In which dynasty did the female thrush begin?

As early as the Warring States period, women who loved beauty began to turn themselves into beautiful women with lead powder and black thrush.

Thrush is one of the most traditional makeup techniques for ancient women. Han Feizi once recorded: "So, it is good to be buttercup, and the beauty of beauty is not good for my face." It's twice as good as using powder. " Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South" also said: "White and black, Shi Fangze is talented ... blue and straight, beautiful eyes." It shows that as early as the Warring States period, women who love beauty began to shave with lead powder and turn themselves into beautiful women with black thrush.

The "Dai" used by early female thrush was made of a bluish-black ore called "Shi Dai", and musk and other spices were added.

In the Han dynasty, thrush became more and more common, and the more you painted, the better you looked. "Miscellanies of Xijing" wrote: "Sima Xiangru's wife, Wen Jun, has an eyebrow like a distant mountain. When she was young, she painted a distant eyebrow." This means drawing your eyebrows long, curved and green, as beautiful as a distant mountain. Later, it was developed to use jade thrush, which was also very popular in the court.

Yan Shigu in the Tang Dynasty recorded in Memorabilia that when Emperor Yangdi Yang Di was in power, silk ribbons made by Persians were introduced to the court and were cherished by empresses. This kind of ribbon, also known as moth green, has been used by later generations. Yang Di likes to see Wu Jiangxian's favorite thrush. He always "leans against the curtain and never leaves".

In China's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times, it is said that Yang Guifei "wears heavy makeup and black eyebrows". At that time, people regarded this as a new way of makeup, and called it "new makeup". No wonder Xu Ning wrote in his poem: "When the new makeup is thrown away, the six palaces fight for the black eyebrows."

In the Song Dynasty, the emerald green "green finches with black hair" introduced from the western regions was popular, such as Song Sushi's "Two Rhymes Answer Professor Guan Yu's Ink Collection": "Smell five hooves, give them moth green, and do not hesitate to ask for marrow." "Chunzhou Qu" in the text: "Shaoguang is dyed like a moth, and the green, wet and red fresh water are charming."

In the Song Dynasty, Yan Dao Ji described in "Six Commandments": "Come to Cuimei Palace late and learn from the distant mountains skillfully." "The Story of Mizhuang Terrace" said, "Wei Wudi ordered the imperial court to draw blue eyebrows and eyebrows, which were very long and called fairy makeup." Instead, the use of black eyebrows has become a new thing in the popularity of Cui eyebrows.

The Song Dynasty restored the fashion of the Han Dynasty.