Traditions -> Clothing and Ornaments

Ancient Cosmetic(1) Wearing Beauty Spots

: Young women all wear short jackets, which are mainly white, black, and red, buttoned on the...

: The Lahu ethnic minority lives mainly in Yunnan Province, South China. In the very early period,...

: There are many branches of the Yi minority group, so the costumes in different places vary. The...

Modern women's "flowerpieces", the beauty spots worn to cover freckles and facial blemishes, were created by Shang Guan Shi, a supervisor of palace women in the Tang Dynasty. Before the year of Dali (766-780), the wives of government officials and high-status scholars were a vicious and jealous lot. At the slightest provocation, they scarred the faces of maids or concubines with marks which were so common that various types had names such as "coin spot" or "crescent moon spot".

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