What does it mean to put a red dot in the middle of the baby's makeup forehead? What's it called?

Commonly known as beauty spot, flower bud

Beauty mole is a kind of moral. The old tradition is to stop a red dot on the child's forehead after the child is born to express his expectation and prayer for the child.

Beauty mole comes from jumping carp in Longmen. It is said that yue longmen, a carp, is full of vigor and vitality, with a little red on his forehead. I hope that my children can jump the dragon gate with carp in the future and make great achievements.

Diàn, as the old saying goes, is a flower ornament on the face of ancient women. There are three colors in the bud: red, green and Huang San, with red as the most, and gold and silver as flowers to cover the face. It is a kind of jewelry popular in Tang Dynasty. In addition to plum blossoms, there are all kinds of birds, small fish and ducklings in the bud, which are very beautiful and novel.

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As for the origin of flower buds, according to Song Gaocheng's Miscellaneous Five Elements, Princess Shouyang, the daughter of Liang Wudi in the Southern Song Dynasty, lies on the forehead of plum blossoms under the eaves of Hanzhang Temple every day, and she can't get rid of it. After three days of washing, it collapsed, and the ladies-in-waiting were very strange and competitive.

For some reason, it's called plum blossom makeup or Shouyang makeup. In the Tang Dynasty, there were various complicated shapes besides circles. The bud sticks to the forehead. Tang Liyan's "Continued Mystery Record Engagement Shop" says that Wei Gu's wife often sticks a flower on her forehead. Although she takes a bath and has a rest, she will come for a taste soon.

There are many kinds of materials for cutting flower buds, such as gold foil, paper, fish cheekbones, fish scales and camellia cakes. After cutting, paste it with swim bladder glue or ha glue. According to the image data of unearthed cultural relics handed down from ancient times, there are three colors of flower buds: red, green and Huang San, with red being the most.

In ancient times, there was also a beauty technique of applying cymbals on cheeks, called rubbing your face or smiling. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Mrs. Wu's descendants danced under the crystal coffin after drinking and accidentally injured her cheek.

The white otter bone marrow mixed with amber treated Mrs. Deng's injury, leaving red spots on her face after the injury. Sun He found Mrs. Deng more attractive. Soon, the court and the people rose up and spread to future generations. Liang Jian Deng Wendi's poem: makeup is pale red.

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