People who have seen some ancient film and television dramas should find a phenomenon in which the generals are all heroic and domineering. However, is this the reality? People who have seen the portraits of ancient generals should be able to find clues. There are many generals, including Guan Yu, Yue Fei and Qi Jiguang, who are all paunchy, so why are ancient generals generally paunchy?
1. Generals are generally older.
We can compare some star players with ancient generals. Before they became famous, they had to fight on the court every day, so they kept in good condition. However, after retiring, they began to gain weight, just like the alien Lolado. This is the same as the ancient generals. Generally speaking, the generals are not young and have been fighting on the battlefield for many years. It is natural to get fat when you are appointed as a general. 2. Fat can store more energy
Anyone who has studied biology should know that fat can store more energy and also play a role in keeping out the cold. Like polar bears, they rely on fat to resist the cold in the Arctic. In ancient times, people were not as hungry and clothed as they are now. This is especially true in military camps, sometimes marching hundreds of miles a day, plus ancient generals wearing armor and holding heavy weapons every day. If you don't have enough fat, just relying on muscles is not enough. Plus, they hang their heads on their belts every day, so they won't be in the mood to pay attention to their bodies. For those who lick blood on the knife edge, it is not easy to meet a delicious meal, and naturally they will not let go of such food. No one knows which comes first, tomorrow or death. It's better to be full of dead fools than hungry fools. So many generals are overeating, which also leads to many generals being paunchy.
General seldom takes the lead.
Anyone who has read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms knows that, generally speaking, when the two armies confront each other, the generals of both sides will sign up first, and then fight for hundreds of rounds. After the generals win the battle, the soldiers will go to war. However, this is not the case. Just like the modern war drama we see, generals will go to the battlefield in person, but they will not charge at the front, but serve as front commanders. This is the truth, so it seems that there is usually more mental work. As mentioned earlier, the general is older. In addition, he is engaged in mental work and has a carriage and sedan chair when he goes out. Therefore, compared with the generals who rushed to the front, those generals were naturally treated much better and had a big belly.
Painters usually draw one for the general? The general's stomach
If you sink fish and fall wild geese, you will be ashamed of flowers when you close the moon. Among them, the wild goose is Wang Zhaojun. At first, Wang Zhaojun didn't want to bribe the painter, which made her ugly and didn't attract the emperor's favor. The same is true of military commanders. For the sake of their own image, painters generally ask to draw a general's belly for themselves. Why is this?
Every era is different. In the Tang Dynasty, fat was the beauty, and most military commanders were proud of their strong waists. A strong waist will make people feel more powerful and domineering. In ancient times, a general was often described as:? Nine feet tall and ten waist wide? It is understandable to be nine feet tall, but it is puzzling to be ten feet wide at the waist. Is it ugly and dull? However, in the ancient concept, waist width is the best figure. Just like people like to lose weight nowadays.