In the Ming dynasty, the court beauty pageant was one in a hundred. What other strict rules make beauty contests difficult?

The court beauty pageant in the Ming Dynasty had very standardized procedures and requirements, and the requirements were also very strict. Every year, when the emperor takes part in the beauty pageant, the folk marriage will stop. All women between the ages of 13 and 16 must wait for the beauty contest. One of the requirements of beauty pageant is running, which makes many beautiful women feel very hard.

In the first round of the beauty contest, it is the selection of appearance. In this round, experienced eunuchs will examine all women who run for the election, and all women who are not fit for the emperor in size and height will be excluded. In a word, leave a girl who can please the emperor.

The second round of beauty pageant is to examine women's words, deeds and physical details. In this round, the eunuchs in charge of screening will carefully look at women's skin, hair, figure and feet, and have a dialogue to find out whether their mouths are clear and their teeth are neat and clean. Anything that doesn't match can't enter the next round. This kind of meticulous investigation will make many women eliminated.

The third round is to test women's body fragrance, which is a survey that makes beautiful women miserable. At this stage, eunuchs should "explore their breasts, smell their armpits and touch their skin". At that time, they thought that only a woman with body odor could be worthy of the emperor. The detection method is also very simple and rude: let the woman run and sweat, and then smell the body fragrance. But we should know that at that time, women had to wrap their feet, and it was a little difficult for them to walk, let alone run. But many of them have to pass this test to enter the palace, so many beautiful ninjas have to run and sweat hard in pain and fatigue, so that they have a chance to pass the test.

After the third round, there are still many tests, but none of them are as uncomfortable as running. Therefore, if you want to prosper, you must go through some hardships first.