Huang Hua, also known as Hanako, is an ornament on the face of ancient women. It takes colored glossy paper, silk, mica, cicada wings, dragonfly wings and even fish bones as raw materials, dyes them into golden yellow, crimson or green, cuts them into flowers, birds, fish and insects, and sticks them on the forehead, wine, corners of the mouth and temples.
Because of the different parts, decorative materials and colors, there are other names, such as "Zhezhihuazi", "Huayouhuazi", "Huasheng", "Huahui", "Meicui", "Cui Yue" and "Jinjie". From the Qin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, it became a popular female facial decoration.
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Make-up is not a patent for modern people. If traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there is a record in Jin Que's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times that "three generations took lead as powder". By the time of Zhou Wenwang, women had widely used zinc powder to wipe their faces.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, makeup became more popular. Not only women put on makeup, but men also began to paint their faces and regard it as a kind of beauty. Yan He was born fair-skinned, and Wei Mingdi privately suspected that he was wearing a lot of powder. Invite him to eat noodles in summer, and the noodle soup is steaming, which makes his face whiter. Historical records have a description of "being shocked to be the son of heaven"
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a beautiful saying that Mulan painted yellow on the mirror, and there was also a beautiful legend about the origin of yellow flowers.
Emperor Wu of the Southern Song Dynasty had a daughter, Princess Shouyang, who was very beautiful. One day, she was tired of playing in the palace and lay down under the eaves of the palace. At that time, plum blossoms were in full bloom, and a gust of wind passed, and pieces of plum blossoms flew down, and some of them landed on her forehead. Plum blossoms were dyed and dyed, leaving stains on the flowers. Princess Shouyang was more feminine, and the ladies-in-waiting could not help but exclaim. Since then, Princess Shouyang, who loves beauty, often sticks plum blossoms on her forehead.
Princess Shouyang's dress is called "plum blossom makeup". Spread to the people, many rich families and daughters are scrambling to follow suit. But plum blossoms are seasonal, so someone came up with a way to collect other yellow pollen and make it into powder for makeup. This powder is called "Flower Yellow" or "Frontal Flower".
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Baidu encyclopedia-Huang Hua