The ancient eyebrow shape of eyebrow language

Wide eyebrows and thin eyebrows were popular in the pre-Qin period in China, and the length was the standard. "Moth eyebrows" are long and curved, "moths are as small as Huang Die and have picturesque eyebrows". Gang Yunfeng's Textual Research on Mao Poems contains: "Moth, silkworm moth also". The shape of "moth eyebrow" itself is an imitation of the antenna of silkworm moth. The ancients began to draw moth eyebrows, and ordered several decorative points under the eyebrows to symbolize silkworm eggs and show women's identity.

The concept of eyebrow beauty matured in the Six Dynasties. "Daimei" was the main means of beauty and makeup for women in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which continued the early moth eyebrows and long eyebrows. "Dressing Table" contains: "Wei Wudi ordered the imperial secretary to sweep the eyebrows, even eyebrows, a uniform and slender, called fairy moth makeup; Qi Liang has many effects. " "China's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times" also said: "The ladies in Wei Palace painted long eyebrows, and now they are moths to scare doves ... In Tian Liang prison, Emperor Wu asked the imperial palace to make white makeup and green eyebrows." Cao Zhi's Ode to Luoshen in Han Dynasty also has a eulogy of "clouds are like moths and eyebrows", which shows that long eyebrows are still the aesthetic standard of this era. There is a poem in Yan's "Huanxisha": "Every day, the eyebrows fight for the length of painting, and Yunfei is frivolous. Don't marry your heart Spitting wine and stirring words, the flowers are like dancing clothes. A spring burst into tears and said it was bleak. " In this poem, I drew a long finger and a long eyebrow to compare with others. The text of Qin Taoyu's poem "Poor Girl" in the Tang Dynasty: "Her finger embroidery is unparalleled, but she can't compare with thrush."