There is a saying in Yangzhou: "Emperor Yang Di went to Yangzhou, and three thousand beautiful women pulled dragon boats." At that time, Emperor Yang Di took thousands of beautiful women from the harem to Yangzhou to see Qionghua, but they were all assassinated. Thousands of beautiful women accompanied him to take root and sprout in Yangzhou. The best "beauty gene" in China is integrated into Yangzhou. Is there a reason why Yangzhou can't have beautiful women?
There are many beautiful women in Yangzhou, and one of the important reasons is the nourishment of soil and water. Yangzhou is located at the junction of Jianghuai, with four distinct seasons, mild climate, pure water quality and rich products.
"Five Miscellanies" said: "Weiyang lives in the world, and Kawasawa is beautiful, so women are more beautiful."
"Customs" said: "There are many men in the mountains and many women in the water, so there are many women on the land." Yangzhou is also rich in bathing culture, including Huaiyang cuisine. The so-called "Zhong Ling Yu Xiu", one side of the soil and water to raise one side, Yangzhou women will be as fresh as Haitang after the rain.
Beauty is also closely related to the economy. With the opening of the Grand Canal in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yangzhou became the most prosperous city. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yangzhou salt merchants occupied a dominant position in the national salt transportation industry, with dignitaries, poets and poets gathering, feasting and singing. This has also attracted a large number of famous artists and brothels.
Yangzhou women are not only beautiful in appearance, but also elegant, calm and lively. There are many houses of etiquette for poetry, painting and calligraphy in Yangzhou, and there are many literati and writers, and the collection of poetry, painting, piano and books is elegant. At present, there are still many families in Yangzhou who have guzheng, and the dolls are educated since childhood, and the players are mostly women, which is rare in the whole country. There are also many places of interest and gardens in Yangzhou, and there is a tradition of "planting flowers for ten miles counts as farming". Yangzhou women who grew up under the influence of flowers and trees are naturally as beautiful as flowers.
Tears of "thin horse" in Kanggan prosperous time. "Yangzhou thin horse" was once a dusty page of blood and tears in the history of Yangzhou beauty. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dai recorded this mysterious and peculiar social phenomenon in the fifth volume of Tao An Meng Yi Yangzhou Thin Horse.
During the prosperous period of Kanggan in Qing Dynasty, the fat salt merchants in Yangzhou, after playing with many beautiful women, have distorted their human desires and aesthetic concepts, and are no longer interested in "big breasts and fat buttocks" and instead pursue thinness and softness. Unable to satisfy one's animal desires. So, at that time, there was a wind in Yangzhou that was thin and beautiful, and "Yangzhou Thin Horse" was born. Thin women can make a fortune! The ugly business of raising "thin horses" originated in Yangzhou City, and poor families without food and clothing had to sell their thin daughters as "thin horses". Those "professional households" are more than a dozen "thin horses" and as few as four or five. It is not enough to be thin, but also to train flirting, coquetry, playing ball, singing and other skills that can please the "users". When they reach the standard, they will be sold to rich people as maids or prostitutes.
At that time, there were hundreds of "brokers" in Yangzhou city who were doing the "lean horse" business like cattle dealers, some selling matches and some "embarrassed", that is, they were specialized in negotiating livestock transactions. If they can't make money by raising livestock, they turn to the "lean horse" business. As soon as the news that wealthy businessmen want to buy "thin horses" comes out, these women will keep an eye on the buyers and pounce like flies. ...
"City business card" dazzles the present. Nowadays, "Beauty of Yangzhou" and "UN Habitat Award" have become the dazzling business cards of Yangzhou. Today's Yangzhou women have already broken away from the shackles that have bound them for thousands of years and grown up healthily in the sun. They are independent, self-reliant, self-loving and self-reliant, which endows the times with new beautiful connotation and modern temperament.
In recent years, the relevant departments of Yangzhou have held a number of seminars with the theme of "the beauty of Yangzhou" in an effort to create a "beauty culture" in Yangzhou.
In the increasingly popular world economic structure, Yangzhou has good conditions for building a beauty economy. From the market point of view, the loudest slogans in Yangzhou are "Three Knives in Yangzhou", "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou", "Fireworks in March in Yangzhou" and "Beauty in Yangzhou since ancient times". The first three have products and carriers, and the latter should also make a breakthrough.
The stamps and postcards of "The Beauty of Yangzhou Stamp Products Series" have been released to the public, and "The Beauty of Yangzhou" is becoming a dazzling and moving city card in Yangzhou today!