When people describe beauties in all kinds of life, they will use the idiom "Yan is thin and the ring is fat". The Yan here refers to one of the four beauties in history Zhao Feiyan , who is very thin and beautiful; and Huanfei refers to Yang Yuhuan is Yang Guifei . Legend has it that Concubine Yang was very fat, but she was so fat that she was very beautiful. She was one of the four beauties. So how much does Yang Guifei really weigh? Is it still beautiful by today’s standards? Girls who know Concubine Yang’s true weight can’t stop laughing.
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Is it true that fatness is considered beautiful in the Tang Dynasty
The historical views we have seen now all claim that the Tang Dynasty was an era when fatness was considered beautiful. When tracing the origins, most of them come from the artworks of the Tang Dynasty, such as those of the Tang Dynasty. Colorful opera idols and portraits. The characters of the Tang Dynasty in the paintings mostly wear wide robes and long sleeves. The ladies have narrow eyes and round faces, plump figures, and plump figures. They look graceful, luxurious, and dignified. The male characters have a round belly and a round waist, and a huge body, making them look powerful and strong. It is precisely because of these that most historians define the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty as "fat".

This is a matter of opinion and wisdom. The description of the artwork comes from life, and at the same time it must be artistically interpreted. The way of interpretation is exaggeration, which represents the artists' desire to pursue beauty. The postures of people in the Tang Dynasty were often expressed as wide and loose, especially aristocratic men and women, who often looked fat. In fact, it should be said that the positioning of characters in the Tang Dynasty was "dignified".
A dignified image must be round and broad. The ancient Chinese aesthetic also regards curved lines as the most beautiful standard, which comes from the value of "round sky and square earth". The round ones are upward, so in figure paintings, curved lines are often used to express them. This is a nation’s common understanding of beauty.

For example, when we describe beautiful women today, we still use the words "oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, Sanqiuyue complexion, almond-shaped eyes", etc. These aesthetics are based on curved lines, that is, circles. So to be precise, in the Tang Dynasty, circles were regarded as beautiful, and every round shape looked fat and fat. It cannot be said that Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beautiful.
This is just like we say whether a square face is more beautiful or a round face is more beautiful, but when the weight is the same, a round face looks fatter than a square face. This is visual intuition.

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How much did Yang Guifei weigh
From historical materials and unearthed documents, there is no record of Yang Guifei's weight. Therefore, Concubine Yang’s true weight is unknown. However, through some existing information and poetry descriptions, we can draw the following conclusions to help you get to know a Yang Guifei who is different from the legend.
First of all, Yang Guifei should be a mixed-race child of Hu and Han ancestry, with Han and Hu ancestry, so her height is not too short. From the poem describing Yang Guifei's dancing, "The wind blows the fairy mantle fluttering, like a fairy." Nishang Yuyi Dance " From these two sentences, let us see a tall beauty dancing in loose dance clothes, like a fairy, fluttering and ready to fly.

Therefore, Yang Guifei’s height will not be less than 165 centimeters. At 165 centimeters today, she is definitely not a short person, plus she has mixed genes of Han and Hu. It is estimated that Concubine Yang's height will be around 168 centimeters, otherwise she would not have the feeling of ecstasy.
A poem describing Yang Guifei's appearance reads: " The clouds think of her clothes, the flowers think of her face. The spring breeze blows over the threshold, and the dew is thick. If we hadn't seen her on the top of a group of jade mountains, we would have met on Yaotai under the moon." Here Li Bai uses the elements of clouds, flowers, dew, jade, and moon to describe Yang Guifei, and Li Bai is also the poet in history who actually saw Yang Guifei and left poems. Therefore, Li Bai's description should be more realistic.

We can also imagine from these elements that Yang Guifei must be a round beauty, with a round face, plump figure, and fair skin. This kind of image seems to be fat, but in fact it does not look thin, not skinny and beautiful. Like mutton-fat jade, every inch of the curve is rounded.By inference, Concubine Yang weighed 110-120 kilograms using today's standards.
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Is Yang Guifei considered a beauty today?
It is undeniable that according to the above analysis, Yang Guifei is still a tall, round and cute pure-sexual girl today. There are many articles that always deny this view, saying that Yang Guifei is a fat person even today, and they also draw many cartoons to ridicule her.

In fact, in the aesthetics of every era, ugliness is not regarded as beauty. The standards of beauty we see today are basically inherited from the ancient people's standards of beauty. The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. Among the standards of beauty, each dynasty and each generation has continuously optimized and enriched them, and only then have we come up with our evaluation standards for beauty. In addition to "skinny beauty", there are also various aesthetic standards such as "voluptuous beauty".
Skinny beauty is popular today, and women are deliberately pursuing the feeling of being thin. This aesthetic concept probably originated from the influence of European and American aesthetic standards on us. This also benefits from the development of visual arts. In terms of visual imaging and taking photos, a thin person looks better than a plump person. This is undeniable.

But in our Chinese eyes, round little girls still look better than skinny and skinny girls. Therefore, Yang Guifei's image today is also a top beauty.
But if it is a girl today, you tell her that even Concubine Yang weighs close to 120 pounds. When you weigh less than 110 pounds and have to go on a diet to lose weight, these girls probably won't be able to smile. If Yang Guifei's weight standard is really regarded as the current understanding of beauty by girls, I think these girls will go crazy.

Therefore, representative figures appear in every era, such as Zhao Feiyan in the Han Dynasty and Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty. Their beauty is to enrich the standards of beauty. For example, Zhao Feiyan is petite and thin, to Yang Guifei is majestic and dignified, they are all beautiful.
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Conclusion
As long as it is healthy, natural and beautiful, it will be popular at any time and will never go out of style. Living a wonderful life is not defined by just a few beautiful standards. The standard of beauty only brings more confidence and joy to people's lives. Therefore, you don’t have to worry too much about whether it’s the beauty of fatness or the beauty of thinness. Natural and healthy beauty brings variety to life, even the most popular beauty and the best quality beauty. The
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