What kind of existence is a geisha? When it comes to Japanese geisha, there seems to be nothing special about geisha in our minds, if anything, it is their exaggerated dress, their faces as white as scraping putty, their bells and whistles, but very bloated clothes, and geta that looks uncomfortable. Not only in our country, but also in many countries around the world, people only have this impression of geisha. But in the eyes of the Japanese, geisha is equivalent to Chinese Peking Opera, which is a very excellent culture and their national essence! Although geisha are the national essence of Japan, it is only in the past, and today's geisha have long been not as bad as before, and even very bad! Why did Japanese geisha develop like this? How many secrets are hidden in the body of the geisha?
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Japanese geisha
When it comes to the word prostitute, everyone must have some bad pictures in their minds, especially these pictures are all about girls. So without knowing anything, when you first hear the word geisha, there will definitely be some bad associations. In fact, the real situation is not like this, Japanese geisha are actually different from what we imagined, especially in the beginning, Japanese geisha are all men. Although it may sound incredible, Japanese geisha are indeed all men at first, which is why Japanese geisha makeup is so thick.
The job of the geisha is to accompany the guests to drink, and then sing and dance to the guests, you can imagine that if the drinking, singing and dancing are all women, the scene looks beautiful, but if the people performing these performances are men, how strange this scene looks. So in order to avoid this embarrassment, these geisha men will apply a heavy white foundation on their faces, and then apply makeup, so that they don't look like men, and a long time ago, when there was no electric light, although the makeup was very thick, but in the dim light, this makeup did not feel strange, and there was an inexplicable good look!
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Later, with the development of the times, Japanese geisha gradually became female, although the gender changed, but the essence still did not change, and even girls were more demanding to be geisha. Don't look at them usually just drinking and then putting on a show, but they are all-rounders. The first is to strictly regulate their words and deeds, and those who are selected to be geisha have already begun to study and prepare for them when they are teenagers, but any girl who decides to become a geisha can be said to have no personal freedom at all. The first is where they live, where they should live, what they should do every day, there are strict rules, even the clothes they usually wear, there are rules, you can't choose what you like at will.
More importantly, girls who become geisha are equivalent to breaking off love from now on, because they can't fall in love. In the place where they are learning to be geisha, they have nothing to do every day except study, because there are so many things they have to learn, flower arrangement, calligraphy, tea ceremony, etc., as long as we can think of, they have to learn. Only if you can do anything, you can be worthy of the noble status of a geisha! However, Japan's national essence, which is full of cultural charm, has gradually deteriorated over time and is slowly disappearing.
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A fading geisha
Although geisha still exists today, the current geisha, and the geisha of the past, are no longer a concept at all, and have developed into this, as we imagine in our inherent thinking. Once on the Internet, a person anonymously exposed that the inside story of Japanese geisha is obviously an excellent culture, but now it has developed into a shameful existence in Japan.
Now that you want to become a geisha in Japan, you still have some things to learn, but these skills are not the most important, and the most important skill of today's geisha is to make guests happy. Geisha in Japan hold an event every year, which used to be to make people appreciate the talents of geisha, but now this event allows geisha to accompany guests. Every year at this festival, 30 distinguished guests are present, and then 20 geisha are selected to accompany them, and even more outrageously, there are minors among the geisha who accompany the guests. In the eyes of these people, it doesn't matter whether they are adults or not, the main thing is to keep guests happy.
If it is just simple, it is feasible to drink with them, but these so-called distinguished guests, can be said to be drunk who do not mean to drink, obviously the mouth is still talking, but the hand has been dishonest, what is more unforgivable is that taking advantage is already a small harassment, if these guests drink happily, they will force themselves to accompany them to bathe, and everyone bathes together, this scene is really unbearable to look at directly. Although these geisha are very reluctant, they cannot resist, because these guests are either very rich, or they are very powerful, and if they are really offended, the future is not imaginable at all. There was once a geisha who resisted, but the end result was to be sent to a brothel to live a more painful life, there is such an example. There are fewer and fewer people who dare to resist, and most geisha are swallowing their voices, after all, their arms can't twist their thighs!
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But even if they keep giving in, their lives may not be good. If you want guests to like it, so geisha must be young and beautiful, so geisha is a profession that eats young rice, after all, a 20-year-old geisha, standing with a 30-year-old geisha, must be young and beautiful more attractive. Therefore, when a geisha also has a certain age period, if you are lucky, there will be men to "redeem" for them, and there will be a place to live in the future, if there is no one to "redeem" for them, then after the age, if you want to marry, it is also quite difficult, after all, people are old and weak, and ordinary men do not want to marry. In this case, if they want to live a little better, they can only go to Fireworks Willow Lane to sell themselves!
Therefore, in the later geisha, no matter how you choose, your final retreat is relatively miserable, but the previous geisha are not like this, the previous geisha have a very high status, they can even become spies to serve Japan, their status can even be comparable to politicians, but all this is not maintained in the end, and it continues to deteriorate! The disappearance of geisha is not only a manifestation of Japan's failure, but also the disappearance of traditional culture. Nowadays, in the world, not only Japan, but also the traditional culture of many countries is gradually disappearing, including our country, there are many things left by our ancestors, which have disappeared from our lives.
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In fact, the gradual disappearance of geisha also gives us a wake-up call from the side, although now science and technology are developing rapidly, there are many things. It seems to be incompatible with this era, but if a country wants to prosper permanently, only by keeping these cultures can it be enduring, after all, a country with cultural heritage can have more development strength, if you can't even keep your own cultural heritage, then how to go further! I hope that all countries can take warning, cultural inheritance is not a trivial matter, just like the old saying that people can not forget their roots, I hope that one day in the future, no matter which country, while developing advanced science and technology, you can also see traditional culture shining!