender, light and elegant, and people call her". Zhao Biezhuan was written by Qin Chunzi of Qiaochuan, which recorded her "slim waist". Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties also took slim waist as beauty. According to the Biography of Southern History Xu Mian, Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties gave Xu Mian a lot of joy, among which the dancer Zhang Jingwan said, "The waist is one foot six inches, and when people are salty, they dance with their hands." And Yang Kan's concubine, Sun Jingyu, who can reverse herself to the ground and win the seat of Hosta. Thirteen. fragrant
Li Yu, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, said in his book "Random Thoughts on Love and Sound Volume": "Famous flowers and beautiful women have the same smell, and those who have national colors must have fragrance. Tianxiang knot from the uterus, not from fumigation. There is such beauty, not a word of beauty. This fragrance is not very delicate, but it can be good at it occasionally. " Women's body odor can be divided into two types: natural and acquired. The former is a natural body odor produced by women themselves and is called "Tianxiang". The earliest woman known for her fragrance in history was Juan Li, the most beloved and famous concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. She has soft skin and breathes air to win orchids, but I don't know if it is sweet. Zhao Hede, Zhao's younger sister, is naturally fragrant, which is the earliest recorded beauty with sweet smell. As for Zhao, he also plays like a orchid, which is the edification of the day after tomorrow. If women want to have attractive body fragrance, they need to add body fragrance by fumigation to make up for their congenital deficiency. Li Yu admitted that "national beauty and fragrance" can be met but not sought, and that fumigation is reasonable. "There is a national beauty, there is no national beauty, it is one in a thousand; The rest are indispensable. " In addition to smoking, Yuan Zai's concubine Xue in the Tang Dynasty used to eat "fragrant pills" made by her mother for a long time when she was young. When I grow up, my skin is tender and my body is fragrant, which is remembered by history. ("Nightmare Shadow" Ming Juck Zhang)
Ten standards of ancient beauty 1. Black hair cicada temples are black and shiny hair, and cicada temples refer to the hair on both sides of cheeks near the ears, which should be as thin as cicada wings. 2. Cloud bun and fog bun mean round bun, and bun refers to the knot tied on the top of the head. The so-called cloud bun and fog bun means that the bun combed by a beautiful woman is like a cloud. 3. Emei Qingdai Emei is a female eyebrow. Indigo Emei is to shave off eyebrows and then paint them with cyan and black pigments. 4. Bright eyes look forward to beautiful and hateful eyes have been regarded as the standard of beauty since ancient times. 5. Red lips and white teeth Red lips and white teeth are white teeth. 6. The fingers of a jade finger beauty must be slender and soft; Plain arm refers to white arm, which is not only white, but also round and elastic. Seven. A beautiful woman with a thin waist and snow skin, a thin waist is a thin waist; Snow skin is white skin Eight. Lian Bu socks Lian Bu refers to the steps of beautiful women, and more importantly, refers to tangled feet. Small socks refer to socks worn by women who bind their feet. 9. red makeup whitewashes red makeup refers to a woman's makeup, just like applying rouge to her cheeks today. Another kind of whitewashing is to put white powder on your face. 10. A woman with a fragrant body odor in her skin is also considered a beauty. Different dynasties have different standards. For example; Thin is the beauty in Han Dynasty, and fat is the beauty in Tang Dynasty. This is related to the emperor's aesthetic view when the dynasty was established. The traditional beauties in ancient China are: Liu Yemei, Cheng Yan, small cherry mouth, laughing and walking without wind, holding hands and keeping a low posture. Hehe, in my opinion, it is still the beauty of modern women. At least they are free and have their own personality.