This article is an exclusive and original manuscript of Shishi Shishi. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited/The author Lei Chu studies history. Some people like tattoos in modern times, as recorded in books, and many people also liked tattoos in the Tang Dynasty. The tattoos of men in the Tang Dynasty were not only extensive in area, even all over their bodies, but also very rich in content, and some were so creative that they were bizarre. The tattoos of women in the Tang Dynasty came from tattoos and injuries. To cover up these injuries on the face, various makeups were formed. According to records, there was a soldier Ge Qing in Jingzhou Street in Chang'an City. He was not afraid of the pain caused by tattoos. From his neck down, his body was tattooed with Bai Juyi's poems, with illustrations and pictures. For example, in the book, when writing the sentence ""The yellow-clip valerian forest has leaves in the cold forest" by Bai Juyi in his poem "Pan Taihu Calligraphy", there are not only poems but also pictures: a person points to a tree, and the tree There are ribbons hanging on them, and the ribbon patterns and sewing lines are very delicate. More than 30 poems by Bai Juyi were engraved on Ge Qing's body, and some of them were decorated with pictures by Ge Qing. , showing his love for Bai Juyi's poems. This extreme approach also earned him the reputation of "" Bai Sheren's Poetry Picture". People in the Tang Dynasty loved poetry, and Tang poetry was a common favorite from the bottom to the upper class of that era. , even people who didn’t read much loved poetry. Poetry naturally became an important part of tattooing at that time, but it would be a bit embarrassing if the poem on the upper body was wrong. According to the book, Wei Biaowei was admitted to the Jinshi during the Zhenyuan period of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty. His cousin, Wei Shaoqing, was a young general in Xishu. He didn’t like reading much, but he liked tattoos. One day, his uncle asked him to open his clothes and look at the tattoos on his body. He saw a tree tattooed on his chest. , dozens of birds gathered on the treetops, and a bronze mirror hung under the tree. There was a rope tied to the nose of the bronze mirror. There was someone standing next to the bronze mirror holding the rope. Wei Shaoqing's uncle was puzzled about the meaning of this tattoo. Meaning. Wei Shaoqing smiled proudly and mocked his uncle for not knowing much about Zhang's "Jingdaw Collection". In fact, this was a big mistake. Wei Shaoqing carved the wrong verse. Zhang said it was from the Xuanzong period. The poem Wei Shaoqing misunderstood came from Zhang Shuo's "Evening Scene in Yuezhou", which should have been ""Evening Scenery, Jackdaws Gather, Autumn Wind Returns to Yan"". ""Evening Scene"" He made the "" Mirror" and it was deeply engraved on his skin. How this young man who loves poetry dealt with this mistake later is not recorded in the book, so we don't know. The content of Tang people's tattoos It is very complex. In addition to poems, there are mountains, pavilions, ponds, birds and animals, etc., and even pictures of foreign countries. Among them, there are many creative tattoos. When he was in the army when he was young, he was good at riding a donkey and playing sticks, and his skills were amazing. When he used it, he could perfectly bond the stick and the stick together. When he was young, this local official was also obsessed with tattoos. , a big snake is stabbed all over the body. The big snake's mouth is located on the thumb and index finger of the right hand. The snake's body wraps around the arm, around the neck, and then coils around the abdomen. After taking office, the snake's tail is dragged down to the calf. In front of his colleagues and guests, Cui Seung-hun always covered his hands with his sleeves, but when he drank too much, he rolled up his sleeves, spread his right hand, grabbed the actor, and joked: ""Snake bite you!" ". At this time, the actors also cooperated and shouted that they were bitten, pretending to be in pain, and having fun at the wine table. Most of the people with tattoos in the Tang Dynasty belonged to the lower class groups. Among these groups, it was inevitable Some people used tattoos to make themselves look scary and frighten ordinary people, so as to commit crimes. According to records, during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, some bad boys in Chang'an shaved their heads, then tattooed themselves, and relied on the power of warlords to go out on the streets. The most powerful ones were those who put snakes in the hotel and beat people with sheep blades in the hotel. At that time, there was a vicious young man named Zhang Qian in Daningfang, Chang'an, who had " " tattooed on his left arm. "Don't be afraid of Jing Zhaoyin in life" and "Don't be afraid of King Yama in death" are tattooed on his right arm, which shows the arrogance of this group of people. But if Jing Zhaoyin doesn't care about things, just take care of them, which is the suffering day of this group of people. Book Three days after Xue Yuanshang took office, he arrested more than 30 of these evil men, killed them all with sticks, and put their bodies on the street for public display. Of course, including Zhang Qian, who had a tattoo of "I am not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin". Chang'an's customs also changed, and people with tattoos tried to burn off their tattoos with mugwort. Buddhism became popular in the Tang Dynasty, and Buddhist statues became one of the contents of tattoos. Shi's subordinate had a Buddha statue tattooed on his back. He was extremely powerful and said that the Buddha on his back gave him strength. Therefore, on the first and fifteenth day of every month, he would sit at home with his back exposed and let his wife and children kneel down. People in the Tang Dynasty believed in Buddhism, but if the Buddha statue was tattooed on the body of a gangster, it would have the opposite effect. According to records, during the Dezong period of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Gao from Chengdu was prone to fighting and was often arrested by officials for this. Zhao Gao had a tattoo of King Bishamon, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism, tattooed on his back. The jailer often wanted to punish Zhao Gao with a stick, but after seeing the statue of the King, he did not dare to hit the Buddha statue with his stick, so he released Zhao Gao. They turned to evil. There were those who believed in Buddhism and those who did not. In the eighth year of Emperor Dezong's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yijian went out to control Jiannan Xichuan. Someone informed him of Zhao Gao's behavior. Li Yijian was furious and ordered Zhao Gao to be taken to the Yamen. The man beat Zhao Gao with a new tendon bamboo stick with a head three inches thick, and asked him to beat him until the statue of the King of Heaven was gone. He hit him more than thirty times in a row without stopping.
