"Secret leaf hidden song bird, fragrant wind left beauty." Since ancient times, from poetry and song to fresco sculpture, women have always been an important image in works of art, which is not only a simple depiction of the character image by the creator, but also reflects the aesthetic pursuit of the ancients. Women's Day is approaching, let's go into the museum together to see the female figures in those cultural relics and explore the beauty of traditional Chinese women.
Han Dynasty: The lady "little sister" is dignified and elegant
Nowadays, walking on the street in Hanfu is not a new thing. Costume culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and in the Han Dynasty, costume culture reached its peak.
Painted pottery figurines of the Western Han Dynasty
The Luoyang Museum's collection of cultural relics from the Western Han Dynasty painted pottery figurines perfectly illustrates the beauty of Han Dynasty costume culture. This lady "little sister" combs the typical Low Flat Hair Ornament of the Han Dynasty, and although there are few paintings left on her body, we can still see her exquisite dress and graceful posture.
Huang Chao, director of the exhibition department of Luoyang Museum, introduced that the pottery figurines wear triple curved deep clothes from the inside out, which is a typical aristocratic women's outfit in the Western Han Dynasty, the quilts are not complicated cuts, the upper part is close to the body, the waist is tied with "hugging the waist", and decorated with clothes, which appears to be pavilion and jade; the lower half is larger, and it naturally droops when standing still, appearing dignified and elegant. The overall thin waist and shoulders of the pottery figurines and the slim body shape confirm the fashion of thinness as beauty during the Western Han Dynasty.
Wei Jin: The "goddess" in the dream is dashing and ethereal
March 8 Women's Day is also called "Goddess Day", what does the "Goddess" in your heart look like? During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a magnificent "goddess" - Luoshen, whose image has been attracting people's reverie for thousands of years.
Roselle in a copy of the Song facsimile of the Roselle Futu
"Flying like a frightening hong, gentle as a dragon", "Yun Ji E'e, trimming eyebrows Lianjuan", "Tender and affectionate, charming in language"... Cao Zhi described the beauty of His imagination in "Roselle". Gu Kaizhi, a famous painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, created a long volume of "Roselle Futu" based on this, which vividly displayed the elegance of Luoshen. Although the original painting has been lost due to chronology, in the Luoyang Museum's Calligraphy and Painting Museum, we can still enjoy a high-definition reproduction of the Song facsimile of "Roselle Futu".
"In the picture, the roselle skirt is flowing and emotional, revealing a strong romantic color." Huang Chao said that art comes from life, and the frequent cultural exchanges of various kinds during the Wei and Jin dynasties brought about people's ideological emancipation, "as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow is flowing like the wind", presenting a kind of detachment and free beauty full of "immortality", which is the realistic portrayal of people looking for emotional sustenance in the context of the chaotic world.
Tang Dynasty: Delicate "fat sister" confident and fashionable
To say that the most "out of the circle" female cultural relics image in the past two years is none other than the Tang Sancai female figurines.
Three-colored female sitting figurines
Entering the Tang Sancai Hall of the Luoyang Museum, the "fat girls" with bright costumes and exquisite makeup and hair are delicate and cute, which often attracts the audience to stop and watch. Among them, there is a three-colored female sitting figurine with her hair tied in a bun and a short green dress, which is particularly pleasing to the image. Her eyes are bent, the corners of her mouth are upturned, her feet are intertwined, her hands are stacked on her left knee, and she sits on a yellow tunic, with a relaxed look. Near her, there is also a group of "little sisters" with parrot buns, hanging buns, buns and other buns, wearing various long skirts and even bearded clothes, and they are also a confident smile.
Three-colored double-egg bun figurine
Three-colored hanging hair figurines
"They don't have 'body anxiety.'" Huang Chao said that the rounded face and plump posture were the standards of aristocratic beauties in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and these three-colored figurines presented a colorful social style of the Tang Dynasty, and also showed the unique open and new temperament of Women in the Tang Dynasty.
Northern Song Dynasty: "Literary and Artistic Young Women" is fresh and simple
After seeing the "fat sister" of the Tang Dynasty, let's take a look at the "literary and artistic young women" of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Northern Song Dynasty Peony Lady Picture (File Photo)
In 1983, archaeologists found two Northern Song Dynasty mural tombs in Li Village, Shisi Township, Xin'an County. On the northwest wall of one of the tombs, there is a picture of a peony lady. In the center of this mural, there is a table with a pot of peony flowers, the flowers are red, in full bloom, and the flowers are huge. The two young women stand on either side of the table, the woman on the left is looking at the flowers, and the woman on the right is looking down at the flowers, and the smiling and staring face exudes elegance. They were thin and thin, with no other gold and silver jewelry on their heads except for the white crown, and wore simple red robes and ochre skirts, reflecting the aesthetics of advocating natural subtlety, fresh and simple at that time.
According to the experts of the Luoyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Song Dynasty valued literature and also advocated women to receive cultural education, so in the Cultural Relics of the Song Dynasty that have been handed down to this day, many female figures such as writing and painting, reading with scrolls, and contemplating flowers can be found, revealing obvious "literary and artistic styles". (Luo Bao Rong Media Luoyang Network reporter wisdom correspondent Wei Wei wen/photo/video)