It is said that "Huan is fat and Yan is thin". Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties, is famous for her plump body, but she is "plump" not fat. On the contrary, the aesthetic standards of the Tang Dynasty are not the same as those of other dynasties. Both, they also like beauties with "small waists", but the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty are more inclusive. As long as they look healthy and beautiful, and have a face that looks like a woman with a closed moon, she can be called a beauty, so People in the Tang Dynasty did not deliberately gain weight, but there were fewer restrictions on women in the Tang Dynasty, and women often went out to participate in entertainment activities, so their bodies generally looked stronger than those in other dynasties. 1. The aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty was no exception, and they also liked slender beauties
Among the nearly 50,000 Tang poems handed down, there are many descriptions of beauties, including Bai Juyi’s: ?Cherry Fan Su Mouth, Willow's Little Man's Waist", Du Mu's: "The down and out of the rivers and lakes are in the wine shop, the slender waist is light in the palm", Liu Xiyi's: "I am willing to make a light waist, I am willing to separate my charming face for the mirror", in the poems of many poets Words such as "small waist", "chu waist", and "thin waist" appeared. Tang Xuanzong, who loved Yang Yuhuan very much, once asked Gao Lishi to select five slender and white women in the world to be given to the prince. ?, these all prove that in the Tang Dynasty, people still liked slim beauties, and they did not regard fatness as beauty.
2. The open folk customs of the Tang Dynasty gave women the opportunity to participate in recreational activities, so they had strong and plump bodies.
From the paintings, sculptures, pottery figurines and other art works discovered in the Tang Dynasty, we will find that the beauties of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be plump and gorgeous. With fluttering sleeves and graceful manners, there is a kind of graceful charm in gentle elegance. But if we look closely at these works of art, we will find that although these beauties have relatively plump figures, they do not have much fat on their bodies. What they show It is a kind of healthy and energetic beauty, including Yang Yuhuan, known as "Fat Beauty", who also has this kind of beauty.
The Tang Dynasty's ability to accept this kind of beauty also reflects the inclusiveness of the Tang Dynasty's aesthetics. Because the rulers of the Tang Dynasty had the blood of the Hu people, they did not have many restrictions on women. Therefore, the open folk customs allowed women to go out of the house and participate in many recreational activities. Over time, they were able to exercise their bodies to be strong and plump.