After this punishment, Zhao Gao should change his mind, but in fact, it is hard to change his nature. After recuperating for more than ten days, Zhao Gao exposed his back again and shouted from house to house on the street, begging for merit money to repair the statue of the King of Heaven. . If there is a market, there must be an industry. In the Tang Dynasty, tattoos promoted the production of related techniques and products. According to reports, at that time, Sichuanese people had the best tattoo skills, and a simple and quick tattoo product - tattoo stamps - were on the market. The fine needles concentrated on the stamps were arranged in various patterns, including toads, scorpions, pestles and mortars, etc. , anyone can choose. After the tattoo is printed on the body, it is brushed with ink. After the wound is healed, the pattern becomes detailed. From walking poems and pictures, creative snakes, to tattoo techniques and products, the tattoos of men in the Tang Dynasty are eye-opening. In the Tang Dynasty, men's tattoos were mostly done voluntarily, while women's tattoos in ancient times often had a sense of helplessness and coercion. When the "Tattoo" chapter of "Youyang Zazu" records women's tattoos in the Tang Dynasty, it mostly talks about women's makeup. Although some of these makeups that are classified as tattoos are popular, they are more or less the result of injuries or injuries to women. Unexpected consequences after being punished. Women in the Tang Dynasty liked to decorate themselves with dots on their faces. Although this kind of decoration did not mean tattoos, it came from an accident by Sun He, the monarch of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. He doted on Mrs. Deng very much, but once he was drunk and waving his Ruyi in his hand in a drunken manner. He accidentally hit Mrs. Deng on the cheek, which caused blood to flow from her face and Sun He's appearance was immediately disfigured. The imperial physician ordered the doctor to cure Mrs. Deng's facial injury no matter what, without leaving any scars. The imperial physician prescribed a medicine: get white otter's bone marrow, jade and amber powder and apply it on the wound so that there would be no scars. He spent a hundred gold to get a white otter, and followed the doctor's instructions to make a plaster with jade and amber powder. Unfortunately, the ingredients were not mastered too precisely, and the amber powder was a bit excessive. Therefore, after Mrs. Deng's wound healed, the scar did not completely disappear. There was a red spot on the left cheek, like a mole. At first glance, Mrs. Deng looked more charming and charming, and therefore she was more favored. So other concubines who wanted to be favored began to imitate Mrs. Deng. First, he used cinnabar to add red dots on his cheeks. Sun He's mistake and Mrs. Deng's injury also caused a kind of makeup for women, which was passed down to the Tang Dynasty and formed into Sheyue, Yuehuang, and Xing. There is also a kind of decoration in the Tang Dynasty, which is to put decals on the cheeks. Shangguan Wan'er is the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi. Wu Zetian was responsible for participating in the Baisi report. Later, Wu Zetian disobeyed the decree. She cherished her talents, so she was not executed, but was tattooed and had her face tattooed. When Zhongzong came to the throne, she not only controlled her life, but also became Zhaoyi. Products are attached to the face to cover up the traces of tattoos. This dress was also imitated by the people and became a very popular style. In the Tang Dynasty, some women decorated their faces like Shangguan Wan'er, which was a helpless look. Choice; some come from punishment, which is an accident when the head of the house is jealous and forced to fall. According to records before the Tang Dynasty, in the homes of scholar-bureaucrats in the Tang Dynasty, most of the wives were jealous and fierce, and the concubines and maids were less likely to do so. Those who didn't like it would have their faces stamped with tattoos, which would ruin their faces. The disfigured maids and concubines would have to put some flowers on their faces or paint on their faces to cover up the marks. "" records the experience of a maidservant of Fang Rufu, the son of Prime Minister Fang Guan of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty. Fang Rufu was a typical playboy. His first wife died miserably, and he later married another wife, the daughter of Cui Zhao, the governor of Taizhou. Mrs. Cui was "so jealous" that she killed two of her concubine's maids with a stick in one night. Such a jealous and fierce woman did not allow her maids to wear heavy makeup or hold their hair high at home. The rouge, gouache, etc. given out every month were very small. A new maid didn't know the details. After using up her quota, she bought some rouge, gouache, etc. outside, so she dressed up better among the other maids. good. The maid also paid a heavy price. After Mrs. Cui found out about her maid's behavior, she said, "You are so good at dressing up. I will dress you up myself." So someone used a knife to carve the maid's eyebrows, and filled the wounds with indigo. They also used fire to burn the maid's nose and the corners of her eyes, so that the maid's skin was burned and scorched. Paint was applied to the burnt wounds. When the maid's wound healed, the scars left really looked like makeup. Most of the makeup used by women in the Tang Dynasty to cover up tattoos came from injuries. The scar makeup on Fang Rufu's maidservant was a beautiful accident left after experiencing painful torture. It can be said that behind these beauties, there is hidden pain, at least the pain of a few people. Note: This article refers to the translated and annotated version of "Youyang Zazu" by Zhonghua Book Company.
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