In our country, the legend about the pomegranate skirt is more vivid and vivid than the pomegranate fruit. The fiery red pomegranate flower is easy to think of a man's passionate pursuit and yearning for the opposite sex. The poet He Sizheng of the Southern and Northern Dynasties wrote two lines in his poem "Meeting a Beauty in Nanyuan": "The wind rolls around the grape belt, and the sun shines on the pomegranate skirt." He used pomegranates to metaphorically compare to the beauty in his heart. Liu Xuan of the Yuan Dynasty; "Crying in the dark night" gt; in the middle, he pointed the pomegranate directly at the woman's skirt: "The shadow of the weeping poplar is still in a hurry. Only the pomegranate flower does not complain about the east wind. The dusk rain is urgent, the dawn glow is wet, and the green is exquisite, which is the same as the first dyeing of the skirt. .". In the Ming Dynasty, the language of pomegranate skirts became fixed, such as Jiang Yikui's "Yanjing May Song": "The pomegranate flowers are burning in the street, and the branches and branches are all falling apart. Thousands of households can't buy them all, I left my daughter to dye her skirt red."
Pomegranate seeds symbolize the prosperity of descendants, and pomegranate flowers symbolize the beauty of women, so it is natural for men to prostrate themselves under the pomegranate skirt.
It is said that during the Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty, Concubine Yang loved pomegranate flowers very much. She still loved to admire them and eat pomegranates. She especially loved to wear colorful dresses embroidered with pomegranate flowers. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty followed suit and planted pomegranates extensively in places such as Huaqingchi Xixiuling and Queen Mother Temple. Whenever the pomegranate flowers were in full bloom, the romantic emperor would hold a banquet among the "blazingly red" pomegranate flowers.
After drinking, Concubine Yang's cheeks turned crimson. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty loved to appreciate the charming and drunken state of his beloved concubine. Because Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty loved Concubine Yang too much and ignored the government affairs, the ministers did not dare to criticize the emperor, so they turned their anger on Concubine Yang and refused to treat her politely. Concubine Yang was helpless. One day, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty held a banquet for all the ministers to have a drink and invited Concubine Yang to perform a dance to entertain her. But the imperial concubine brought the wine glass to Emperor Ming's lips and whispered to the emperor: "Most of these ministers look sideways at me, are not polite and disrespectful, and I don't want to dance for them." Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty felt pampered when he heard this. The concubine was wronged and immediately issued an order: All civil servants and military officers were required to bow to the concubine when they saw her. Those who refused to kneel down and worship the concubine would be severely punished for deceiving the emperor. The ministers were helpless. When they saw Yang Guifei approaching in a pomegranate skirt, they all knelt down to pay homage. As a result, the allusion of "kneeling down under the pomegranate skirt" has been passed down to this day and has become a common saying for worshiping women.
In the Tang Dynasty, the pomegranate skirt was a style of clothing that was extremely popular among young women. This kind of skirt is as red as pomegranate and does not dye other colors. It often makes the woman wearing it pretty. Wan Chu, a Tang Dynasty man, said in "Looking at Prostitutes in May": "The eyebrows with black eyebrows steal the color of day lilies, and the red skirt kills the pomegranate flowers with jealousy." Wei Zhuang also sang: "Don't hate the red skirt torn, don't hate the white house for being cheap" ("Gift") Jiren"). In "Pipa Play", Bai Juyi once described the woman who played the pipa with amazing erotic skills: "Qu Ba once taught talented people how to dress, and her makeup was always jealous of Qiu Niang... The silver grate on the tin head was smashed, and the bloody skirt was turned upside down. Stained by wine." This "bloody skirt" is the pomegranate skirt.
Pomegranate skirts have been around for a long time. Tang Yin of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the poem "Plum Concubine Smells the Fragrance": "The fragrance of plum blossoms fills the pomegranate skirt." Although it is written about the Tang Dynasty, it can be seen that in real life at that time, this style of skirt was still cherished by young women.
Because the pomegranate skirt has endured for a long time, there is a saying that men are conquered by beauty, which is called "bowing down under the pomegranate skirt", which is still used today.
Women in the Tang Dynasty were particularly fond of skirts. In addition to pomegranate skirts, there are many chic styles. In the early days, skirts were narrow and elongated, and the wearer would lift the skirt very high, even to the breasts. Therefore, there is a sentence in Tang poems that says "the skirt is slowly tied up and half of the chest is exposed". By the time of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, skirts were made exquisitely and gorgeously, and some were expensive. The main styles included skirts between skirts, skirts with hundreds of birds, and flower cage skirts. A skirt is a skirt made of materials of two or more colors spaced and arranged. Each interval is called a "break", including "six breaks", "seven breaks" and "twelve breaks" ", the colors include red and green, red and yellow, yellow and white. The bird skirt is a skirt made of twisted feathers of various birds. Due to its exquisite workmanship,
it has a strong three-dimensional effect. "One color in the middle", and "all the shapes of hundreds of birds can be seen" when wearing it ("New Book of Tang"). The flower cage skirt is woven and embroidered with soft, thin and translucent "single silk", on which patterns such as flowers and birds are embroidered with silk threads of various colors. Bird skirts and flower cage skirts are both skirts worn over ordinary skirts.
In addition, there are hundreds of skirts, painted skirts (painting directly on the skirt), etc.
To this day, skirts are still a commonly used clothing for women, but the categories are more diverse and the styles are more novel.
Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty "would rather die drunk in Wenwen Township than admire Emperor Wu's Baiyun Township"
Zhao Feiyan was born in kabuki. After being attracted by Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, she entered the Han Palace and was highly favored. Legend has it that Zhao Feiyan was smart and dexterous since childhood, good at Qi arts, with a light and slender body, gentle and elegant movements, and could dance on the palm of his hand, so he was called "Feiyan". Zhao Feiyan's sister Zhao Hede later entered the Han Palace and was also named Jieyu. The two were more noble than the entire harem. Zhao Feiyan relied on Emperor Cheng's favor to become domineering in the Han Palace and harmed other concubines. In June of the first year of Yongshi (16 BC), Zhao Feiyan was canonized as queen, which made her even more arrogant. Emperor Cheng also built a Zhaoyang Palace for his sister Hede. He was very fond of her and called her "Renwen Township". He also said: "I will die in Wenwen Township. I will never pursue it like Emperor Wu." What Baiyun Fairyland!"