沉鱼落雁 闭月羞花, which are the complimentary words for the beauty of woman in China. They literally mean that the beauty makes fish sink and the wild goose fall, the moon close and the flowers shy.
@@julioduan7130 I know I just find it adorably funny because we know the only way to drown a fish is flopping it on the sand 🤣 You have to hand it to them with their poetry & metaphor skills 🥰
沉鱼落雁闭月羞花 this phrase refers to the four ancient beauties of China. 沉鱼：fish dive - refers to XiShi 西施. When she washed clothes fishes would dive deep to the floor of the river to avoid being compared to her beauty. 落雁：geese dive - this refers to Wang ZhaoJun 王昭君. She was sent to the frontier to marry a tribal king. Along the way, the geese noticed her beauty, and being incomparable to her, they dive off so that they would not be seen. 闭月：hiding moon. This refers to Diso Chan 貂蝉. When she performed prayers to the moon, the moon hid behind the clouds. 羞花：embarrass flower. This refers to Yang YuHuan, whose beauty caught the eye of the Emperor. The Emperor bestowed her the title Noble Lady 贵妃 so she is commonly referred to as Yang Gui Fei, Noble Lady Yang. She was so beautiful, the flowers felt embarrassed because the flowers' beauty were incomparable to that of Noble Lady Yang.
What’s with the woman being passed down by rotation from father to so to grandson and stepsons with all these Chinese beautiful consorts? That seems awful.
Because in old times, man think that woman is just an object, so they often send as a gift. Also some Emperor think he can have anything he want, including son's wife, because they are the ruler.
That depends on the dynasty. In most dynasties, it wasn't the done thing. These stories are notable because a royal consort moving on to another husband was taboo or in some cases outright illegal.
It’s very immoral and shameful in Han Chinese culture for a father to fall in love with his son’s wife and “steal” her from his son. But when you’re the emperor, you’re basically above the law and morality. You can pretty much do whatever you want. But with the Mongolians and a lot of other northern ethnic groups, they’re not Han Chinese and have very different customs. Maybe they have the tradition of passing down wives, but I’m not too sure.
Because listening to her nepotism caused all of that bloodshed, and he was forced to execute her as a result. The fact he fled with her says he probably didn't blame her for it deep down, but the weight of a crown can be quite heavy.
@@jonquilgemstone She only had as much power as the emperor granted her. He could have stopped her at any time, or punished her by stripping away power. But that would require admitting fault on his part. Nepotism may be terrible, but let’s not pretend royalty didn’t make a habit of it!
Well, to be realistic, he was forced to flee and took her with him, showing he did care about her. Then the angry soldier mob came, who cared about the dynasty’s strength, not the emperor’s person. Choosing a scapegoat concubine over the dynasty in that situation would have gotten him *and* her killed by the angry mob. I do believe the guilt haunted him to death.
"devasted by the loss ,the emperor also passed away several years later" I have no historical reference,but just the idea of father-in-law taking his daughter-in-law and then killing her in yhe name of 'justified sacrifice ' cause she seemingly put in him power.. wow heartbreaking..(I know I am being ignorant but still with no deeper context ..I can't 💔😂💔😂💔
You really need to work on your listening ability. She was killed because she put her own imcompetent brother in the post of prime minister which leads to the weakining of empire. And she was also made the entire empire from bad to worse by adopting scheming general as her son who eventually rebelled against the emperor and made him flee the capital so other loyal officals were completely justified in claiming her head as compensation for his entire fiasco.
In retrospect she had no way of knowing he would abuse his power or position like that if she did well it didn’t matter considering everyone suffered for it.
She was played by Fan Bingbing in the movie, Yang Guifei's first married the prince, then she was passed to the emperor as a concubine. Fan Bingbing also played Empress wu in a tv drama, meanwhile Wu Zetian was a consort of the Emperor, when the emperor died she married the son. Empress Wu and Yang Guifei are related i think, Empress Wu is the mother in law or a grandmother in law of Consort Yang.
Wow I never imagined that this movie links to the story of one of the 4 beauties in Ancient China, I remember watching this alone and thought the plot was too complex for my little brain to handle and the characters looks so beautiful.
