I used to see an idiom "wash away the lead hua", I thought it was very interesting, literally, it is to wash the lead hua clean, wash off, and we all know that this word has a meaning, it means that the woman washes off the makeup on her face, shows herself with a real plain face, and no longer cares about the previous right and wrong. But why is it necessary to wash away the "lead hua", what kind of thing is lead hua, and why do you use lead hua when making up? Today, let's interpret the meaning of "washing away lead bloom".
Wash away the meaning of lead
Because "lead hua" belongs to one of the ancients' cosmetics, and makeup is not only able to make themselves look better, but also some concealment meaning in it, covering up the ugly part of their face, presenting a best state in front of everyone, so slowly extended the meaning of "disguise", hiding the real self, only revealing the side of themselves that they want others to see, or that others are willing to see, over time, may lose themselves.
And "washing out the lead hua" means washing all the things smeared on the face, literally the meaning is exactly so, but combined with the extended meaning, "washing out the lead hua" naturally has a meaning of removing the disguise, throwing away the false state of the former self, finding oneself, continuing to face the world with the most true side, not hiding his own mind, without scruples, but also has a fresh and elegant temperament, it can be said that before washing the lead hua, the beauty is the appearance, and then the beauty is the heart.
What is lead bloom
So what is this "lead hua", as a kind of cosmetics of the ancients?" Lead "is very harmful to the human body, we all know this, but this does not mean that the ancients also knew the harm of lead." Ancient women on the mainland will use a makeup powder called lead hua, and there are two ways to make makeup powder, one is made of rice, the other is made of lead, just by looking at the production materials, you can know that rice flour is healthier than lead powder, but the reason why it will be replaced by lead powder is naturally because lead powder has the advantage that rice powder cannot replace.
Originally born is a makeup powder made of rice, the method is simple, and white and delicate, but later there is a lead powder with a lot of metal chemical elements, it is more delicate and white than rice flour, but also easy to preserve, compared to food made powder, metal powder natural shelf life is longer, so gradually replaced the position of rice flour. However, with the development of the times, people are more and more aware of the great harm of lead to the human body, and there are people in the West who have died of poisoning due to long-term use of lead-containing cosmetics.
The ancients who loved beauty
In addition to lead powder, rice flour, the ancients' cosmetics are definitely not less than modern people, and from the point of view of choosing materials, they are basically some natural and healthy materials, such as extracting pigments from plants, in addition to white rice, there are colorful flowers, using edible materials to make rouge lipstick, etc., as well as honey, pearls, mung beans, etc., Jia Baoyu in "Dream of Red Mansions" often finds sisters at home to ask for rouge to eat, he really eats into the stomach, which shows the pure naturalness of its materials.
Of course, it is not that the ancients used natural cosmetics, they will also have some substances that are harmful to the human body, lead is one of them. I wonder if the ancients knew that lead was so harmful, would they continue to use it?