Being rich and beautiful means being plump, fat, rich and bright; Warm posture refers to wearing bright, beautiful and confident expressions and postures. From the description of Wu Zetian in the history books, we can draw the conclusion that she won the title and status of "Mei Niang" with her broad forehead, plump cheeks, round and overlapping neck and rich overall image, thus laying the foundation for her to get closer to the power center. Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties in ancient China, is a well-known and eternal model of fat beauty.
Obviously, the implicit and restrained aesthetic appreciation of My Fair Lady in the Tang Dynasty is completely different from that in the Han Dynasty and most ancient times. This "alternative" aesthetic vision is an inevitable feature of that heyday.
First of all, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, people had no worries about food and clothing, just like Du Fu wrote in his poem, "Rice is fat and millet is white, and public and private granaries are abundant", so people have the conditions to eat and wear warm clothes and maintain a healthy and plump body.
Secondly, the Tang Dynasty was open and tolerant. Strong national strength and developed culture have made the Tang people confident and become a highly open country. According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 130 countries in contact with Datang at that time. Influenced and blended by different cultures, Tang people are not limited to tradition, but have a broad vision and enthusiasm.
Third, the lineage of the rulers also determines that the Tang people are closer to their strong bodies. The grandfather of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was big noble's last wish. In other words, at least half of Li Tang's royal blood is Xianbei people, and the nomadic life of Xianbei people creates and needs a wild and strong body. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that several generations of emperors in the Tang Dynasty loved fat women.
At that time, the "rich beauty and warm posture" advocated was by no means a simple plump female posture and a cover-up of clothes. It can be said that this aesthetic orientation is an all-round aesthetic concept, which embodies a strong, open and compatible cultural vision. People in the Tang Dynasty liked peonies, whose patterns were noble and plump. The "Three Colors of the Tang Dynasty" created by the Tang people is full of the image of a fine horse. Yan calligraphy, which had the greatest influence in the Tang Dynasty, was fat, solemn and vigorous.
If we take a broader view, we will find that Chang 'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was the largest capital in the world at that time, with the widest roads and the most magnificent palaces. At that time, China was the center of the world's yearning. All these reflect the vitality and high self-confidence of a nation when it enters a stage of high maturity and vigorous development.