There is a manhua about her. "Becoming the legendary concubine" A 21st century women is isekai-ed into Yang Yuhuan's body months before she meets the emperor. The story plays out how it might have been if Yang Yuhuan never became the emperor's woman.
I just adore Fan Bingbing! she’s an amazing actress, extremely skilled and she’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, I’m always in awe of her when I see her on the screen, a great fit to this role, I need to watch it🩷✨
The most beautiful woman in Chinese history is probably Xia Ji in my opinion. She lived in 6th century BC, had been with at least nine men in her life, and married seven times. It was said even King Zhuang of Chu, known for his great wisdom almost kept her in his harem. Many other men did crazy things just to be with her. Even in Xia Ji’s fifty’s, Chu nobleman Wu Chen decided to run with her to State of Jin. The treason caused Wu Chen’s house to be erased amongst Chu nobles. Her feats of beauty definitely outscore Yang Yuhuan. Wikipedia has a brief article on Xia Ji: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia_Ji?wprov=sfti1#
Devastated by her loss ... Well, not devastated enough not to just stand by and watch her getting killed. After all, he appointed all these people, she had no such power.
@@brighteyes6559 I know that but try telling that to the Han Chinese that want to inherit the foot print of the foreign Qing to justify control of Tibet, Taiwan, and Xinjiang etc . The Ming don't look like these models either.
So those relatives of her used her beauty to elevate themselves, only to betray everything she stood for which led to her tragic demise. What is the lesson of her story? Don't let other people use you, may they be strangers or family.
It’s a common theme throughout the world that beautiful characters suffer a horrendous fate. It makes sense if you observe the universe. Things that are beautiful usually last for a brief time but mountains, tortoises and weeds outlive everything else. I guess the message is that we should strive towards endurance over appearance.
Can one control their appearance though? The general theme is the fickleness and lust of man that aims to get beautiful people and things and discarded them when the situation goes awry. Just like this emperor who encouraged nepotism and suddenly, it was just the woman's fault who could only make suggestions and not decrees.
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Beauty truly is pain
Nahhh
Ugly is pain beauty is power
So u would live her life??
@@Devi_black that’s the perks of being beautiful you get to choose😁
Fool
why do all the beauties of ancient china kill animals with their beauty lol so impressive
And then get killed
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Since when flower is an animal
@@_DEVILYCHwill it make you happier if i change it to kill things
These actresses are gorgeous
The actress playing the role was 42 when the film was made
@@butterkhookies3092WOW 😮
@@butterkhookies309242?!?? damnn she's so slay
范冰冰?
@@butterkhookies3092hahhh really????
Name of the movie- Lady of the dynasty. You’re welcome.
Is it about this woman?
@@OneStubbornLass yes
Thank you
Thank you
Ah, you're a gem
Fish fish drown seeing upmost beauty, then birds forget how to fly at the sight of beauty, now flowers wilts at one's most beautiful touch.
沉鱼落雁 闭月羞花, which are the complimentary words for the beauty of woman in China.
They literally mean that the beauty makes fish sink and the wild goose fall, the moon close and the flowers shy.
@@julioduan7130 I know I just find it adorably funny because we know the only way to drown a fish is flopping it on the sand 🤣 You have to hand it to them with their poetry & metaphor skills 🥰
沉鱼落雁闭月羞花 this phrase refers to the four ancient beauties of China.
沉鱼：fish dive - refers to XiShi 西施. When she washed clothes fishes would dive deep to the floor of the river to avoid being compared to her beauty.
落雁：geese dive - this refers to Wang ZhaoJun 王昭君. She was sent to the frontier to marry a tribal king. Along the way, the geese noticed her beauty, and being incomparable to her, they dive off so that they would not be seen.
闭月：hiding moon. This refers to Diso Chan 貂蝉. When she performed prayers to the moon, the moon hid behind the clouds.
羞花：embarrass flower. This refers to Yang YuHuan, whose beauty caught the eye of the Emperor. The Emperor bestowed her the title Noble Lady 贵妃 so she is commonly referred to as Yang Gui Fei, Noble Lady Yang. She was so beautiful, the flowers felt embarrassed because the flowers' beauty were incomparable to that of Noble Lady Yang.
