Recently, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" was broadcast, and Zhong Chuxi played the role of "Empress Wu", which made Wu Zetian once again arouse discussion among netizens. As the only empress in Chinese history, many film and television dramas have been created around this legendary figure, her love and hate, killing decisions, merits and demerits, projecting enough rich and full female emotions, and constantly stimulating people's imagination and interpretation of Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian" stills.
Many female stars have also played Wu Zetian, and the image of the empress has always been a topic of discussion. Historically, Wu Zetian's reign greatly promoted the makeup style at that time, and the women's clothing style was more daring, pursuing gorgeous and strong color collisions, and the "pomegranate skirt" gradually became a favorite clothing for women, and even the empress herself left a sentence"If you don't believe it, you often cry, and open the box to check the pomegranate skirt".
We still talk about the phrase "bow down under the pomegranate skirt", and here the "pomegranate skirt" was the popular costume at that time. If you follow the current fashionable context, the "pomegranate skirt" can probably be summarized into the classic items of the Tang Dynasty, mainly because of its red color like pomegranate, so it is named. There is also a saying that the meaning of pomegranate has many seeds, and people's good wishes for life and reproduction are expressed.
Tang Zhou Fang hairpin lady picture scroll.
Looking through the documents, paintings, and cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty, you can find a large number of garnet-colored red dresses in them. In the Tang Dynasty's "Palace Music Map", a beauty born in garnet red was depicted, and short undergarments, shawls, and long skirts were the "basic three-piece sets" at that time. In many Tang Dynasty murals and figurines, pomegranate skirts can be seen as "C-position items".
Don, lady picture.
We can often get a glimpse of some epitomes of the times from popular clothing. The social environment of the Tang Dynasty was open, pluralistic and aesthetic, and women had a higher social status, so they were not stingy with their beauty, dressed boldly, gracefully and generously, and loved colorful costumes and decorations, especially the red pomegranate skirt, which was a popular fashion.
Tang, palace maid, Shaanxi History Museum.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty also had remarkable achievements in silkworm and silk weaving, and safflower dyeing technology also developed more maturely during this period. These have made a little foreshadowing for the popularity of pomegranate skirts.
Among the many "buyer shows" of pomegranate skirts, Wu Zetian is one of the very special existences. The sentence in the song "Ruyi Niang" mentioned at the beginning "I don't believe it is better to cry than to open the box and check the pomegranate skirt" shows her love for pomegranate skirts. When she wrote this poem, she was still Wu Meiniang, and she used this poem to tell Emperor Gaozong how much she missed him - if you don't believe that I have been sad and tearful because of lovesickness recently, then open the box and look at the tear stains on my pomegranate skirt.
Daming Palace Ci" stills.
Legend has it that at this time, Wu Meiniang was trapped in the Ganye Temple, and was in a downturn for four years in her life, precisely because this poem evoked the heart of Emperor Gaozong, and summoned Wu Meiniang back to the palace, and since then she has been "career luck" all the way, and has become the empress Wu Zetian.
A pomegranate skirt, a lovesick dream.
Wu Zetian" stills.
Wu Zetian not only led the fashion at that time, but later she also enshrined a pomegranate skirt in Famen Temple, which has been preserved to this day. Looking at it another way, is this considered the empress's "good thing recommendation"?
The pomegranate skirt has gradually become synonymous with feminine beauty from a woman's favorite clothing, and has been included in the creative vision of many literati and artists. In their writings, the women in pomegranate dresses are undoubtedly beautiful and fascinating. Tang Wan Chu said in "Five Days of Viewing Tricks":"The eyebrows are daylily colored, and the red dress is jealous of the pomegranate flowers. ”Even the pomegranate flowers are extremely jealous of the delicacy of the red dress, and in today's words, this is probably a kind of "killing the Quartet" beauty.
Tang Minghuang" stills.
As early as the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, He Sicheng's "Nanyuan Beauty", the word "pomegranate skirt" was mentioned: "The wind rolls the grape belt, and the sunshine pomegranate skirt." In the Tang Dynasty, there were many poets, how could they miss the material of "pomegranate skirt"?
Painted ladies and earthenware figurines, cultural relics in the collection of Shenzhen Museum.
Bai Juyi is the "number one fan" of this red dress, and has mentioned it many times in his works. In "Official Residence", he wrote, "There are many red and purple together, and only the old envoy is inherited." Move the boat Mulan and walk the pomegranate skirt. "On the river, I happened to see a woman in a pomegranate skirt pouring herself a drink in the painting boat, and such a beautiful woman full of vitality is indeed unforgettable. "Mountain Pomegranate Sends Yuan Jiu" He wrote again, "The inscription poem reports to me what the clouds are, and the bitter clouds are like pomegranate skirts." ”
Bai Juyi: I love to read and write.
Stills from "Demon Cat Turn".
Du Xianyan also wrote in "The Drama Presents Zhao Envoy Jun Beauty"."The red, pink and green are reflected in Chuyun, and the peach blossoms are immediately pomegranate skirts. ”The concubine of Zhao Zhijun written in the poem, the peach blossoms are decorated with pomegranate skirts, and she is riding on horseback. "The small fish is horizontal with jade sideburns, and the pomegranate skirt is dyed with elephant yarn light, turning graceful. This sentence comes from Yan Xuan's "Poppy Beauty", just the combination of these words makes me feel that the image of a beauty is born in front of me.
Tang Dynasty painted female figurines with fallen buns.
In the Song Dynasty, Yan Jidao also mentioned the "new pomegranate skirt of the imperial yarn" in "Appealing to the Heart", which delicately described women's clothing; Until the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tang Yin still wrote in "Plum Concubine Smelling Fragrance" that "plum blossoms are fragrant all over pomegranate skirts", which shows that the popularity of pomegranate skirts has not stopped with the change of dynasties, and is still loved by women who love beauty.
The sixty-second episode of "Dream of Red Mansions" Xiangling's love for pomegranate skirt Li Xiangling changed the pomegranate skirt of the attacker, linking the "pomegranate skirt" with the fate of Xiangling and the attacker, and attaching a more fantastical color to it.
Don, lady picture.
Through the "pomegranate skirt", we can feel the extreme prosperity and vitality of the Tang Dynasty, clothing is often the external embodiment of the style and demeanor of the times, from the uncivilized "no silk linen, clothing and feather skin" to "the Yellow Emperor Yao Shun hangs clothes and the world rules", and then to the fashion week held on time every year, the social and cultural tone of each era is linked to people's most daily life. Time rolls forward, the clothing still retains the imprint of history, or directly presented, or indirectly reflected through poems, paintings and other carriers, the bloom of the pomegranate skirt may be sometimes, but the elegance of history has never fallen.