The women in the greenhouse are mostly for sale, not for sale, ancient prostitutes only prostitutes are for sale, courtesans, dancing prostitutes and other prostitutes are generally not for sale, known as the clear herdsman. Of course, there are also two are sold, known as the red herdsman. Green House is mostly selling art without selling the body of the prostitute, but also sell the body, but the number is very small, the grade is also relatively high, the reception are some dignitaries and nobles, the man of the hour, purely for the business of the brothel known as "kiln", the grade is lower.
The women of the green house, on the contrary, than ordinary people who speak of no talent is the virtue of women more elegant, as if the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient in all kinds of things, and from childhood to cultivate how to communicate with the men, so throughout the generations of literati like to go to the green house to find a confidant of many people. Qinglou children and general selling meat for a living prostitutes are fundamentally different, they do not need to take customers, so even if they tie a red rope on the body is not necessarily the last clothes, or from the virtuous signal. The Chinese love the color red, which is considered to have many functions such as good luck, good fortune, and warding off evil spirits. Why would a woman in a green house tie a red rope around her waist to ward off evil in her natal year?
Many people believe that it is the last piece of clothing for women in greenhouses, that it is their last dignity, while I think this is purely a fabrication.
The word "green house" originally referred to a luxurious and exquisite elegant house, and was sometimes used as a pronoun for a powerful and high-ranking family, as in the "Book of Jin? Aspergillus Yun's biography: "Opening the vermilion door in the south, looking north at the green house." Shao visit to the "Sai female line": "The rich girl in the green house has a master only after she is born.
Warding off evil spirits. The previous custom that the year of the life of a criminal, easy to go back on the luck, so this year, people will be particularly fond of red, modern people in the year of the life of the family elders will buy red underwear, it is said to wear can ward off evil spirits, to avoid the bad things. Women praying for a good marriage red rope legend has it that the old man is used to hold men and women in the line of marriage, so the woman alone with red rope is for is to pray for the arrival of marriage, the past women will go to the temple of the old man to seek to bring in the hand, so if you see the hand tied with a red line of the woman, but also indicates that the woman is unmarried meaning.
Male and female love token, in the myth, the moon old man will be in the two destiny of the person's pinky finger on the red rope, so the two people are destined to be today's marriage. As the so-called "a thousand miles of marriage a line", red rope often refers to "marriage" or "matchmaking", can also be likened to the marriage of the love token. Gradually with the evolution of customs, red rope has become a symbol of love, many lovers will prepare a red rope to give each other, two people each with a, on behalf of a lifetime together forever.
Good luck, wealth and peace. Chinese people since ancient times like red, it represents joy and good luck, so with red is a good omen, many modern jewelry stores will use red rope braided with jewelry, transit beads, and some other symbols of good luck, fortune pendants. Some people will also be braided on the red rope on the temple to seek peace blessings, body protection blessings, etc., to pray for peace out of the house.
Conclusion: As to whether the red rope for the first use of women in the greenhouse, dedicated, this can not be proved, but from the Chinese history of the use of the red rope and preferences, red rope sends the Chinese for the good, peace, wealth, luck and other ardent expectations.