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Four Beauties Of Ancient China
The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who are renowned for their beauty and their impact on Chinese history through the influence they exercised over powerful men. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Yuhuan. Among them, Diaochan is a fictional character while the rest have been greatly embellished by legend. Background One of the earliest references to qualities later associated with the canonical Four Great Beauties appears in the ''Zhuangzi''. In one chapter, the women Mao Qiang and Lady Li are described as "great beauties" who "when fish see them they dart into the depths, when birds see them they soar into the skies, when deer see them they bolt away without looking back". This passage is the source of the well-known Chinese idiom "to make fish sink and birds fall", which refers to feminine beauty (see 沉魚落雁). Biographies Xi Shi Xi Shi lived around the 7th to the 6th centuries BCE, during the Spring a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changzhou Combs
The Changzhou comb () is a type of hand-painted comb produced in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. In China, combs are called Shubi (comb), shubi (梳篦). The combs were originally made for use by royalty and have been in production for over 2000 years. Introduction Comb is two kinds of utensils, namely wooden comb. Changzhou comb production technology was formed during the Jin dynasty (266–420), Eastern Jin dynasty and has a history of more than 1,500 years. During the Ming dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasties, the production process of Changzhou comb has reached a very high level, and the production scale also exceeded the previous generations. The "Changzhou Fu" during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty stated: "Cut bamboo into, and all households in Chaojingmen." At that time, tens of thousands of people in Ximen and Nanmen of Changzhou were engaged in combing making, so Ximen had "Guiji Lane", South Gate has "Mushu Street" as a place name. In the beginning of Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
