But it also reveals all the troubles of women from this small mirror. Behind a woman's self-pleasure, there are joys and sorrows bound by the person she loves. Let's look at the tips on beauty, skin care and dressing up through three kinds of mirrors in A Dream of Red Mansions.
? First, you can always keep your beauty with the mirror in your hand. In ancient times, with the increasing attention and demand for mirrors, mirrors experienced the evolution from stone mirrors to bronze mirrors and then to glass mirrors. After Emperor Kangxi set up a glass factory to produce glassware including glass mirrors, glass mirrors officially entered the lives of ordinary people. The most common first kind of mirror in life is a small mirror that can be held by hand. This kind of small mirror is convenient for women to make up, so that they can see what is wrong with the tiny part of makeup, so that they can make up their makeup at any time and keep beautiful at all times.
Physical cosmetic mirror. For the convenience of daily makeup, hand-held glasses are widely used in life, among which target glasses and diamond-shaped small glasses are more common.
The target mirror is a kind of mirror with a handle, which is convenient for people who need to dress up to check their makeup. Among them, Qingwen was sick and posted "Yvonne" target mirror for 52 times, and Pinger dressed up for spring exploration for 55 times.
Qingwen asked Wang Xifeng for some western medicine "Yvonne" to stick on her temple because of her cold. Because she wanted to post it herself, she used a target mirror. Tanchun housekeeper was so angry by her biological mother, Aunt Zhao, that she cried in public, so she had to wash her face and make up in front of everyone, while my little daughter stood by with makeup remover and a target mirror. The ancients attached great importance to make-up, and Tanchun naturally made up when she cried.
A small diamond mirror, as its name implies, is a small diamond mirror. This is a small mirror that can be put in a woman's cosmetic box. Zi Juan will take care of sick Baoyu. When he is well, Zijuan will pack up his dowry and go back. Baoyu saw the mirror in her dressing box and insisted on bringing a small diamond mirror, saying it was convenient to go out, so Zijuan gave it to him.
Mirrors have been round since ancient times. Later, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because of the development of the Silk Road, the communication between China and the West was very prosperous. Reflected in the production of bronze mirrors, not only the shape of the mirror has broken the previous circle, but also new mirror shapes such as diamond mirror, square mirror and octagonal mirror have appeared, and new ornamentation and techniques have been developed, such as mother-of-pearl, wrong gold and wrong silver and other new technologies.
A romantic treasure with symbolic significance. A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel interwoven with deification and realism. When there is a truth that can't be clearly explained in reality, Cao guild shows the truth through deified things, and there is a "romantic mirror" in the book that can cure diseases. This mirror is called "Zhao Zi" because Song Taizu's grandfather is called Zhao Jing. In order to avoid taboo, people changed the mirror to "Zhao" or "sword", so they called the bronze mirror "or" bronze sword ".
This mirror was given by a lame Taoist to save the reputation of Gary and Wang Xifeng when they fell in love. The front of this mirror is a skull, and the back is Wang Xifeng's beautiful face. This mirror is the contrast between desire and reality. If Gary falls into an unnecessary lust and wants to save his reputation, he will restrain himself, but he can't always listen to the doctor's advice, so he is doomed to ruin. One of the titles of this novel is Yue Feng's Treasure Mirror. If this mirror is a symbol of lust and all prosperity, then the emotion in A Dream of Red Mansions is to correctly understand and accept it, not to be ruthless, not to be trapped by it.
Second, the mirror placed in the makeup class has enough time to create the most beautiful makeup. In addition to the small hand-held mirror in the book, the mirror that can be placed in the makeup category appears the most. Just like every woman has her own dressing table now, at that time, women also made their own makeup and generally didn't mix with others. Among them, everyone keeps their own suitable beauty and skin care artifacts, so that the mirrors placed can give everyone enough time to create a beautiful makeup. Why does it take a long time for a woman to dress up? Because they just want you to see the best.
The morning makeup on the mirror is beautiful in color, which describes Daiyu. Baoyu needs personal maids like xiren to serve, wash and dress every day, so most of the things he sees are just right. However, Baoyu went to see Daiyu twice while Daiyu was still washing her face. At this time, she will always be the most beautiful in her memory.
Baoyu will tell Daiyu before he leaves when he is preparing for school at home. At that time, Daiyu was dressing under the window, and Baoyu said that she was going to school. Daiyu said with a smile, "Well, I must decide when the bright moon will come. I can't see you off. " Baoyu said, "Good sister, I won't eat unless it snows. I'll make rouge cream after I come. "
Daiyu was dressing under the window and looked back at Baoyu's teasing, which was also beautiful. Baoyu turned back to the slave's mouth at this time, but he was always worried about Daiyu, always thinking of asking more questions and staying a little longer. An essential step in a woman's dressing process is to apply rouge, which is why Baoyu asked Daiyu to wait for him to come back.
In fact, rouge is not just what we now think of as lipstick. At that time, it should be a general term for lipstick and blush. Generally, it is mashed with flowers and added with oil and animal bone marrow to meet different needs. Its invention is a kind of welfare for women, because the cosmetics made in this way can make the face beautiful without damaging the skin. Making rouge is also a way for Baoyu to favor girls.
