Brow shapes in the Tang Dynasty: long eyebrows, short eyebrows, moth eyebrows, and wide eyebrows were alternately popular. Various eyebrow shapes formed the most abundant period of brow style in Chinese history.
In the early Tang Dynasty, women mostly preferred willow eyebrows and moon eyebrows. The moon eyebrows were wider than the willow eyebrows and curved like a crescent moon. During the eras of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, wide eyebrows became popular, advocating long, broad, and thick eyebrows, which were very eye-catching when painted on the face. The shape and painting method of wide eyebrows also changed in different periods. Popular eyebrow makeup during the Tang Dynasty included moth eyebrows, distant mountain eyebrows, indigo eyebrows, etc., which were thinner and lighter than broad eyebrows. Such eyebrow makeup was found in the silk paintings of this era unearthed from the Astana Tang Tomb in Turpan, Xinjiang. image of woman. From the mid-Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, eyebrow styles such as splayed eyebrows, crying eyebrows, and osmanthus leaf eyebrows appeared. Among them, the osmanthus leaf eyebrows are the most representative, shaped like osmanthus leaves, broad and thick.