The video is kinda misleading because none of the animals actually died, they just shied away or froze “out of shock of the beauty”
What’s with the woman being passed down by rotation from father to so to grandson and stepsons with all these Chinese beautiful consorts? That seems awful.
Because in old times, man think that woman is just an object, so they often send as a gift. Also some Emperor think he can have anything he want, including son's wife, because they are the ruler.
That depends on the dynasty. In most dynasties, it wasn't the done thing. These stories are notable because a royal consort moving on to another husband was taboo or in some cases outright illegal.
Because women were nothing more than property. As insightful and beautiful as history is, I'm glad I wasn't born then.
It’s very immoral and shameful in Han Chinese culture for a father to fall in love with his son’s wife and “steal” her from his son. But when you’re the emperor, you’re basically above the law and morality. You can pretty much do whatever you want.
But with the Mongolians and a lot of other northern ethnic groups, they’re not Han Chinese and have very different customs. Maybe they have the tradition of passing down wives, but I’m not too sure.
Because the Emperor was a huge jerk and took her by force. It was extremely shameful.
In ancient time, too be beautiful is a curse. You either die early or have a faith worst than death. Mostly if you are birth into poverty.
Same if you are a drop dead gorgeous guy, wars have been fought for less and all of them suffered for it.
same today you get sexualized by everyone , megan fox best example for that
It still happens in todays society. Humans don’t change. The buildings and technology do
Still happens
Beautiful girls tends to be a victim of crime, even more so if she's Beautiful and delicate
@@Ragnarra yes, thus I included no gender. Guys get SA and other stuff too.
I think she was also called Yang Guifei
Guifei is her title, the imperial consort.
@@moniquethong798 yes I know her birth name is Yang Yuhuan but at the end everyone called her Yang Guifei
Yes it is her title
贵妃 is a title in the emperial palace
@Yunjin___ that is her title. Guifei means Noble Consort
Being beautiful is so cursed in ancient Chinese in both men and women.
"he was devastated" bro had her killed though 💀
Because listening to her nepotism caused all of that bloodshed, and he was forced to execute her as a result. The fact he fled with her says he probably didn't blame her for it deep down, but the weight of a crown can be quite heavy.
@@jonquilgemstone She only had as much power as the emperor granted her. He could have stopped her at any time, or punished her by stripping away power. But that would require admitting fault on his part.
Nepotism may be terrible, but let’s not pretend royalty didn’t make a habit of it!
Well, to be realistic, he was forced to flee and took her with him, showing he did care about her. Then the angry soldier mob came, who cared about the dynasty’s strength, not the emperor’s person. Choosing a scapegoat concubine over the dynasty in that situation would have gotten him *and* her killed by the angry mob. I do believe the guilt haunted him to death.
"Hey baby, you're so gorgeous, I could strangle you. You curvy, flower-withering hottie."
"Hey, Dad."
"devasted by the loss ,the emperor also passed away several years later" I have no historical reference,but just the idea of father-in-law taking his daughter-in-law and then killing her in yhe name of 'justified sacrifice ' cause she seemingly put in him power.. wow heartbreaking..(I know I am being ignorant but still with no deeper context ..I can't 💔😂💔😂💔
You really need to work on your listening ability. She was killed because she put her own imcompetent brother in the post of prime minister which leads to the weakining of empire.
And she was also made the entire empire from bad to worse by adopting scheming general as her son who eventually rebelled against the emperor and made him flee the capital so other loyal officals were completely justified in claiming her head as compensation for his entire fiasco.
In retrospect she had no way of knowing he would abuse his power or position like that if she did well it didn’t matter considering everyone suffered for it.
She was one of the four beauties. Are you planning to talk about the other three?
Thanks
She already did? Look on her page
One of the other three is pretty familiar to you for sure since she is included in games and almost everywhere. Her name is Diaochan.
Diaochan, Xi Si, and Wang Zhaojun. ❤❤❤
红颜薄命 hóng yán bó mìng
Beautiful women suffer unhappy fates
But otherwise do well thank you.
And get blamed for the tibulations caused by their male owner.
stories aside, imagine being cast as someone your culture touts as one of the most beautiful people ever-
I'm interesting learning more about China 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I watched a video about Chinese history a year ago for school and now I get these videos all the time. I love it.