Pinger looked at yee Justin's mirror and felt particularly beautiful. Pinger was wronged for no reason on Wang Xifeng's birthday. Baoyu and xiren took Pinger to Hongyi Hospital to calm down. Pinger cried because of injustice, and her makeup was spent. Baoyu was inconvenient to take care of Pinger because of his status. This time, he just did his duty.
Baoyu prepared a full set of cosmetics for Pinger. First, it is made of Hosta, and then two cheeks are coated with purple jasmine powder, such as rose cream, which is also the rouge cream used by Daiyu. These cosmetics are not bought from the outside market, which means that these skin care products are handmade.
Baoyu provided things and taught Pinger how to use them. Pick a little with a hairpin and put it on the palm of your hand, then add some water to your lips, so that your hand can hit your cheek. Hair is a person's second face, and the last thing that needs to be modified is hair. Baoyu cut off a hairpin and put it on Pinger's head.
Pinger looked at herself in the mirror and felt better than usual. Her cheeks were sweet, partly because Baoyu's cosmetics were really good, and partly because Pinger felt that she was respected and protected. I feel warm inside, which is why she feels particularly beautiful. Pinger strives for survival under the influence of Xi 'an and Jia Lian's lewdness, not to mention taking care of herself. It's hard enough for her to properly maintain the tripartite relationship. Maybe she was hurt this day, but she also got a rare guardian.
Baoyu combs her hair for Musk Moon in front of the pencil case. In the evening, xiren fell ill and slept. Musk asked all the little girls to go out and look after the house by themselves. Baoyu knew Musk Moon's mind and thought it would be better to stay with him. Because he thought she got up early and said her hair was itchy, he decided to stroke her hair.
Hearing this, Sheyue removed the cosmetic box and stationery, took off the hairpin and smoothed her hair. Baoyu took the hairpin and combed it one by one. ..... Baoyu smiled in the mirror: "He just grinds his teeth all over the room." Hearing this, Musk Moon waved his hand at the mirror, and Baoyu understood.
The stationery cosmetic box here is a combination of a pencil case and a toilet mirror. The pencil case is a small lockable storage box, but it is more beautiful. In order to facilitate women's makeup, a mirror table is added at the top of the pencil case, and there are a pair of doors on the front of the lower drawer, which can be locked and sealed at any time. This can not only retain the function of the previous stationery cosmetic box, but also consolidate the function of makeup. However, such a treasure chest can not be owned by any girl, only a girl like Jia can have it.
Baoyu always has a function, that is, to find those who are alone. He can always give comfort and companionship at the first time. He also happened to find a waiting musk moon. It may not be so convenient to wash your hair in ancient times, so they shaved off dandruff and lice hidden in their hair with braids.
Husband and wife caress their eyebrows in the mirror, which is also the beauty of harmony between husband and wife that ancient women want. Women all over the world are willing to marry love, hoping to be as loving as ever and grow old with their husbands. The boudoir pleasure of flirting with the mirror is also a couple's happiness that many people can't reach.
In ancient times, newly-married women offered tea to their parents-in-law the next day. Before they install it, they may ask their husbands, "Stop wearing makeup and ask them in a low voice." At this time, as long as a man simply praises his wife, then this day is sunny. What woman doesn't like her own woman?
This kind of wedding happiness may only appear when Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian are newly married, but time flies and the original years have long been lost. However, if any woman in A Dream of Red Mansions is likely to get such happiness, I think it is Daiyu. The name of Daiyu is explained by Baoyu, and Daiyu is the ink that can be used to thrush. The following is a description of Daiyu's black eyebrows. Does it also imply that Daiyu is also a girl who can get such love?
Third, the big mirror set by the mirror can reflect the beauty of a woman's face in the last step of preparing for a trip. Then the big mirror can reflect the beauty of a woman's dress, and adjust her hairstyle and clothing through the mirror, which is the last step to go out or receive guests.
Baoyu is probably the only person in A Dream of Red Mansions who pays more attention to clothing collocation and decoration than girls, because there is a big mirror in his room. This mirror is naturally prepared for Baoyu who loves beauty. Baoyu, as the master of the Jia family, has a lot of red tape to obey every day. He may change several sets of clothes for the guests, such as clothes for going out, household clothes at home, pajamas, etc. In a word, this dressing mirror is decent and useful.
This kind of dressing mirror has other meaningful functions besides serving as a mirror's dressing reference function. This mirror shows Granny Liu herself, because she has never seen such a mirror before, and she is still talking to herself. Baoyu also dreamed of another Zhen Baoyu in parallel time and space because of this mirror. There is a saying in A Dream of Red Mansions that "one is the moon in the water, and the other is the flower in the mirror", and the mirror is the place where people know and discover themselves.
Generally speaking, the mirrors in A Dream of Red Mansions can be roughly divided into three categories. The first kind is a small mirror that can be held by hand, which is convenient for makeup or easy to move at any time. The second kind of mirror is placed before makeup, which is mainly convenient for women to use when making up. Because makeup takes a long time, the mirror that can be placed can meet this requirement; The third kind of large-scale dressing mirror, as a convenient collocation of clothes, is the final perfection of the overall makeup, and it is also an essential mirror. In A Dream of Red Mansions, beauty makeup is a kind of culture, but mirror makeup as a reference is also a kind of culture. A close reading may reveal the beauty of the mirror, and also reveal that the mirror decorates the beauty of life.
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