So many people also think that thinness is the beauty of Han people.
This was written by Su Shi in the Song Dynasty. This sentence was originally about calligraphy, but it was compared with Zhao He. It means that every work has its own style. Is this also true? Is it fat or thin? The origin of.
(Yang Yuhuan stills)
Why did you write this passage?
Mainly because of our misunderstanding, we always thought that Yang Yuhuan was very fat, and even thought that people in the Tang Dynasty liked fat women. The fatter the better, after all, being fat is beauty.
In Song Dynasty, Su Shi regarded thinness as beauty, so it was generally impossible to praise Yang Yuhuan all the time. In the sentence, he said that being fat and being thin have their own advantages. So what if he simply uses it? Is it fat or thin? The definition of fat beauty in Tang Dynasty was wrong.
In fact, we can see from the murals in the Tang Dynasty that the portraits of ladies and figures in sculpture, although mostly not thin, are really plump and round, and not particularly obese. If Yang Yuhuan was the standard of the Tang Dynasty, it also proved that Yang Yuhuan was not so fat.
Imperial concubine bathing map
I think Yang Yuhuan's obesity is mainly due to imagination.
Because the royal family in Li Tang likes to be fat, it is said that they are of Xianbei descent and belong to Mongolian grassland nomads. They used to live on animal husbandry, and the fatter they raised, the better.
But through the integration with the Han people, they are more inclined to be soft and fat, not as beautiful as they used to be.
Bai Juyi's "Song of Eternal Sorrow" has a lot of descriptions of Yang Guifei, but it doesn't say whether Yang Guifei is fat or not, but there is a sentence in it.
Warm and smooth her creamy skin. ,
From this? Coagulation? On the whole, it seems that Yang Guifei is a little fat, but it is also possible that Bai Juyi thinks Yang Yuhuan's skin is delicate and fair.
(The bath picture of the imperial concubine drawn by later generations)
These are my thoughts. Yang Yuhuan is probably only slightly fat, with good skin, and may still have a baby face, which is naturally pleasing.
In fact, it's hard to prove how fat Yang Yuhuan is now. Many people draw the "maid-in-waiting show" in the Tang Dynasty, and finally roughly judge Yang Yuhuan's height and weight. Now there are two rough guesses.
First, Yang Yuhuan1.64m, but its weight is 69KG；;
Second, Yang Yuhuan 1.55 meters, but weighs 60KG；;
In fact, no matter which one is quite fat, according to this guess, it is already very fat, 1.55 m, 120 kg, and Mr. Cang is also 1.55 m, but only 90 kg. What is the concept if you add 30 Jin?
(at least in this way)
If it is 1.64m, 138kg, it is already very fat. Besides, Yang Yuhuan's dance is first-rate.
In fact, as can be seen from the photos of the imperial concubine taking a bath, Yang Yuhuan is actually not fat, but slightly fat. You should know that Yang Yuhuan was synonymous with the goddess at that time. If she is really so fat, will other women be convinced? Will you admit that she is beautiful?
Therefore, the height of Yang Yuhuan may be 1.64 meters. After all, she is a northern woman and weighs about 1.20 Jin. If not, the whole people in the Tang Dynasty had eye problems.