Actress name- Fan Bingbing
That's sickkkkkk. Imagine marrying a guy AND his father.
The son died
She had no choice. You cannot really refuse the emperor (who might have killed his own son) and live.
Do you honestly think women had a choice back then. Like what was she gonna do, say no to the emperor?
Do you really think anyone can refuse the emperor?
Omgg that's sickkk, imagine being in the PAST😱😱
Politics in china is like game of thrones, you win or you die.
This is actually true I remember learning about it!
One of my favorite Chinese actress, very beautiful and talented 😊
Thank you for this cute video ❤
They are indeed super beautiful
Love from India
Chinese women are so beautiful in general.
Ok
...
literally
What a captivating story👌🏾
She was played by Fan Bingbing in the movie, Yang Guifei's first married the prince, then she was passed to the emperor as a concubine. Fan Bingbing also played Empress wu in a tv drama, meanwhile Wu Zetian was a consort of the Emperor, when the emperor died she married the son. Empress Wu and Yang Guifei are related i think, Empress Wu is the mother in law or a grandmother in law of Consort Yang.
In the long run her beauty was her downfall because she lacked the power to determine her own destiny.
She's popularly called Yang Guifei
Cixi , Wu Zetian and He Zhen were very beautiful.
It’s so sad the most beautiful women historically always get passed around by families and always killed
I would love it if you made longer videos or a playlist
The actresses are so beautiful
Don't be fooled. They put up hours of make up to look so called perfect. Who will spent hours in doing such things in daily life?
The chinese to know how to tell a great story of history. Much love from Russia
Wow I never imagined that this movie links to the story of one of the 4 beauties in Ancient China, I remember watching this alone and thought the plot was too complex for my little brain to handle and the characters looks so beautiful.
"Devastated by this, the emperor died, but it took him some time to be devastated enough..."
I love these stories, they are really awesome. ❤
All are beautiful
There is a manhua about her.
"Becoming the legendary concubine"
A 21st century women is isekai-ed into Yang Yuhuan's body months before she meets the emperor. The story plays out how it might have been if Yang Yuhuan never became the emperor's woman.
So true a nice imperial show very nice
Fan Bing Bing, my favorite Chinese actress ❤️
If you saw the other beauties of china and realized something always happens to nature bc they are too beautiful
👇
Yeah that woman single handedly destroyed the most powerful dynasty of China
I just adore Fan Bingbing! she’s an amazing actress, extremely skilled and she’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, I’m always in awe of her when I see her on the screen, a great fit to this role, I need to watch it🩷✨
actually it was the emperor who made anlu shan as his adopted son .
not yang guifei
Wu Zetian❤❤❤
The most beautiful woman in Chinese history is probably Xia Ji in my opinion. She lived in 6th century BC, had been with at least nine men in her life, and married seven times.
It was said even King Zhuang of Chu, known for his great wisdom almost kept her in his harem. Many other men did crazy things just to be with her.
Even in Xia Ji’s fifty’s, Chu nobleman Wu Chen decided to run with her to State of Jin. The treason caused Wu Chen’s house to be erased amongst Chu nobles.
Her feats of beauty definitely outscore Yang Yuhuan.
Wikipedia has a brief article on Xia Ji: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia_Ji?wprov=sfti1#
You ❤ must be one of the 5th Beauties in future history
Only for looks? All you people care about is physical attraction.
Truly a song of unending sorrow... 😢
Beautiful presentation, sru❤
The background music is super chill! Anyone know the name of the song?
So where can I watch this movie 😂😂😂 what's the name of it
Its the 3rd mummy movie! Its so good that the Chinese army worked with them for the scenes / filmed in China
Married the son and then the father??!!
The king really do be a fan of barbie
"Anything is possible we're unstoppable me and my gals oh oh oooo" 💀💀💀
i've read sooo many webnovels with a protagonist that goes by "yuhuan"😅 rip..
You'd never believe how the Tang dynasty got rid of the An Lushan Rebellion.
Off course the emperor blamed the woman for his own incompetence
Ok now that I have watch quite a few of these stories, I finally understand why Chinese movies end in tragedy for the two main lovers.
