Chinese women have a very unusual
appearance. The strong social pressure in
ancient China has led to the fact that females
do not just want to be beautiful, but they are
obliged to be so. Chinese beauty standards
have endured tremendous changes over
thousands of years, but as before and today
also they hit with their uniqueness, reaching
even to the extreme.
Ancient China: the beauty standards and the
pain
A woman in ancient China played a secondary
role. Her status was reduced to the role of a
daughter, wife and mother. Men dominated
both in society and in the family, their voice
was decisive in all matters, and a woman used
to be weak and defenseless. What was the
ideal Chinese beauty?
1. One of the most chanted parts of the
body were eyebrows. Perfect eyebrows -
curved, bright, thin. Eyebrows were often
compared to a crescent or moth
antennae.
2. Eyes had to be elongated with lifted
external corners.
3. Ancient Chinese beauty used to have a
small mouth. She often covered her lips
with a red structure resembling a
modern lipstick.
4. A face had to be necessarily elongated
and tapered to a chin. The distance
between eyes needed to be equal to the
length of an eye. A face was divided
into horizontal and vertical sectors,
each of which had to be enforced by
relevant proportions.
5. As in Europe, in China since ancient
times light skin was appreciated a sign
of aristocracy. However, in addition
Chinese women had to own except a
white skin also a pinkish hue on it,
representing the perfect harmony of
white and red.
6. Feet like lotus flowers. The most erotic
part of the female body according to
the ancient Chinese men were tiny feet.
The ideal length of the feet was 3 inch.
Of course, such a foot length was not
natural. Chinese women artificially
reduced the size of a foot through the
practice of bandaging.