It is recorded in the history books that "the king of Chu starved to death in the palace with a thin waist" means that the ladies-in-waiting and concubines tried their best to make themselves thinner in order to satisfy the abnormal aesthetic of the king of Chu Ling. Even some ladies-in-waiting swallow cloth to make their bellies smaller. Moreover, in the imperial court, officials with thin waists can be reused, but officials with big waists will be dismissed. For their own careers, officials often only eat one meal a day to keep fit, which leads to their depression because they don't have enough to eat.
During the Han Dynasty, a very thin woman appeared, and she was Zhao. According to legend, Zhao is light enough to dance in the palm of a person's hand. Emperor Han Chengdi was worried that she would be blown away by the wind, and he also built a Qibao shed for her. There was a minister in the Jin Dynasty. In order to test whether his concubines were thin or not, he scattered scraps of agarwood on the bed and let the concubines pass by one by one. If you leave footprints, it proves that this concubine is too fat and needs to lose weight.
In the Yuan Dynasty, in order to promote metabolism, people invented the method of losing weight with bristle brush. Later, in the Ming Dynasty, the girls learned the method of girding their waists to reduce their food intake. However, this method is also accompanied by certain risks. If the waist is tied too tightly, the ribs may puncture the internal organs.
Today, with the development of science and technology, there are many new ways to lose weight, but all of them should put health first and then pursue a good figure.