Chungong photography art

When it comes to erotic pictures, the first thing that most people think of may be those obscene pictures of men and women having naked sex. As for the earliest origin of erotic painting, it is generally believed that it was painted by Liu Qu, the great-grandson of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty and the king of Guang Chuan in the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, which depicts the handover of men and women on the house. Spring Palace, which means the palace of the prince. Emperor Yang Di even built a "mirror temple" to store those "little Huang Tu" who like to possess them in a palace full of mirrors. However, the use of these little Huang Tu is not as simple as we thought, and its practical meaning goes far beyond pornography. Next, let's see what ancient people used these paintings for.

Use 1: dowry

The main purpose of erotic pictures is pre-marital enlightenment education. The ancients lacked sexual knowledge, and many boys and girls did not know what "sex" was when they reached marriageable age. When parents are embarrassed, erotic pictures serve as the first teachers for young men and women. Generally speaking, many parents will secretly take erotic pictures as dowry before their daughters get married, put them into clothes, and take them to their in-laws by their daughters on the wedding day, and tell them to study hard in front of the bridal chamber to avoid being laughed at on their wedding night.

In the evening, the young couple can do that shameful thing according to the pictures and gourd paintings. The ancients even wrote a book "Sutra of Plain Woman", which not only recorded several postures in detail, but also described in detail the art of royal husband (how to deal with the relationship with her husband) and the theory of keeping in good health in the room, so that you could applaud and cheer for love. At the same time, as a dowry, erotic palace paintings also convey parents' desire to have more children and more happiness.

Use 2: avoid fire.

The ancients often put erotic pictures in books or bookcases, or hung them indoors to avoid fire. For example, Xu Wei, a famous painter and calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty, said in his "History of Taoism": Some literati have a large collection of books, and each cabinet must have a book of spring paintings. When people ask, they say, "Gathering books makes a lot of gas, and this thing hates fire.". Ye Dehui, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, often put pictures of erotic palace in his books, saying it was to avoid fire.

There are a lot of books in ancient literati's homes. In order to prevent fire, these libraries will inevitably put a lot of erotic pictures. From this point of view, at the earliest time, erotic pictures were regarded as "sacred books to avoid fire" by the ancients, which is equivalent to the current fire fighting tools.

So, how can erotic maps play a role in avoiding fire? In primitive myths and legends, Vulcan is a very prominent beauty. Vulcan has dozens of maids to serve, all of whom are indifferent and disloyal. The beauty Vulcan sometimes has a bad temper and is particularly headstrong. No one listens to whatever she does when she is upset. After committing a crime, he was demoted to the kitchen god by the jade emperor. Beauty Vulcan usually likes light yellow clothes, but once she is angry, she will change into red clothes, which will easily cause fire wherever she goes. So people put photos of erotic palace in libraries or books. The beautiful Vulcan will be embarrassed to see these red-faced pictures, and leave quickly, so that precious books will be protected from fire.

Ancient literati regarded books as the most precious thing. In order to better preserve books, they tried every means, and even included this myth and legend in one of the ways to protect books. Even the famous library "Tianyi Pavilion" in China has a large number of erotic pictures. Don't think that the famous Tianyi Pavilion is just to collect these erotic pictures. No, its real purpose is to prevent fire. There is a special reason for this divine operation. Don't joke.

Usage 3: Door painting

During the Spring Festival in China, it is a well-known custom to put up New Year pictures to welcome Fu Naxiang and place hopes for the coming year. Therefore, the early New Year pictures are closely related to the two themes of exorcism and praying for good luck. It is said that in Yangliuqing, Tianjin during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many local women publicly sold the "Spring Palace Map" as a New Year picture in the market, but it was still quite popular in the market. Where there is a market, people do it, forming a local industry.

"Yangliuqing" is a famous cultural town, and every family will dye it. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some poor women were influenced by the artistic atmosphere and were also good at drawing erotic paintings. In order to earn money to support their families, during the Spring Festival, they draw some erotic pictures at home and sell them on the street. The erotic picture is a kind of painting with a strong "erotic" style, which was widely posted on the gate as a kind of New Year pictures in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The reason why people use erotic paintings as door paintings may be because of reproductive worship and praying for more children and more happiness. Perhaps people have endowed these pictures with special divinity to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and pray for good luck. According to the research of Gao Luopei, a Dutch sinologist, this phenomenon of posting "paintings of the spring palace gate" on New Year's Day didn't disappear until after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Use 4: as a book case.

The book protector is an article used by the ancients to hold letters or letters, imperial edicts, orders, approvals and other important documents, with the date of death printed on it to remind officials at any time. Placing erotic pictures in protective books is a special hobby of literati. The purpose of the ancients may also be to avoid fire, so as not to burn important documents.