From a very early age, China people stubbornly believed that the standard of beauty was to be tall and fat.
The beauties sung in The Book of Songs, whether male or female, are all tall and fat: "Gao Feng Jian Xi" praises a beautiful dancing star: "The master is fat, and the master is tall, so it can be seen that being tall and fat is the standard of beauty; "Wei Feng Shuo Ren" praised a lady: "Shuo Ren is beautiful and well dressed." A tall man is tall, tall and fat.
how fat is it? -"Hands are soft, skin is coagulated. The collar is like a cockroach, and the teeth are like a rhinoceros. "
"catkin" is the tender bud of plants, and "coagulated fat" is coagulated lard. "collar" is the neck; "Gryphon", later pronounced as "Gryphon", is a larva of Gryphon, white and fat.
Think about it: a fat insect with a bulging neck and swollen fingers. Isn't this image worthy of the nickname of "a basket of oil"? Later, in Cai Yong's "Xie Chu Fu", the metaphor used to describe beauty was more elegant: "The face is like a full moon, the brightness is like the morning sun, the color is like a lotus flower, and the muscles are like condensed honey", but the whole image is still no different from "a basket of oil". However, in ancient times, this "basket of oil" was like Madonna, and it was definitely an idol admired and worshipped by people.
At that time, people not only admired women's fatness, but also became fatter and more beautiful. tang style Jiao Chat praised women: "His son is a giant; His son is awkward, huge and awkward. " Huge and without friends, that is, "Big Mac", in the eyes of the ancients, a woman of this tonnage is beautiful and beautiful at home.
When we read the Book of Songs, we can notice that almost all the sentences praising beauty are inseparable from "Shuo": such as "Chen Feng Ze Pi": "There is a beautiful person, huge and curly"; "The wind and the wolf's postscript": "Gong Sunshuo's skin, a few red"; "Qi Feng Yi": "Yi Chang Xi, Shuo Chang Xi"; "Wei Feng Shuo Ren": "Shuo Ren Ao" and so on are all examples. Some people may say that the Book of Songs mentioned above are all northern poems, and the aesthetic standards in the south may be different? Please look at the beautiful woman described in "The Songs of the South": "Rich in flesh and weak in bones, only for entertainment".
The so-called "fleshy micro-bone" means that you can't see the bone shape when you look at the light, which is exactly the opposite of the "bone feeling" required by modern beauty selection; Looking down again-"Zeng Cheek leans on his ear, and his eyebrows are only regular", this is even more amazing. The so-called "Zeng Cheek" means "double cheeks", that is, the shape of his face and neck is not very clear, like a male host in a foreign TV station (sorry, I forgot the name). This is exactly the same as the beauty sung in The Book of Songs, because Wei Feng once praised beauty as "huge and elegant", and Volume 368 of Taiping Yu Lan was quoted as "huge and beautiful".
Note: "Yi, heavy yi also", "heavy yi" is synonymous with "Zeng cheek" and is also a double chin. One more chin than others, which is a rare beauty in ancient Wei and Chu.
this shows that in ancient times, the beauty standard of hypertrophy was not only male and female, but also north and south. It is precisely because in ancient times, fat was the most important thing, so the word "Shuo Ren" became the pronoun of "beauty", such as Xiaoya Baihua: "Singing songs hurts people's feelings and thinking about others"; Cai Yong's "Qing Yi Fu": "The mysterious light is moist, and the collar is like a cockroach.
Ran Ran is long and slender, and it is difficult for people to learn "; Chen Lin's "Zhi Yu Fu": "The color is bright and beautiful, and it is more beautiful than the people" and so on, all of which are such use cases. The description of beauty in Zuozhuan is called "beautiful and gorgeous", and Shuowen interprets "gorgeous" as "good and long", that is, beautiful and tall.
Literally, the word "Yan" is from "Feng", and "Feng" itself means fat and full. For example, Sima Xiangru's Beauty Fu, Ge Hong's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing, Cai Yong's Xie Chu Fu, Xiao Yan's Jing Ye Fu, etc., all directly use "abundant muscles" to describe beauty.
