The "squinting eyes" used by Western countries to ridicule Easterners are regarded as an international aesthetic. At this point, the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts was scolded miserably.
Recently, a group of photos of the Fashion Show at tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts caused controversy on the Internet.
This fashion show is actually the graduation design of the students of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, which should have a very high artistic aesthetic and standard.
However, something surprising happened.
This time the design did not win the applause of the whole house, but was scolded on the hot search:
"Who is the graduation work of tsinghua academy of fine arts insulting?"
"Stereotypes?"
"It's not that Chinese or Asians can't look like this, but I've lived for so many years, and I've never seen a few of them, and it's hard to find so many eyes like this at once."
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Some people even directly say the theory of the heart, believing that Tsinghua deliberately self-defamation and pandering to the West: "Tsinghua is now becoming more and more explicit, afraid that others will not know its origin and destiny." ”
Why did tsinghua academy of fine arts' graduation design cause public outrage?
Is Tsinghua really deliberately smearing the image of the Chinese people?
The Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts was scolded this time, and it was not unjustly suffered.
Look closely at the photos of this fashion show, the design of the clothes is not for the time being, and all the models are almost squinting.
If there is only one or two, it can also be said to be a coincidence. However, all of them choose models with this eye shape, and the reason is intriguing.
Some netizens criticized: "The full screen squinting makes people feel uncomfortable, which is not only the model's own small eyes, but also the use of makeup design that extends the end of the eyes, deliberately lengthening the eye shape, in line with the Western stereotype of Asians, implying serious humiliation." ”
This is obviously not the aesthetic of the Orientals.
Westerners prefer this kind of makeup because they think this look is the most "Oriental".
The famous supermodel Lu Yan is actually the way a Chinese model recognized by the West should look.
Lü Yan's eyes are very slender, and the eye spacing is very wide, looking a little "fierce". Casually pull over a Chinese ask, you will not feel that Lu Yan is a beautiful woman.
But she is the darling of the Western fashion circle.
All kinds of big-name catwalks and endorsements have come and gone, and the name Lu Yan is also familiar in the industry.
Gao Qizhen's popularity is even more jaw-dropping.
The exaggerated eye spacing and flat nose have been praised by the European and American fashion circles as "having a unique attraction".
In the fashion industry, only by following the rhythm of Europe and the United States and obeying their set of standards can we get more opportunities to show their faces.
Even if Europe and the United States deliberately distort the image of Chinese and use stereotypes to create the oriental women in their hearts, most of the audience can only helplessly pay.
Those "squinting" models who walk on the stage are not victims?
Their eyes are not so slender, and they are deliberately exaggerated by makeup artists with eye makeup.
Even the beautiful Liu Yifei, under the makeup of Western aesthetics, seems to be difficult to say, and instantly has a bit of "Tong Xiangyu" style.
There are too many similar examples.
The "squinting incident" of the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts has become the fuse that ignited people's anger.
Why does "squinting" cause so much discussion?
Because everyone agrees that this is the image that Westerners use to vilify Chinese.
This has to mention a name - "Fu Manchu".
Fu Manchu is not a real person, but a character in a 19th-century British novel. In the eyes of generations of Westerners, the image of Fu Manchu is the image of Chinese.
So, what does Fu Manchu look like?
Slender squinting eyes, droopy beard, wearing the same Qing Dynasty official clothes as zombie films, and no evil.
In China, to scare disobedient children can be said to be "the wolf is coming"; in the United States, "Fu Manchu" can be used to intimidate children, because his evil image is too deeply rooted in people's hearts.
In the artwork, the white man who confronts Fu Manchu is the embodiment of justice.
Squinting eyes are the most distinctive facial features of Fu Manchu.
For a long time, squinting, evil, and weakness were the common impressions of Chinese in the West.
In europe and the United States, if someone wants to provoke the Chinese, one of the common actions is to pick the eyes slender and squeeze into a squinting shape.
In other words, it's naked racism.
Any bloody Chinese, when insulted by foreigners in this way, will not hesitate to choose to fight back.
However, this time the graduation project of tsinghua academy of fine arts, the models actually selected are all "squinting eyes", how can this not make the Chinese people feel angry?
Even if foreigners maliciously discriminate against us, how can the top universities in our country still willingly cater to these "foreigners"?
