Is there a big gap between ancient aesthetics and modernity?

Since the Tang Dynasty or even earlier, the gap between ancient people's aesthetics and modernity is still relatively large. Since the Tang Dynasty, people's aesthetics have gradually become unified. Modern beauty can still attract the attention of former people. They have a face as beautiful as flowers and jade, and they can be charming when they smile. Different dynasties have different standards of beauty. Beauty is chosen by the public, and everyone thinks that beauty is the real beauty.

There were fewer popular beauties in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Women usually apply some flower yellow on their foreheads, commonly known as "forehead yellow makeup", and their cheeks are red. Maybe it is strange for modern people to look at such clothes. For contemporary people, "yellow makeup on the forehead" is the most beautiful symbol of women. In the Tang Dynasty, it was very popular for women to be fat, such as Yang Yuhuan, one of the "four beauties of ancient times". She is slightly fat, but her face value is very high. The baby fat on her face does not affect her beauty at all. In people's eyes, she is beautiful. Modern people's eyes are different from those of that time. They all think that the beauty of bones is the real beauty. With a protruding figure, even if the face value is not high, it will add a few points to its charm.

After the Tang Dynasty, the aesthetics of modern people and ancient people tended to be unified. In particular, the women in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are gentle and sincere, with extraordinary temperament, which coincides with modern women. Their figure is moderate and their faces are symmetrical, which is very in line with the aesthetics of contemporary people. Modern people will find that there is not much difference between the beauty in their hearts and the beauty in front of them after consulting the materials and understanding the women's clothing at that time.

No matter how different the aesthetics of ancient people and modern people are, there are definitions and standards of beauty. In the eyes of different people, there are high and low standards of beauty. Beauty in appearance is not real beauty. You should learn to be kind to others and serve them with virtue. Virtue naturally enhances one's charm.