This reflects the tendency to measure beauty only by focusing on the quality of meat. In addition, ancient women were also called "Niang". The word "Niang" is a vulgar word, and its original word is "Niang". According to Shuowen, "Niang" is "fat."
"E" is also a good name for a beautiful girl, and the word "E" has a lofty meaning from "I" and all my words. In ancient times, women's beauty was also called "Yan" and "Ai".
what are "Yan" and "Ai"? "Shuo Wen" says: "Yan Yan, long appearance"; "Hey, good looks"; The "My Fair Lady" in The Poem Guanluo is the most classic name for a beautiful woman. The so-called "My Fair Lady" means that the adjective "Ao Ao" of "Shuo Ren" in Wei Feng is changed to "Ao Ao" and "Mao Zhuan". In addition, the reduplication of the word "ao ao" was changed into two-tone "e-e": Liezi Zhou Muwang: "Zheng Wei's maiden, e-e-e-e-e-e-e", and later it was changed into "e-e" and "Chu Ci Li Sao": "Many women are jealous of Yu-e-e-e-e".
originally, ao, ao, gentle and graceful, e-e-e-e and e-e-e-e all mean tall. Later, the so-called "slim" was also transferred from "slim" and "slim", and its positive meaning was only tall, which did not include the current meaning of "thin".
Yu Meiren, an ancient man, only emphasized that growing up is an important condition. In Er Ya, it is said that "the appointment is beautiful" and Sun Yan said, "the beauty is beautiful." "On Balance": "The people in the world are good."
Biography of Historical Records of Su Qin: "There are beautiful women." "On Salt and Iron, Pricking Power": Talking about the beauty of Motome in Zhongshan, "It is also a long white woman."
there are many such examples. In ancient times, the word "beautiful posture" was often used to describe the beauty of men, indicating that "fat" is also the primary condition of male beauty.
There were two famous handsome guys in the pre-Qin period, one named Zi Zi and the other named Zi Chong. And all, big also; Full, long and high.
From their names, we can see that they are handsome because they are big. When it comes to names, it reminds us of the names of the ancients, and their choice of "names" and "characters" also highlights the concept of growing up as beauty at that time.
"Zuo Zhuan Yin A.D." contains the name Lu of Zheng Gongzi, with a sub-seal. "Lu" is also called "Fu" in ancient Chinese (as evidenced by "Lu Punishment" in Shangshu, "Book of Rites" and "Filial Piety").
erya says, "Fu is great." "Huainanzi Astronomy": "Those who are loyal to Lu, are filled with great things; Nanlv, Ren Bao Da also "; Dialect: "Lu, Chang Ye.
Song Lu said Lu, and he grew up big. ". As his "word", "Feng" also means big. In The Book of Songs, Shang Song and Wu Yan, "Feudal Jue Fu", Mao Chuan said, "Feng is big."
Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong twenty-two years. 2. Did the ancients have poems, sentences, articles, etc.
Wei Feng Shuo Ren praised a lady, which is exactly the opposite of the "skinny feeling" required by modern beauty selection; Looking down again-"Zeng's cheek was leaning against his ear, and his eyebrows were bent", this is even more amazing, while "Ao Ao" means "Fu, Da Ye".
"stone-filled" means great beauty, so the monarch beauty pageant will choose more tall women, who are tall and long "; "Wei Feng Shuo Ren": "Shuo Ren Ao" and so on, "Yi Chang Bai female also:" Man, Chang Ye ". In ancient times, there was a "ten thousand dances", which was called "Man Dance", and the dancers all grew up, so it was called Man and Cai Yong's "Xie Chu Fu". Yan Shigu's note: "Short is called sleep", and the middle is full of big; Nanlv, Ren Bao Da also "; Dialect, later changed to "Emei": "Many women are jealous of Yu Emei", and Gao (overseas Chinese, dressed in clothes. "
if you are tough, you will grow. There is another saying: "Da Zhi is called Qiao, while the other is called Zi Zi, and Da Chi is called Zhi", which means that both "overseas Chinese" and "Zhi" mean to grow up. 3. Did the ancients have poems, sentences, articles, etc.
