Last night, David He broadcast the second episode of "Beautiful China" "Ode to Pepper Flowers". Did you watch it?
Many netizens replied to us and praised David He as an "aesthetic leader". In those radiant moments, Chinese classical beauty brings us a unique viewing experience.
Let us follow "The Great Beauty of China" and, together with Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, go into the calligraphy and paintings of the Tang Dynasty and experience the unique beauty of women and culture of the Tang Dynasty.
In their prime, the two were playful and agile, with the auspicious hydrangea fluttering in their hands, creating a lively and interesting scene.
When she first came to the palace, Shangguan Wan'er was still a maid. She was wearing a blue skirt.
After rising to the rank of "female prime minister", Shangguan Wan'er actually wore Hu clothes. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, Hufu was men's regular clothing, and it was not uncommon for women to dress up as men in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was very open, and it was no problem for women in the Tang Dynasty who pursued fashion to act cool.
After Princess Taiping was named Princess Taiping of Zhenguo, their clothes became more and more stable, and their every move exuded mature beauty.
The two people dancing in the hall are as graceful as giants. Princess Taiping's bright green skirt can be said to be "a lotus leaf and a skirt of one color". Shangguan Wan'er, on the other hand, is wearing a red dress with "misty red legs" and is as graceful as a peony.
When I walked out of this painting, I remembered Shangguan Wan'er's epitaph, which read "Long live a thousand years, the sound of pepper flowers". I hope that thousands of years from now, someone will still remember you like me!
The sympathetic friendship between Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping burst out together with the beauty of Chinese culture. The red makeup is fixed, retaining the beauty from ancient times to the present, leaving a startling glimpse in the years.
The costumes in the film are also impressive.
Shen Congwen introduced in "The History of Chinese Clothing": "Women in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were good at dressing up and knew how to dress up. The 'banbi' style spread from the court had double-breasted, pullover, lapel or collarless styles. The sleeves were elbow-length, and the body was as long as the waist. The small belt should be used as a knot on the chest."
The fashionable half-wall style, worn over a narrow-sleeved shirt, has a unique "age-reducing" style. The dress of women in the Tang Dynasty can be described as "unrestrained and lively".
"Palace Music Picture"
The costumes of the Tang Dynasty were diverse. In terms of classification alone, they can be divided into: Luo skirt, pomegranate skirt, moonlight skirt, flower skirt, phoenix tail skirt, flower cage skirt, Ru skirt and other styles.
With such a rich variety for you to choose from, which girl wouldn’t be tempted?
Tang Dynasty high-waisted skirt, picture from Visual China
It was written in "Mo Shang Sang" that "Xiangqi is the lower skirt, and purple qi is the upper jacket." Du Fu wrote in "Beautiful People's Journey", "Embroidered clothes shine in late spring, and golden peacocks and silver unicorns are frowning."
Ouyang Jiong's poem "red-sleeved girls attract each other", and Yuan Zhen's poem "lotus silk shirt and lotus root silk skirt" depict the skirts of the Tang Dynasty in all their beauty, and describe the unique pursuit of clothing by women in the Tang Dynasty.
It is not difficult to see from these poems that bright and bright colors such as red and green were the favorites of Tang women. The word "red skirt" alone appears 16 times in "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty", which shows that red skirt was a color sought after by countless women in the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Dynasty Zhou Fang's "Picture of Ladies with Hairpins", picture from Visual China
The popular red skirts in the Tang Dynasty were mostly pomegranate skirts, which were bright red.The skirt is called "Pomegranate Skirt" because it is dyed with pomegranate flowers.
Bai Juyi wrote in "The Play of the Pipa" that "the clouds on the head of the head are broken when the clouds hit the temples, and the bloody skirt is stained by wine." The pomegranate skirt, singing and dancing, has become a beautiful scenery in the Tang Dynasty.
Historically, clothing has left a strong mark on the beauty of Chinese culture. Nowadays, it is also an era when national trends are shining brightly.
At this year's Winter Olympics, the sportswear worn by athletes combined many elements of national style and was full of memories of the times. The light of Chinese history and culture shines even more brightly at this moment!