Tang Dynasty As one of the most prosperous countries in the world at that time, it had a vast territory, prosperous economy and prosperous culture, which attracted many countries to come to learn and exchange culture, and formed a situation where 
,000 countries came to .
It is said that Japan also presented two princesses to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, but after Gaozong favored him, he was overly frightened and put the two princesses in a cage. Why was Gaozong scared by the princesses?
A farce between the Japanese princess and Emperor Gaozong of Tang
In order to show his sincerity, Japan presented two princesses to Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and Emperor Gaozong of Tang naturally accepted this kindness. On weekdays, there are 3,000 beauties in the harem of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, but I have never experienced the taste of this foreign woman.
The anxious Emperor Gaozong of Tang summoned the princess from the Fusang Kingdom that night and searched for fun overnight.
On the second day, after Emperor Gaozong of Tang woke up in a daze, he saw that there was no one around him, so he looked around for the princess. He was looking for it carefully. When he turned around, he scared Emperor Gaozong of Tang to the point of losing his soul , and his heart almost jumped out.
I saw that the Japanese princess had already washed and dressed up, waiting to serve Emperor Gaozong of Tang, but the makeup of the two princesses was extremely terrifying.
They all applied 's face to white , but their lips were red like blood. With a smile, you can still see that the 's teeth are all black 's whole body looks very weird and weird, making people 's creepy .
Emperor Gaozong of Tang was furious and felt that the emperor had lost all his face, so he ordered the Japanese princess to be put in a cage.
After he asked the Japanese envoy, he would send it out. Li Zhi called the eunuch and asked him to invite the Japanese envoy who stayed in the palace to learn Chinese culture to answer his questions and answer questions.
After the Japanese envoy arrived, Emperor Gaozong of Tang angrily accused, "Why do you tease me like this? What kind of ghosts do you have to show off? What's going on in Japan?"
After the Japanese envoy came to Chang'an , he also discovered the makeup of a Chang'an woman, which was far from that of a Japanese woman, and he quickly understood what Emperor Gaozong of Tang said.
Japanese envoy quickly knelt down and apologized, explaining to Emperor Gaozong of Tang that the popular makeup in Chang'an is different from that in Japan, which caused this misunderstanding.
The princesses came to Chang'an and saw that the women's popular makeup applied white powder on their faces. They mistakenly thought that the whiter the entire , the better.
Then the eyebrows are also trimmed into a short and thick shape, while the mouth is only a little red, and it is decorated in the shape of two small petals.
The two princesses did this, just mistakenly thought that this was the makeup that Emperor Gaozong of Tang would like, and wanted to please Li Zhi.
Because the Japanese nobles are with a mouthful of black teeth as beautiful, so when they dress up, they evenly apply toner on the surface of the teeth and apply them to black.
It was the unintentional act of the princesses that frightened Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After listening to the explanation of the Japanese envoy, Emperor Gaozong of Tang asked him to release the Japanese princess from the cage, and comforted him, and then he was included in Emperor Gaozong of Tang's harem.
But Emperor Gaozong of Tang had a "shadow" for this Japanese princess, so he never favored the two of them since then.
The difference between makeup of women in the Tang Dynasty and Japanese geisha
In many film and television dramas related to the Tang Dynasty, people mentioned why they should imitate Japanese geisha makeup. Isn’t this random tampering with history?
is not the case. Although the makeup of the Tang Dynasty was similar to that of the Japanese geisha, the makeup of the Tang Dynasty appeared in around the 7th century AD , and the makeup of the Japanese geisha only appeared in the 17th century AD.
So the makeup of women in the Tang Dynasty was the first. Japanese envoys visited the Tang Dynasty many times to conduct cultural exchanges and study, and also brought the makeup of the Tang Dynasty back to Japan.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty was an extremely open era, giving Dang Dynasty women a passionate and unrestrained personality and a social phenomenon of free pursuit of beauty.
The makeup of women at that time was unique: The eyebrows, the dew, and the flower-die between the eyebrows were all exquisite and poetic.
and Tang Dynasty uses whiteness as beauty, so you will use lead powder to apply evenly on your face, whitening your face, and apply rouge to bright red.
, and the most popular flower style should be painted between the eyebrows, and then two red dots on both sides of the corners of the mouth to make a smile.
This is the expression of the gorgeous enthusiasm of the Tang Dynasty women in their makeup, and although Japan also uses white background as a facial expression.
But it was because there were no electric lights in Japan in the past, so I could only rely on candles and oil lamps to illuminate. If you didn’t apply your face to white, you would be unable to see clearly under the dim light.
A careful observation can also be found that women in the Tang Dynasty used a lot of makeup on red, which can show the enthusiasm and unrestrainedness of women in the Tang Dynasty.
Japanese makeup is a bit subtle compared to the makeup of women in the Tang Dynasty, but it also reflects the softness of Japanese women. Both are products brought about by cultural differences.