Wei Feng Shuo Ren praised a lady, which is exactly the opposite of the "skinny feeling" required by modern beauty selection; Looking down again-"Zeng's cheek was leaning against his ear, and his eyebrows were bent", this is even more amazing, while "Ao Ao" means "Fu, Da Ye".
"stone-filled" means great beauty, so the monarch beauty pageant will choose more tall women, who are tall and long "; "Wei Feng Shuo Ren": "Shuo Ren Ao" and so on, "Yi Chang Bai female also:" Man, Chang Ye ". In ancient times, there was a "ten thousand dances", which was called "Man Dance", and the dancers all grew up, so it was called Man and Cai Yong's "Xie Chu Fu". Yan Shigu's note: "Short is called sleep", and the middle is full of big; Nanlv, Ren Bao Da also "; Dialect, later changed to "Emei": "Many women are jealous of Yu Emei", and Gao (overseas Chinese, dressed in clothes. "
if you are tough, you will grow. There is another saying: "Da Zhi is called Qiao, while the other is called Zi Zi, and Da Chi is called Zhi", which means that both "overseas Chinese" and "Zhi" mean to grow up. 4. Poems praising fat beauty
1. Clouds want clothes and flowers, and the spring breeze blows the bar with a strong fragrance. If I had not seen her on the jade hill, I would have met in the moonlight of the jade pool. -Tang Libai's "Qing Ping Diao"
Translation: Seeing clouds reminds me of her gorgeous clothes, and seeing flowers reminds me of her gorgeous appearance; The spring breeze blows the railing, and the dew is moist and colorful. Such a national beauty is not the fluttering fairy seen by the group of Yushantou, but the goddess in the moonlight in front of the Yaotai Temple.
2. The face is like a silver basin, the eyes are like water apricots, the lips are red without being touched, and the eyebrows are green without drawing. -Qing Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions
Translation: Xue Baochai's skin is crystal clear as snow, her bones are round, and her manners are elegant. The face is as white and round as a silver plate, the eyes are as big and round as a watery apricot, the lips are ruddy without cinnabar, and the eyebrows are black and bright without being painted with a mother-of-pearl
3. the pools, the gardens, the palace, all were just as before, the Lake Taiye hibiscus, the Weiyang Palace willows. But a petal was like her face and a willow-leaf her eyebrow, and what could he do but cry whenever he looked at them? —— Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow in Tang Dynasty
The hibiscus is like your face, and the willow branches are like your eyebrows. How can I not cry when I see these? That is to say, when Emperor Xuanzong returned to the palace, he saw the willow of Hibiscus in the palace and remembered Yang Guifei, so he shed tears.
4. The face is like a full moon, the glow is like the morning sun, the color is like a lotus flower, and the muscles are like condensed honey. -Cai Yong's Xie Chu Fu
Translation: The face is round like a round moon, the blush is like the morning sun, the face is as thorough as a lotus, and the skin is as delicate as a baby.
the metaphor used in this sentence to write beauty is elegant, but the whole image is no different from "a basket of oil".
However, in ancient times, this "oil basket" was like Madonna, and it was definitely an idol admired and worshipped by people. At that time, people not only advocated fat for women, but also became fatter and more beautiful.
5. Many women are jealous of Yu Emei. -Qu Yuan "Chu Ci? Li Sao
Those bad women are jealous that I have a beautiful eyebrow like a silkworm moth.
originally, ao, ao, gentle and graceful, e-e-e-e and e-e-e-e all mean tall. Later, the so-called "slim" was also transferred from "slim" and "slim", and its positive meaning was only tall, which did not include the current meaning of "thin".
Extended information:
The Tang Dynasty was a rich dynasty, and Du Fu recorded in a poem that "the rice was fat and the corn was white, and both public and private granaries were rich", and the country was prosperous and people had plenty of food and clothing.
most of them can eat spicy food freely, and they have the external conditions of being strong and fat, so they maintain a healthy and plump physique.
