Zuo Qiumeng, a young writer, an examiner of ancient costume history and costume restoration, and an independent painter Mo Chun, created the exquisite book "Chinese Makeup Bundle: The Daughter of the Tang Dynasty", which was selected as "China's Good Books" and "Douban Booklist" in 2020, and was recommended by CCTV's "Reading" column, which shows the success of this book.
And it does take us to feel all the details of the makeup of the Tang Dynasty in an immersive way, from clothing, jewelry, hair accessories to makeup, and even we can completely restore the most real state of the Tang Dynasty women according to the relevant details introduced in this book.
However, we all know that the Tang and Song dynasties in China were all cultural heyday, so after we understand the Tang Dynasty, we must be full of curiosity about the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the two authors jointly created such a book "Chinese Makeup Bundles: Song Shi Weather Song Shi Yi", and this book still continues the previous ideas, taking us to complete the detailed analysis of the Song Dynasty women's makeup from several aspects, and restoring the true appearance of Song Dynasty women who have passed nearly a thousand years but may have been ignored by us.
From this book, we can understand that the Song Dynasty was not as we imagined, it was an era of prevalent etiquette and conservative customs, in fact, fashion was still a fashion at that time, whether it was the inner courtyard of the palace or the common people of Limin, the women's makeup of the Song Dynasty was not inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty, of course, because of the development of technology in the times, there were more possibilities.
This book is still according to the wearing of clothes, crowns, hairpins, grooming and other aspects of the restoration of the real makeup of the women of the Song Dynasty, also according to the division of the times, according to our habit of reading history, divided into the early Northern Song Dynasty, the middle period, the late period, the early and late Southern Song Dynasty, showing us different styles in different periods. And these contents are specific and detailed, and if we want to understand it in depth, if we want to be interested in a certain period and a certain makeup set, we must read this part of the text carefully.
More importantly, the author took some well-known celebrities in our history, such as Mrs. Hua Rui, Li Qingzhao, Li Shishi, White Lady, Xiaoqing, Yan Rui, etc., based on the existing historical data research to make appropriate speculations, and designed the possible makeup of each character at that time. Whether it is clothing, jewelry, hairstyle, makeup, or scenes, these designs are well-documented and can stand up to scrutiny, so that the makeup of these women not only stays at the level of words, but also has a sense of scene, which can allow us to have a deeper understanding of the makeup of these celebrities.
I believe that such a book is of reference significance for those who are interested in costumes, want to understand ancient costumes, or want to reproduce the appearance of ancient women. In particular, there are still some people in our lives who need to write novels or film and television dramas based on the Tang and Song dynasties, so why don't they have an in-depth understanding of this time? #Chinese Makeup##History#