Commonly known as the beauty mark, flower mother
The beauty mark is a metaphor. In the old tradition, after the child is born, a red dot is placed between the child's eyebrows to represent expectations for the child and to pray for the child. meaning.
The beauty mark comes from the carp leaping over the dragon's gate. It is said that when a carp leaps over the dragon's gate, all the energy and spirit of the whole body will be on the forehead, and the forehead will appear a little red. This is in the hope that the child will be able to leap over the dragon's gate and have a great future.
The old saying is called diàn, which is a kind of floral decoration on women's faces in ancient times. The diàn comes in three colors: red, green and yellow, with red being the most common. It is made of gold and silver and made into flower shapes. For the face, it was a popular jewelry in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the shape of plum blossoms, there are also various kinds of birds, fish, ducks, etc., which are very beautiful and novel.
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As for the origin of Huadian, according to Song Gaocheng's "Shi Ji Hou" quoted from "Miscellaneous Five Elements Book", it is said that Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty, lived in Hanzhang. Under the eaves of the palace, plum blossoms fell on the forehead, forming five blossoms. They could not be brushed away, but after three days of washing, they fell.
For some reason, it is called plum blossom makeup or Shouyang makeup. In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to round shapes, flower tinctures also had various complex shapes. Flower tinctures were cut into patterns and affixed to the forehead. Li Fu said "Xu Xuan Gui Lu Engagement Shop" says that Wei Gu's wife often sticks a flower between her eyebrows. She comes and goes for a while while bathing and relaxing.
The materials for cut flower mother-of-pearl include gold foil, paper, fish cheek bones, anchovy scales, camellia flower cakes, etc. After cutting, they are pasted with fish bladder glue or glue. From the unearthed cultural relics and image materials As you can see, flower buds come in three colors: red, green, and yellow, with red being the most common.
In ancient times, there was also a cosmetic technique of applying dimples on the cheeks, called dimples or dimples. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Prince Wu’s grandson danced crystal ruyi under the moon after drinking, and accidentally injured his favorite concubine, Mrs. Deng. cheek.
The imperial doctor used white otter marrow mixed with amber to treat Mrs. Deng's injuries. After the injury healed, red spots were left on her face. Sun He felt that Mrs. Deng was more charming like this, and soon the court and the people became popular. The cheeks were dotted with red fat, and this was passed down to later generations. A poem by Emperor Wen of the Liang Dynasty: Partial makeup is used to create a light dimple, and a slanting blush is applied around the face.
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