The beauty of "ring fertilizer" originated in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and originated in the north. The grandfather of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was big noble Dugu, and at least half of the blood of the royal family in Li Tang was Xianbei.
After the royal family of Li Tang started from Guanlong Military Group of Xianbei nomadic tribe and entered the Central Plains, it still maintained some habits of nomadic life, enjoying peony, loving fat-ass Malaysia and advocating magnificent beauty.
What the nomadic life of Xianbei people needs is a wild and strong body. It is not surprising that the plump Yang Guifei is popular and loved. Besides, people in the Tang Dynasty were confident and worry-free. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was a highly open country, interacting with more than 13 countries.
Chang 'an City in the Tang Dynasty was a magnificent capital city. It was the largest metropolis in the world at that time and the center of oriental civilization, attracting thousands of businessmen, travelers, scholars and religious believers from all over the world.
Persia, for example, had close contacts with the Tang Dynasty, and there were a large number of Persians living in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty.
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Laws and Regulations Network-Why fat was beautiful in Tang Dynasty 5. Ancient poems describing the beautiful appearance of slightly fat women included
1. Listening to Zhang Liben's female songs
Tang Dynasty: high-quality
dangerous crown and wide-sleeved Chu Palace makeup, and taking a leisurely walk to cool down every night.
since I knocked the jade hairpin on the bamboo, I have sung a song like frost.
The girl wore a tall hat and waved wide sleeves, dressed as a southern aristocratic woman, and walked alone in the cool and quiet courtyard at night. I took the jade hairpin and knocked on the bamboo under the steps, and beat the beat. After a beautiful song, the moonlight was very bright.
2. Butterfly Lovers Yue Nv Picking Lotus in Autumn Waters
Song Dynasty: Ouyang Xiu
Picking Lotus in Autumn Waters in Yue Nv. Narrow sleeves and light Luo, revealing double gold cymbals. Take a picture and pick flowers like a face. Heart only * * * silk for chaos.
? It's late at the beach. Fog is heavy and smoke is light, so I don't see my companion when I come. The faint song goes far away. Sorrow leads to Jiang Nanan.
By the clear autumn water, a beautiful Jiangnan girl is picking lotus. Lightweight sleeves, hidden and exposed gold rings on the jade wrist, outline her graceful posture and graceful figure. Her charming face is reflected on the water, competing with the lotus flower for beauty. Her delicate hands picked the fragrant lotus root, but they did not prevent the lotus root from "silk", which aroused her continuous feelings.
In a blink of an eye, the wind was blowing, and the girl who was immersed in reverie suddenly came to her senses, only to see a group of frivolous evening smoke and missing her companions. At this time, there was a faint song in the distance, only to hear it go further and further, and the lingering sound curled up on the bank of the south of the Yangtze River, which seemed to shed all the way.
3, the female crown child midnight last night
Tang Dynasty: Wei Zhuang
At midnight last night, I clearly dreamed on my pillow. Talk for a long time. It looks like a little shy, and a little happy.
I'm half ashamed and half happy, but I'm reluctant to go. Only to wake up to know is a big dream, is still empty around, still be alone, in the heart of a person, unconsciously filled with sad sad.
Late last night, you suddenly appeared in my dream. We said a lot of things and found that you are still so beautiful and lovely, as before, with peach blossoms, drooping eyelids and curved arch eyebrows. It seems a little shy and happy. When it's time to leave, I look back frequently and reluctantly. I didn't know it was a big dream until I woke up, and my side was still empty. I was still alone, and I felt unbearable sadness in my heart.
4. Five Ci Poems by Yue Nv. One
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
grew up as a daughter of Wu, with bright eyes and a new moon.
your feet are like frost, and you don't wear crow's head socks.
The girl who grew up in the land of Wu is as beautiful as the moon. Clogs on those feet without socks, thin Bai Rushuang.
5. Five Ci Poems by Yue Nv. Part II
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
Wu Er is so white that she is good for boating.
selling eyes and throwing sex, folding flowers and diverting tourists.
The girls in Wudi are as white as jade, so they can play field games. Cast an affectionate eye