Experts restore Cao Cao’s true face: scattered eyebrows and raised bridge of nose. The following text materials are collected and published by Xiaoyisou. Let’s take a quick look!
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Professor Zhao Chengwen, a well-known criminal physiognomy expert who has restored the skull of Mrs. Xin Zhui and the Dawenkou site, finally used restoration technology to restore Cao Cao’s appearance. The restored appearance of Cao Cao has three distinctive features: scattered eyebrows, a protrusion on the bridge of the nose, and a slanted forehead. The descendants of the Cao family invited to the show generally have similar characteristics and highly recognize the restored appearance of Cao Cao. .
Cao Cao’s appearance restoration picture
Introduction to this article: CITIC. Author: Anonymous, original name: Experts restore Cao Cao’s appearance: small bumps on eyebrows and nose
The Face of China program broadcast by Shandong Satellite TV on the evening of the 11th restored the ancestors’ faces of Shandong people and predicted the future After the human face, experts in anthropology, genetics, archaeology, philology, criminal investigation, etc. were gathered again. At the same time, the face of the great hero Cao Cao was reversed based on the characteristics of many descendants. It is said that Cao Cao's appearance after his restoration was very similar to that of his successor, which was also recognized by experts.
Last year, the DNA identification of nine descendants of Cao Cao attracted widespread attention. Now, the seven descendants of Xiuhu Guild Hall in Yancheng, Jiangsu, Yiyi Guild Hall in Shucheng, Anhui, Hu Aishan Guild Hall in Haimen, Jiangsu, and Jia Zheng Guild in Zhejiang, as well as three descendants of Rushan, Shandong, Donggang, Liaoning, and Tieling, met for the first time. When we first met, Cao Cao's descendants were most concerned about each other's appearance. Seeing that the other person also had the same scattered eyebrows and lumps on the bridge of his nose, this was the family's belief, which made them even stronger.
Short in appearance but brave in appearance?
The Storyteller·The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Cao Cao as being more than seven feet tall, with black eyebrows and a long beard, while Wei Chunqiu described Cao Cao as short in appearance and strong in appearance, admitting that Cao Cao was not good-looking but had a good temperament. What does this thin generation with short stature and extraordinary temperament look like?
Li Hui, a professor at the Department of Human and Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, said: More than 1,800 years ago, Cao Cao lived in Qiao County in northern Anhui. The face in this place is getting wider and wider, the eyes are big and round, the eyebrows are thick and thick, and the outer sides of the eyebrows are scattered. Therefore, it is estimated that Cao Cao is likely to have these facial features. Following the research team across more than 20 provinces across the country, I met thousands of doctoral students Wang Chuanchao, who is a descendant of Cao Cao. The appearance of Cao's descendants in the north and south is obviously different: Cao's descendants in the north have a polygonal face, rough outline, slender eyes, and single eyelids. There are obvious Mongolian folds, and the nose is high and narrow; Cao Nan's descendants have round faces and round eyes, and their noses are not as high as those in the North, but their noses are wide open.
Recognized by experts and future generations
In the Face China program broadcast on the evening of the 11th, it is said that this thousand-year hero showed his true face. Professor Zhao, a well-known criminal appearance expert, restored the skull of Madam Xinchou and the Dawenkou site, and finally used restoration technology to restore Cao Cao's appearance. The repaired Cao Cao has three distinctive features: scattered eyebrows, a lump on the bridge of his nose, and a sloping forehead. The invited descendants of the Cao family generally had similar program characteristics and highly recognized the appearance of the restored Cao Cao.
The restoration of Cao Cao’s appearance is a complicated process. Based on the information provided by anthropologists and historians, combined with the facial features of the Central Plains people before 1800, the description of Cao Cao's face in the literature, and the DNA analysis of Cao Cao's nine descendants by geneticists, etc. , while analyzing the facial features of thousands of descendants of Cao Cao's nine descendants. Through the appearance of Cao Cao's descendants, we can infer what Cao Cao was like more than 1,800 years ago. This has been recognized by academic experts. Professor Li Hui explained: Because Cao Cao's descendants have the same Y chromosome, and the Y chromosome gene has a certain impact on a person's appearance, it would be interesting to use their very same characteristics to reverse Cao Cao's appearance. result.