I like the The Legend of Exorcism of Tang Dynasty which a danmei. But I also learn and read a lot about Chinese Tang Dynasty and culture after that
Devastated by her loss ... Well, not devastated enough not to just stand by and watch her getting killed. After all, he appointed all these people, she had no such power.
Exactly, came here to write it.
The actress in the movie is Rosemund Kwan, HK actress
Isn't this Fan Bing Bing? Or u meant other actress in movie?
No it’s fan bing bing😊
The prime ministers foster son tho💀
I love how all of them kill stuff with their beauty 😭
The definition of keeping it in the family passing her around
I rly want to know the name of the chinese animations or the channel, perhaps it’s on bilibili
I always call her wu mingyang ..aka empress of china 🥹
Basically Troy except it's Chinese and involves rebelion 💀
What movie is that playing above?
She was not strangled.
She was forced to commit suicide, she hung herself.
No one strangled her.
If flowers withered when someone touched them.. I wouldn’t assume it was a good thing lol
But they never look like THIS in the old paintings and especially in the Qing dynasty photos. 😅
Qing was Manchurians, not the Han.
@@brighteyes6559 I know that but try telling that to the Han Chinese that want to inherit the foot print of the foreign Qing to justify control of Tibet, Taiwan, and Xinjiang etc . The Ming don't look like these models either.
Because this took place over a thousand years before photos were a dingus. Also wrong dynasty.
Do those who depicted in ancient (Eastern) paintings even look like true human being?
What is the background music?
I find 80% Chinese woman beautiful. I can only imagine this queens beauty now
Lol %80 too much
What shows are those?
Suggest me some Chinese movies where we can see these beauties
Empress ki
@@georgiann6412empress ki is a korean drama
Which movie scenes are used in the video
Is she the same actress who played Empress Wu Zetian?
Yes
Yang Yuhuan = Yang Guifei (Imperial Concubine Yang). Killed during the Anshi Rebellion.
Got her photo? 😅
I think Joe is the most beautiful
Who's joe
😈 JOE MAMA
@@UnknownGuy94767 🤣🤣knew it!!!!
who?
If she was really that pretty, they wouldn’t have killed her
I say if btth queen medusa was in real life no one was in comparision in this whole fuckin world except one
LMAO this comment got meh 🤣
She was curvy and plump unlike the actress in the video
Whats the story that one of the most beautiful women way back when was actually a very beautiful man?
Why beauty's story seems to be always tragic 😭
the definition of tragic is , break the beautiful things.
Dude really said 'she's mine' to his son
the true beauty is mia❤ ackk
Fan bingbing. 😂😂😂
Hahhaa true beauty no Mike up no plastic surgery natural beauty that it's real beauty of women
beauty is pain, beauty is brutal
So those relatives of her used her beauty to elevate themselves, only to betray everything she stood for which led to her tragic demise. What is the lesson of her story? Don't let other people use you, may they be strangers or family.
I’m literally watching the same movie right now 😂
Answer: All of them
Please what is the movie name
Lady of the Dynasty
I watched it here in RUclips 4 years ago don't know if it still here
Thank you so much dear❤
@@marvellousufe6207 you're welcome
Why the cousin looked like the japanese actor Hiroshi Abe 😂
Devastated by his loss, he died a few years later ? Not quite so devastated then !
Ma Su, Qin Lan, Tong Liya, Fan Bingbing...
Fan Bing Bing Blink ❤
Remember this - all women are beautiful with their own unique figure and alll women are beautiful ✨
How many 4 beauties does china has????
It’s a common theme throughout the world that beautiful characters suffer a horrendous fate. It makes sense if you observe the universe. Things that are beautiful usually last for a brief time but mountains, tortoises and weeds outlive everything else. I guess the message is that we should strive towards endurance over appearance.
Can one control their appearance though? The general theme is the fickleness and lust of man that aims to get beautiful people and things and discarded them when the situation goes awry. Just like this emperor who encouraged nepotism and suddenly, it was just the woman's fault who could only make suggestions and not decrees.
@@qyngsaida7426 that might be true but that’s not what I’m talking about