In our mainstream aesthetic vision, more attention is paid to the commodified beauty, who self-shaped and become a more general aesthetic discourse, which is more in line with the current aesthetic logic. And Ding really appeared, more like a natural carving, he did not want to be anyone, but thus touched everyone. This is a kind of beauty that is missing in the society in which we live.
It is reminiscent of the cuicui described in Shen Congwen's "Border City", which grows in the wind and day, the skin is black, the eyes are green mountains and water, and a pair of eyes are clear as crystal. Nature nurtures him, educates him, is innocent and lively, and looks like a small beast everywhere.
Therefore, today Uncle Oxygen wants to talk about the beauty of the Tibetan region and the beauty of Tibet that was once unknown to us.
Tibetan regional beauty characteristics
Most people know Tibet only in the southwest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibetan areas. The Tibetan region is divided into four main areas, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Gansu, all of which have Tibetan distribution. Ding Zhen is a Tibetan who belongs to the Tibetan areas of Sichuan.
Have you noticed that the Tibetan patriarchs are not as mixed as in Central Asia, but they are easily distinguishable? For example, the beauty of central Asia that Uncle Oxygen wrote before, almost every beauty can capture Europa characteristics on their faces, but Tibetan beauties give people the feeling of being very East Asian.
The most typical feature of Tibetan beauties is that the facial contours are smooth and the facial features are three-dimensional and sharp, giving people a very gentle feeling. For example, compared with Tong Liya and Naza, Quni Tsering is a type with high facial three-dimensionality and excellent nasal bone conditions, but Quni Tsering does not have a strong sense of exoticism like Naza.
Mainly because of the depth of the large inflection of the face, as well as the difference in the depth of the eyebrow arch and eye socket. Central Asia is Mongolian mixed Europa looks more, while the Tibetans retain more ancient Han genes, you can see that the temporal, frontal bone, cheekbones, zygomatic arch transitions are very soft, supple, tall, long face, high nose bridge, nasal bone thin, is a more East Asian appearance.
When Tibetan beauties are unmodified, their skin is relatively dark and their plateau red features are obvious, so people often do not think that Tibetans are beautiful. In fact, they are a typical cloud beauty configuration, mostly high-faced, high skull, moderate size of the eye cleft, moderate eye distance, and flat jawbone.
The nose shape is one of the most important sources of recognition for Tibetan beauties, with narrow and sharp nasal bones, a wide nasal cavity, and a long nose shape, which together constitute the source of refinement and three-dimensionality of their faces. Pu Ba Jia is often said to resemble Wang Lihong, in fact, Pu Ba Jia's nose condition is more straight and delicate than Wang Li Hong.
The ancient northwest type of East Asians is also a relatively common type in Tibetan areas and even in the Hexi Corridor region. The appearance of the ancient northwest is relatively close to the appearance of the terracotta warriors in everyone's cognition, the skeleton is square, the face is thin and three-dimensional, Zhang Yimou's appearance is very typical, and the same type of appearance can also be found in Tibetans.
Such a structure will show the characteristics of beautiful and classical appearance in women. Tibetan actor Yang Xiucuo is typical.
The Paleo-Northwest type is a high proportion of East Asians, and there are many Mongolian regions. For example, Uncle Oxygen has shared inner Mongolian beauty before, and the structure of Yongmei is very close to Yang Xiucuo, but Yongmei's facial features are more north Asian and cool, while Yang Xiucuo's eye sockets are obviously deeper.
The depth of the orbit is an indicator of the degree of exoticism and the degree of three-dimensionality of the eyebrows. The logic of the facial appearance is that a three-dimensional brow bone must have an excellent eyebrow triangle, matching a deep eye socket. Tibetan beauties have the above conditions, but also have a very East Asian silhouette, which is the main reason why we can recognize them at a glance and at the same time have a sense of exoticism.
Aesthetic differences between Han culture and Tibetan culture
The definition of beauty in Zhongyuan culture is biased towards the secular level, and it is more concerned with the evaluation and perspective of others. The Tibetan definition of beauty is more inclined to the religious spiritual level, and goodness is the fundamental pursuit. Aesthetics are also influenced by religious art, and it can also be said that religious culture and art from India, Nepal, Kashmir, Central Asia and the interior of the Central Plains have jointly created Tibetan aesthetics.
