How fat is Yang Guifei? Grandpa I guess that's just right!
"Washing the three" is a very important ceremony in the ancient Chinese birth ceremony. On the third day after the baby is born, a bathing ceremony is held, and relatives and friends are gathered to wish the baby good luck, which is "washing three", also known as "three dynasties washing". The intention of "washing three" is to wash filth and eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties; the second is to pray for good fortune and seek good fortune. It is naturally normal to "wash three" for children, and to "wash three" for dry sons, probably only Yang Guifei did it.
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang favored Yang Guifei to the point of no return, but Yang Yuhuan was not willing to possess only one emperor, and preferred Hu'er An Lushan. In order to win the appreciation of Emperor Xuanzong, An Lushan offered great courtesy in front of the noble concubines, and although he was more than ten years older than Yang Guifei, he asked to be a son of the noble concubines. Yang Guifei deliberately laughed but did not answer. However, Tang Xuanzong encouraged the noble concubine to accept this "good child".
Ever since Yang Guifei became An Lushan's dry bride, her dealings with An Lushan have a reputation, and you come and go and hook up with each other. The Tongjian Chronicle of the End of the AnShi Rebellion records that the third day of the first month of the tenth year of Tianbao was An Lushan's birthday, and Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei gave An Lushan a rich birthday gift. On the third day of her birthday, Yang Guifei specially summoned An Lushan to see him and held a baptism ceremony for this "eldest son".
Yang Guifei asked an An Lushan to be placed in a large bathtub as a baby, bathed him, and after taking a bath, she wrapped An Lushan with a swaddling specially made of splendid materials, and let the palace ladies put him on a colored palanquin and carry him around in the harem garden, shouting "Lu'er, Lu'er", playing and having fun... This is an article that has gone viral online recently. So, what is the truth of history? Did Yang Guifei give An Lushan a bath? What is the relationship between Yang Guifei and An Lushan?
According to historical records, in the fourteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 's tianbao (755 AD), An Lushan, who was also the envoy of the three towns, launched a rebellion at Fanyang, and 150,000 troops drove straight in and forced Chang'an at Xiatong Pass. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled from Shuzhong with Yang Guifei and the officials of the Imperial Court, marched to Ma Songyi, and mutinied with the generals of the forbidden army, killing Yang Guozhong and forcing Emperor Xuanzong to kill Yang Guifei. After that, it took the Tang Dynasty a full eight years to put an end to this famous "Anshi Rebellion" in history!
The "An Shi Rebellion" is undoubtedly related to Yang Yuhuan, at least It can be said that An Lushan used the "Qing Jun's side" as an excuse to plot against him. The New Book of Tang and the Biography of Empress Yang Guifei of Zetianwu reads: "Lu Shan rebelled, and in the name of Guo Zhong, he accused concubines and aunts of sin. The gist was that An Lushan rebelled, using the crusade against Yang Guozhong as an excuse, and openly pointed out the sins of Yang Guifei and several sisters. However, looking through the old and new Tang Books, it is really difficult to find any record or hint that Yang Yuhuan had an ambiguous relationship with An Lushan, but it is said in the New Book of Tang that Emperor Xuanzong favored An Lushan and ordered him to marry the aunts of the Yang family as brothers, and An Lushan's "mother concubine" (worshiping Yang Guifei as a dry lady), every time he saw the Son of Heaven, the Yang family would definitely set up a banquet. The "Yang family" here should not include Yang Yuhuan, she is a "royal person".
So, where did the good news of Yang Yuhuan and An Lushan come from? Is it purely anecdotal rumors similar to today's entertainment gossip, or is it the Tang Dynasty's "paparazzi" infiltrating the harem undercover to "secretly shoot"?
Whether it is "Kaiyuan Tianbao Testament", "Yang Taizhen's Outer Biography", "Lushan Deeds" and other wild history barnyard records, or "Tang History Yanyi", "Wutong Rain" and other novels and miscellaneous dramas, we can see the hype of "Yang Anlian", some of which are vivid and vivid, almost some of today's "photo albums", it is really difficult to distinguish between true and false. Among them, there is an interesting story of "The Noble Concubine Washed Lu'er in Three Days", saying that Yang Yuhuan washed his body for his son An Lushan for three days. "Washing three" is an ancient custom, on the third day after the birth of the baby, a bathing ceremony is held, gathering relatives and friends to wish the baby auspicious, also known as "three dynasties washing", which is intended to "wash away dirt and avoid difficulties, pray for auspicious tuji". Yang Yuhuan bathed An Lushan, who was more than twenty years older than her, in the Forbidden Palace, which seemed to make people feel a little ridiculous!
The Yuan Dynasty Bai Pu's miscellaneous drama "Wutong Rain" says that after An Lushan entered the court, because of his ambiguous relationship with Yang Guifei, he was detected by Yang Guozhong and played Ming Xuanzong, and An Lushan was expelled from the palace, renamed Yuyang Jiedushi, and went to the town to guard the border pass. After An Lushan left, Yang Guifei missed her day and night and was troubled. An important reason for An Lushan's rebellion was that "to rob a noble concubine alone is not for the splendid rivers and mountains." The "History of Tang" describes, "Lu Shan and guifei fooled around for more than a year, and even scratched the breasts of guifei." Fearing that Emperor Xuanzong would see it, the noble concubine made a veil and draped it over her chest. This "Haozi" is a kind of beltless underwear popular among the noble ladies of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also said that Yang Yuhuan invented it to cover up the wounded milk.