As we all know, during the Qing Dynasty, the empress concubines were basically all the nieces of the imperial court and the relatives of the emperor and the state, and most of them were married by close relatives. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the selection of concubines often followed the family lineage first, etiquette and morality second, talent third, appearance last, almost all of them who could successfully enter the palace were related households, and the daughters of ordinary families could not enter the palace at all. Speaking of the aesthetics of the Qing Dynasty, even the female figures at that time were basically pathological aesthetics.
In that historical background, the national economy is poor and backward, and the people are not happy. Foreign wars have been lost one after another, and civil wars have not stopped. The entire Qing Dynasty was shrouded in negativity, coupled with the fact that many people at that time were addicted to drugs, and there were prohibitions for Han Chinese to learn martial arts, and they were wearing very monotonous clothing, so it was basically impossible to take good photos. At that time, most of the Chinese people felt that the camera would take away people's souls, and the photographers were once known as the prophets of death, especially the Caucasians in Western countries, which made the Chinese people very afraid.
As a result, people have a serious expression and are tense when taking pictures, so they are also related to the shape they are posing, but most of them think that the ugly shooting is due to the light reflection of some dead fish eyes. In fact, if you apply some eyeshadow between the eyebrows, the feeling is very different. In ancient times, the big ladies often lived in the boudoir, and rarely exercised, so they looked very unhealthy, coupled with the daily life was boring, resulting in a very bad mental outlook, causing them in the photo to look very dull, which was actually not a stranger to the camera, but their most authentic portrayal.
In the end, it was because at that time, whether it was makeup or lighting technology, was very poor, and then there were people with insufficient mental outlook, and of course it was very ugly to shoot. Then there is the issue of dress, if you dress according to today's aesthetics, then the image in the photo must be very beautiful. By the time of the Republic of China, the wind of photography swept across China, and people's performance in front of the camera had long since become relaxed, and there was no longer a state of being stupid. In fact, in the dynasties and dynasties of our country, there are countless beautiful women, and beauty is only covered up by talent, mental and physical limitations or poor life. What do you think about this?