Another name for ancient beauty:
1, use the adjective "beautiful" to express beauty.
Chan Juan: It describes graceful and elegant posture, and then it is used to refer to beauty, or the moon.
"In Luo Qi, I met an old friend, Shan Juan." (Liu Yong's Jade Butterfly)
2. Wear clothes and cosmetics instead of beautiful women.
Red Cui: "Red Cui" is the provincial name of "Red Cui Sleeve" or "Red Scarf Cui Sleeve".
"The Red Cuidou is a long-sleeved dancer, and the fragrant sandalwood has been shot." (Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Xian's "Dead Hua Lian")
3. Replace beauty with jade
At first, it refers to beauty as jade, and later it is gradually used to refer to beauty.
"Holding wine in Chun Qing and playing the flute at night, I still remember Yujiao's face." ("Southern Song Dynasty Gao")
Step 4 replace beauty with moths
"Moth" and "moth" are common, and the original meaning refers to silkworm moth. Because of its long, thin and curved tentacles, it was used to describe women's eyebrows and later became synonymous with beauty.
"Yaotai smiles skillfully, and the jade cup kills two moths." (Don Chen Ziang's "Feeling" poemNo. 12)
5. Replace beautiful women with fairies, people's names or plant names.
In ancient times, the names of fairies or beauties were often used to refer to beauties.
"February 28th beauty 79 lang, rustling white hair and red makeup. Help the dove laugh into a mandarin duck, and a pear tree presses the begonia. " (Qing Liu listens to art, in Garden magazine)
6. Use "exaggeration" to express the best beauty.
National color: refers to a woman who has extremely outstanding beauty and is the best in a country.
"Singers are also national colors." (The Warring States Period, Qi Gong Yang Gao, Ten Years Biography of Yang Gong)