It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guifei was favored because she was overweight

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Yang Guifei is not only beautiful and vibrant, but also talented and skilled, and no one can compare with her. Yang Guifei is nothing else but beautiful, graceful and graceful, and extremely stunning. In our impression, people in the Tang Dynasty regarded obesity as beauty. Some people say that Yang Guifei was very fat, but this statement is incorrect and inappropriate. Yang Guifei was just very plump.
Why was Yang Guifei favored by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?
(1) Yang Guifei is versatile and skilled in singing and dancing
There are historical records that Yang Guifei was indeed very beautiful and skilled in singing and dancing. We all know that Mr. Mei Lanfang’s beloved play is called ‘Drunken Concubine’, which shows that Yang Guifei has a great influence on Chinese culture. Because ‘The Drunken Concubine’ is completely positive, it is a highly challenging and difficult play to portray.
The life that Yang Guifei yearns for is very simple. She does things she likes every day, such as singing and dancing. Her hobbies are also very limited, like eating lychee and taking a shower. In the song ‘Song of Everlasting Regret’, the phrase ‘Spring Cold bestows a bath at Huaqing Pool’ describes Yang Guifei taking a bath, ‘Hot Spring Water Smoothes and Cleanses Cream’, and describes Yang Guifei’s exceptionally good skin.
We all think that Yang Guifei was favored by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang because she was beautiful, but in fact, she was not.
At the level of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei, it cannot be solely based on appearance, but mainly refers to overall temperament. The so-called beauty on Yang Guifei’s body does not only refer to her appearance, but also to her temperament. From the inside out, Yang Guifei is extremely beautiful, which includes various factors.
Yang Guifei is a woman who is both internally and externally beautiful, with exceptional talent and the ability to drink. Her appearance, whether drunk or not, is quite attractive. How could Emperor Xuanzong not love her?
(2) Yang Guifei may be a beauty with small breasts
Yang Guifei was very talented among the Four Great Beauties of ancient times. Emperor Xuanzong favored Yang Guifei and accompanied her to take a bath every day. The reason why Tang Xuanzong accompanied Yang Guifei every day was because he liked her body shape – plump and fair.
Bathing in the Tang Dynasty was very luxurious, and the pool used by Yang Guifei for bathing was quite luxurious. There was a hole in the middle of the pool as the water inlet, and a lotus nozzle was connected to the base to connect with the water source. The hot springs sprayed out from the lotus nozzle, causing water mist to rise everywhere. It is said that it was a love gift given by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to Yang Guifei.
Cao Xueqin counted the beauty of over a hundred women, and not a single word described a woman’s chest. The ancients believed that these two pieces of meat were tools for nursing a child, and they did not think that they were related to the beauty of your body. In the ancient people’s thinking, regardless of gender, they believed that having a small chest was not beauty, but rather ugliness. From this, it can be seen that Yang Guifei may be a beauty with small breasts.
Another reason is what situation did ancient people face? Most girls get married and have children at the age of thirteen or fourteen. At this time, women have not fully developed, so how can they have breasts? In the past, ancient people believed that two pieces of meat had nothing to do with beauty, but now women would rather give up life than undergo surgery because of it. This is a different concept.
(3) How fat is Yang Guifei?
We all think that Yang Guifei is very fat, but in fact, she is not fat at all. We have all been misled by the historical books of the Song Dynasty, saying that Yang Guifei is fat, but they have never seen her.
Bai Juyi, who was contemporary with Yang Guifei, is still more reliable. In “Song of Everlasting Regret”, Bai Juyi describes Yang Guifei’s appearance in the bath as “the servant is powerless to help her up”. If Yang Guifei weighs 150 pounds, would she look weak and powerless?
Tang Xuanzong also chose slender and pure white women for his children’s concubines. If Yang Guifei was really big and rough, Tang Xuanzong would not be so obsessed with her.
Yang Guifei is only slightly overweight, she has gained weight in all the areas that should be overweight, but she is very thin in the areas that should not be overweight. Moreover, people in the Tang Dynasty favored women who were slightly plump and plump, not those who were neither fat nor greasy.
However, no matter how beautiful Yang Guifei is, she also has a drawback, which is that she snores loudly while sleeping. This habit has always troubled Yang Guifei, but Emperor Xuanzong of Tang didn’t care about her snoring at all. On the contrary, he really enjoyed his Guifei snoring while she slept.