What is classical beauty?

Classical beauty is a China word, which means: an ancient beauty, or a woman who conforms to China's ancient aesthetics.

The main features of classical beauty are soft hands, solidified skin, rough neck and rough teeth. A cicada's head is a moth with a smart smile and beautiful eyes. Chivalrous and soft-hearted, the appearance of closing the moon and feeling ashamed of flowers, the ability to sink fish and fall geese. As pure as ice and as pure as jade.

Because women in China are relatively petite, their external physiological characteristics are not as prominent as those in the west, their facial contours are black and straight, their eyes are gentle and harmonious, their skin is delicate and yellowish, and their overall curves are soft and symmetrical.

The aesthetic concept of China's ancient female images has been described in the works of scholars in past dynasties. Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South" vividly describes the face of beauty from the aesthetic point of view. In Zhao Da, there are "Emei Manzhi" and "tolerance, beauty and elegance". Descriptions of "beautiful waist and narrow neck" and "meaty and bony". Song Yu wrote in "The Loser": "The eyebrows are like jade feathers, the muscles are like snow, the waist is like a bundle, and the teeth are like shells."

The images of beautiful women in the Tang Dynasty, except Wanli Wen Ya, all emphasized fullness and bodybuilding. After the Song Dynasty, the masculine beauty in the prosperous Tang Dynasty gave way to the feminine beauty in the Song Dynasty. Open-minded mind is replaced by sad and angry heart; The rich beauty of plump figure and elegant appearance gives way to exquisite beauty. The morbid beauty of women is becoming a model of female beauty.

In The West Chamber, Cui Yingying is "pale pear face, light waist", "jade skirt embroidered with golden lotus, red sleeve knotted with jade bamboo shoots" and "waist is soft and graceful, like weeping willows before the evening breeze." Since the Ming Dynasty, people began to pay attention to the complete beauty of women's bodies.