The love of beauty is not just for women. Compared with men today, men in ancient times actually paid more attention to their appearance and grooming. In a patriarchal society, appropriate dressing is not only a symbol of status, but also a reflection of one's taste. Therefore, men in ancient times can be said to be very particular.
On any important occasion, men must take a shower and change clothes first. It is very important to keep the body clean and dress appropriately. Don't think that perfume is just for women. In ancient times, men's clothes were scented with different scents. On the one hand, it can prevent other odors, and on the other hand, it plays the role of perfume.
After showering and changing clothes, they would also apply perfume on their heads, which is a bit like the current styling gel. First, make your hair black and smooth, and then choose a suitable headgear. In ancient times, men also wore a lot of hairpins, which were not limited to wooden hairpins, gold hairpins, silver hairpins, and jade hairpins, but could also have various flower patterns. However, men mostly wore hairpins during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Later, with the development of society, more men wore hairpins.
As early as the Han Dynasty, there are records of men applying powder. In other words, men began to use powder puffs in the Han Dynasty. It is said that there are two main types of puffs: rice flour and lead powder. Rice flour is made from grain processing and is not as effective as lead powder. Therefore, lead powder was very popular at the time. The idiom "wash away the lead in the lead" refers to lead powder. We now know that lead has a great whitening effect but is toxic. It can be seen that it is true that one white skin can cover up all ugliness. In ancient times, men began to pursue whitening.
In addition, in ancient times, men also used lip balm, lip balm and facial medicine, which are equivalent to today's lipstick, lipstick and facial mask. This kind of thing was very common in the Tang Dynasty, probably because the Tang Dynasty had a strong national power and men had the time and energy to look good.