Kailash Peak at the end of the Peacock River, considered by the ancient Indians to be the dwelling place of Lord Shiva, the most powerful Hindu, is the axis of the world.
Tibetans love gemstones with rich colors and significance, such as coral, amber, turquoise, etc., and their red, yellow, blue, green, and white colors are considered to be the symbols of the five bodhisattvas.
The color impact is strong and the decoration is complicated, from the perspective of the fast fashion of the commercial society, we will feel that this style is neither trim nor mysterious, simple and elegant.
For example, in Ali, the roof of the roof of the world, the most remote place in Tibet. Lambskin robes are prevalent in the Alipuran region, and the most representative, exquisite and unique alipuram costume is the women's "peacock" costume, with silver leaves forming a curtain hanging in front of the eyes, this set is extremely valuable, basically a family share of a set.
For them, wearing these ornaments is part of everyday life. Nomads are more inclined to carry valuable things with them.
Mihaela, the photographer who took the photo, said: "She is the most elegant woman I have ever met, she is a Tibetan mother of two, and she has been cleaning the house before she helps me open the door, but with jewelry.
Northern Tibet and Kham are dominated by herders, who dress more practically and warmly. The aesthetic differences between nomadic and agrarian peoples often stem mainly from the way of life. People living in the plains are accustomed to the infiltration of Confucianism, once we worshiped ghosts and gods during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and then worshiped ancestors, while the Tibetan people worshipped sacred mountains and gods.
We will see the so-called Tibetan style in fashion magazines, in a gesture that is carefully wrapped and disguised, appear before our eyes.
Even the cuckoo, in the face of the real unpowdered but clear Tibetan beauty, Uncle Oxygen believes that the latter is more precious.
Preconceived aesthetic judgment is nothing but arrogance
Different civilizations and regions uphold completely different values, aesthetics, and world views. The difference is large. Just like Ding Zhen was first held on the altar by netizens, and then pulled out the so-called middle finger photo, and then reversed, this finger does not have any bad meaning in Tibetans.
People look at them with a watcher mentality, but they don't give them real respect. It's essentially just arrogance. Essentially, it's still: I want to see what I want to see.
Uncle Oxygen feels that for us who explode every day, what is lacking is not learning how to become beautiful, but how to cultivate a real aesthetic pattern and a broad aesthetic perspective.
So how to cultivate aesthetic patterns and perspectives? Uncle Oxygen felt that the first thing he did was to remove my original thoughts. What is my original thought? That is, when faced with an event, the first reaction is, how do I feel, how do I think this thing should be done. For example, Uncle Oxygen saw netizens say that he felt that Ding Zhen had better take advantage of the heat to debut, and he could take the route like Li Ziqi, and we are also willing to see this. I was also too touched by myself.
The second point is to remove the value judgment in the face of aesthetic types that you do not understand. Don't judge, but more to understand the background, and the reasons for this thing. For example, in the face of unreadable works of art, first understand the author's own creative background, life, age and other basic information. In the face of a small number of aesthetics, the same is true, their clothing and appearance, their own reasons for existence, compared to our insignificant views and opinions, such beauty, is obviously a more respectable existence.
Unfortunately, they do not participate in the modern world in this capacity. In this very new era, people have lost such a beauty.
Uncle Oxygen has seen a series of photos of photographer Mihaela before, she has taken pictures of girls of different ethnic groups around the world, none of them are the so-called pure desire green tea style, or the so-called white skinny, European and American style type of girls, everyone looks at ease, beautiful and determined.
This is a Kyrgyz girl.
Nepalese girls.
Amazon Rainforest Girl.
Burmese girls.
Mongolian girls in Ulaanbaatar.
If we search for beauty, we can quickly get a range of beauty paradigms. Juvenile beauty, mature beauty, romantic French beauty, sexy beauty. But it is impossible to get such an unpolished but so vivid beauty. We are accustomed to seeing bright and beautiful aesthetic goods, so we are shocked by these firm and simple beauty. Beauty that is not defined is precisely what we cannot define. Let them take care of themselves, which is our greatest respect.
Let the ego disappear first, there is great beauty between heaven and earth, and then we can see the truly vast beauty and freedom.