Looking at the country, there are many beautiful women. Even if it is an ordinary-looking woman, squinting is definitely a minority.
Some people indignantly said that this is the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts committing hypochondriasis and culturally admiring foreign.
It has been 120 years since the Treaty of Xinugu, and our country has achieved a resurgence of economic and military reasons, yet culturally it is still the only way to follow the lead of the West.
Our nation clearly has a huge cultural treasure!
Henan Satellite TV, which is usually inconspicuous, recently gave the people of the whole country a surprise.
Without contrast, there is no harm.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the "Underwater Roselle" in Henan Satellite TV's "Dragon Boat Wonderful Tour" not only won the unanimous praise of netizens, but also was praised by Hua Chunying, and also had a great influence in the world.
The gracefully danced Luo Shenxian Zi danced under the water, like a flying sky in the Dunhuang murals. It perfectly restores Cao Zhi's Luoshen: "Flying like a dragon, like a dragon, Rong Yao Qiu Ju, Hua Mao Chun Song".
The "Dragon Boat Festival" program is also not to be underestimated.
A group of strong and brave young people fully restored the ritual sense of ancient sacrifice, male hormones overflowed the screen, and from their dance, we seemed to be able to hear the ancient call.
The program "Lanling King's Entry" not only allows us to enjoy the feast of hearing, but also shows the cultural output of Datang to Japan in that year.
This is the real China.
Masculinity and femininity coexist, confidence and tolerance.
If it is a bit bullying to compare the Dragon Boat Festival and Tsinghua in a large cultural province, then we will compare schools.
Zhengzhou Institute of Technology and Business Is Simply "Unknown" compared with Tsinghua University. However, in terms of artistic aesthetics, this year's Zhengzhou Institute of Technology and Business has opened our eyes.
This school's fashion show restores what is a Chinese beauty.
The model has the Dan phoenix eyes of traditional Chinese beauties, Gu Panshenghui, bright eyes and good eyes.
Compared with a group of "squinting" models at tsinghua academy of fine arts, they are high and low.
Such a strong visual contrast, how can it not make netizens feel angry?
Therefore, many people directly denounced the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts as "self-ugly and caters to the West."
Some people even went online and played word games, calling Tsinghua University the "University of Invasion of China", alluding to the fact that Tsinghua was originally a preparatory school for studying in the United States in order to carry out cultural aggression against China.
We can only say four words about this kind of behavior: it is not necessary.
We don't have to unleash such immense malice against our fellow human beings.
Angering the whole of Tsinghua because of the graduation project is the most childish approach.
Moreover, I prefer to believe that the original intention of this catwalk costume is not the so-called "cultural aggression".
This is just an inertia of the art world for many years, out of cultural inconfidence in the bones, completely subservient to the Western discourse system, and even brainwashed.
They are not bad people, they are just behind the times.
They did not dare to stand up against the aesthetic standards of Europe and the United States, nor did they realize that their people had so many cultural treasures waiting to be excavated.
The famous French sculptor Rodin said: "There is no lack of beauty in this world, what is really missing is the eye that finds beauty." ”
However, today, in the field of culture, we have to say that the eyes of the masses of the people are shining, the eyes of discovering beauty abound, and there are very few truly excellent works of art.
So, once a good work is discovered, everyone is ecstatic.
The response triggered by the TV series "The Age of Awakening" and "Mountains and Seas" is enough to prove the appreciation and love of the Chinese people for good works.
True literature and art can be yangchun white snow, and even high and low, but it must not violate the most basic artistic principles.
We can innovate, but at all times we must clearly distinguish between beauty and ugliness, and respect our truest feelings in our hearts.
Cultural self-confidence is not said with empty words and white teeth, but requires us to speak with works, need us to love the mountains and rivers of the motherland, look at the wind and history of thousands of rivers and mountains, and constantly get inspiration to create fine products.
The success of Henan Satellite TV's "Dragon Boat Wonderful Tour" has already proved this point.
Only by being confident in your bones can you not automatically inferior yourself culturally.
As Professor Zhang Weiwei has emphasized many times: Chinese, you must be confident.
Whether it is at the economic or cultural level, we all have enough confident capital. Text/Gu Jingyan