Why are the photos left by the 3, beautiful women in the harem of the Qing Dynasty uglier than ordinary people today?

Some concubines in the Qing Dynasty were simply ugly. Because the Qing Dynasty made great efforts to train professional emperors, there were two main criteria for choosing empresses: first, blood origin, and second, moral character. They asked the queen and concubines to "have a noble family", "be auspicious and loyal", be lenient, filial, courteous and prudent. The most important criterion for choosing a concubine is not beauty. Why do all the photos of Qing imperial concubines that have been handed down seem so ugly?

The range of choices is small

Emperors before the Qing Dynasty generally chose concubines, which were not limited to ethnic groups, but only focused on family status and appearance, and conducted sea elections within the scope of territorial jurisdiction.

But after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Emperor Shunzhi issued an imperial edict, stipulating that the Qing Palace election must be read among the flag bearers, and the women of the flag bearers would be severely punished if they wanted to escape the draft. It is even harder for a Chinese woman who is not a flag bearer to participate in the draft than to ascend to heaven.

because the selection range is narrowed, the probability of choosing a beautiful woman is naturally greatly reduced. What's more, Mongolian women at that time were generally rough-looking, and in order to kiss each other, they often kissed their sisters, and both of them married an emperor.

In addition, some Empresses are afraid that their sons are addicted to wine and color, and only choose plain-looking women for him from noble ministers. Girls from poor families, no matter how beautiful, have no chance to enter the harem.

As a result, many unattractive concubines appeared in the harem.

The strength of the camera equipment

At that time, the camera equipment was very simple, not only the photos were pure black and white, but also the quality of the photos from continuous shooting was affected. Moreover, there was no so-called ps technology in those days, and makeup was not as superb as it is now. I am used to seeing the photos of beautiful women who are now wearing makeup and high ps, but I really can't find beauty when I look at the photos at that time.

The backwardness of photography technology

More than p>1 years ago, there was no special cameraman, and people only took pictures as a souvenir. Modern people, on the other hand, are different. Now there are professional photographers who have studied professional composition, color exposure time and so on, and the photos taken are naturally different.

Different aesthetic standards

Judging from the photos flowing out now, the concubines in the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty really look very ordinary. For those who are used to seeing modern beauties, the value of concubines in the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty is indeed very general. It seems that it is not only the emperor in "The Secret Agent in the Great Palace" who is dissatisfied with the harem beauty, but also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Every era has different aesthetic standards. In recent years, online red face is more popular, men prefer online red face, and women want to develop themselves in the direction of online red face. Thirty years ago, the criteria for judging beautiful women were different from now. At that time, the face that was too thin was unpopular.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the looks of concubines in the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty are not very prominent to us, and many concubines look more like ordinary passers-by.