Farewell, My Concubine

Xishi, Wang Zhaojun, DiaoChan, Yang Yuhuan are the four most beautiful women of ancient China. They lived in four different dynasties of China and often described separately fish sink, drop birds, flowers of shame and the moon around according to their beauty.

Xishi - Fish Sink

Xishi beauty was washing sailing in the United Yue of the Spring and Autumn. Once the time she washed sailing near the river and clean water shined her lovely face and her look more beautiful then the fish to swim and forgotten slowly sank into the river after having his appearance . Therefore, she had the name "Sink fish" and it is popular so far.

Wang Zhaojun - Drop geese

During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty (48-33 BC), the border has been quiet for the war. To soothe relations with the Xiongnu, a barbarous nation, Emperor Yuan Wang Zhaojun chosen to marry the chief of the Xiongnu.
It was farewell to his homeland and went to the country Xiongnu in autumn. It was so sad that played a song with his solemn farewell Pipa when she was on the road. The wild geese flying south listened to this sad song and I saw the beautiful woman, they forget to swing the wings and fell to the ground. Since then, Wang Zhaojun belonging to this call "Drop Wild Geese".

DiaoChan Moon - Close

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

Yang Yuhuan - Flowers Shame

During the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, Yang was chosen as a concubine of the folk. After Yang came to the royal palace, she missed her house much. One day she went into the garden to relax and when she saw the flowers in bloom, she starts crying his own destiny and touch the flowers with his hands, maybe they are Mimose or other reasons, the closed flowers, and this has been seen by the maid, so they said Yang was beautiful as the flower and shame when they say his face.

Until now, if Chinese describe the beauty, they also like to use "Sink Fish", "Drop Wild Geese", "Close the Moon", "Flowers shame" for the modern man. About the Chinese Four Beauties information, please come here.