In today's era, pay attention to a "thin for beauty", the mainstream aesthetic of women is "white and thin". But not everyone is thin! Therefore, female friends who are distressed by getting fat often sigh, saying that if they were born in the Tang Dynasty, they would no longer have to worry about how much to eat and whether they were fat or not. There are also female friends who laugh and say that with their "fat" figure, going to the Tang Dynasty will definitely be very popular, and even more beautiful than Yang Guifei - haha! It seems that the Tang Dynasty's aesthetic standard of "fat is beautiful" is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. But was the Tang Dynasty really "fat for beauty"? What is "fat" popular in the Tang Dynasty? Let's take a closer look.
Although there was no photographic technique in ancient times, there was painting technology, and the level of ancient painters was also very high. Through the ancient paintings about the Tang Dynasty that have been handed down, we can also glimpse the figures of women in the Tang Dynasty. Such as the early Tang Dynasty "Step Map", "Complaint Song Line" and other famous paintings, through these famous paintings, we can see that the women of the early Tang Dynasty are slender and slender figures, not the modern people think of as "fat beauty".
In addition, ancient poems handed down from that dynasty can also be used to speculate on the figure of women of that dynasty. For example, "the small waist beautiful woman is amazing, and the golden saddle teenager once ignored it", which is to describe the woman in the early Tang Dynasty. From this ancient poem, from the word "small waist", we can infer that the early Tang Dynasty was actually "thin for beauty".
As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess. After all, in the early Tang Dynasty, that is, in the early days of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the society at that time was in a state of waste and waiting to be revived, and after experiencing wars and disputes, the productivity of the entire country was seriously affected, and it took a certain amount of time to recover. Therefore, the people in this period were not so rich, nor did they worry about eating and wearing. What's more, at that time, it was not long before the rule of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it should be known that the Sui Dynasty did not "think fat is beautiful".
At this time, some people may say that people in the early Tang Dynasty need to be sad to eat and wear, and thin people can understand, then in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, society will "take fat as beauty", right? After all, our Sheng Tang Dynasty is extremely prosperous! Indeed, during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the material living standards of the common people were greatly improved compared with those in the early Tang Dynasty, and there were more people with plump physiques. But "fat" is not necessarily the aesthetic standard at that time.
As long as you consult the relevant classics and relevant materials, you know how imprecise it is to easily conclude that Sheng Tang "takes fat as beauty". For example, Yang Guifei, who has always been considered by posterity to be the representative of "fat beauty". Du Fu described Yang Guifei in "Li Ren Xing": the state is far from beautiful and true, and the texture is delicate and even. Through this evaluation, we can know that although Yang Guifei is not slender, she is by no means obese, she is just plump.
Plump, in today's parlance, should be "slightly fat", that is, plump, but still has curves, not bloated and obese state. It should be known that Yang Guifei is extremely good at Hu Xuan Dance, and Hu Xuan Dance also has requirements for the figure of the dancer. Just imagine, if Yang Guifei is really the kind of fat person that everyone thinks, can she really turn up, dance, and dance when she dances? Besides, people who dance all year round will not be fat enough, because dancing is very calorie-consuming.
If you pay attention to Yang Guifei, you should know that there have been experts who have studied Yang Guifei's height and weight according to relevant literature. According to expert speculation, Yang Guifei's height is about 163-165cm, and her weight is between 108 and 120 kilograms. This height of one meter and six, even if it is one hundred and twenty pounds, will not be fat and bloated, right? No wonder the netizens who heard this news laughed and said "pierced the heart".
It can be said that the fat that was popular in the Tang Dynasty is not the kind of fat that modern people think. It is not so much that the Tang Dynasty was "beautiful with fat", but rather that the Tang Dynasty was "beautiful with abundance". In fact, the ancients and modern people, is the people care about health, too thin or too fat, have an impact on physical health. Therefore, everything is still health-oriented, and there is no need to over-lose weight or eat and gain weight in order to cater to the mainstream aesthetic.