The Four most Beautiful Women of Archaic China

XiShi, ZhaoJun Wang, DiaoChan, YuHuan Yang are the four most beautiful women of archaic China. They lived in four different dynasties of China and usually separately described as sink fish, drop birds, shame flowers and close moon to feature their beautiful.

XiShi - Sink Fishes

XiShi was a washing voile beauty in the Yue Kingdom of Spring and Autumn Period. Once time, she was washing voile near the river and the clear water shined her charming figure and made her look more beautiful so that fishes forgot to swim and gradually sank to the river after saw her appearance. Therefore, she had the name "Sink Fishes" and it is popular until now.

ZhaoJun Wang - Drop Wild Geese

During the reign of emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty (48-33 BC), the border was not quiet for the war. In order to appease the relations with XiongNu, a barbarous nation, the emperor Yuan selected ZhaoJun Wang to marry the chieftain of XiongNu.
Therefore she was farewell to her native land and went to the XiongNu country in autumn. She was so sad that played a solemn parting song with her Pipa when she was on the way. The wild geese that were flying to south listened this mournful song and saw the beautiful woman, they forget to swing wings and fell to underground. Since then, ZhaoJun Wang owned this call "Drop Wild Geese".

DiaoChan - Close Moon

It is said that when DiaoChan appreciated the moon in the garden, the cloud covered the moon later and that was seen by Yun Wang, the father of DiaoChan. After that Yun Wang said DiaoChan was more beautiful than moon to others. Therefore, people describe DiaoChan "Close Moon".

YuHuan Yang - Shame Flowers

During the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Yang was selected as a concubine from the folk. After Yang came to royal palace, she missed her home very much. One day, she went to the garden to relax herself and when she saw these blooming flower, she begin to lament her own destiny and touch the flowers with her hands, maybe they are the mimose or other reasons, these flowers closed, and this situation was seen by the maid, so they said Yang was beautiful than flower and they shamed when they say her face.

Until now, if Chinese describe beauties, they also like to use "Sink Fishes", "Drop Wild Geese", "Close Moon", "Shame Flowers" for modern people. Know more the Chinese Four Beauties information, please come here.

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