Category: Life gt; gt; Naming
Problem description:
Why are the dimples on the face called dimples? ? Instead of calling it a water nest or something like that?
Analysis:
Dimples are also called smile dimples or smile dimples. Most appear on the cheeks or around the corners of the mouth. Cheek dimples are considered an embellishment of beauty by Eastern women and a mark of female charm by Westerners. Some people have researched and said that the description and praise of dimples in ancient Chinese literature were first seen in the "Book of Songs" sentence "Qiaoxiaoqianxi, beautiful eyes look forward to", in which the word "qian" refers to the appearance of two dimples when smiling. The dimples in the cheeks. In the past, I only knew that the word "Qian" means "beautiful". As for the fact that it also means "dimples", this is the first time I have gained knowledge. Medically, it is believed that dimples are a defect of the human body, caused by the uneven closure of certain three muscles on the face, or a hollow. Therefore, using dimples as a beauty should be regarded as a veritable "defect beauty" .
Dimples are formed by muscle activity beneath the skin. Most muscles in the human body are firmly attached to bones by tendon fibers, such as chest muscles and lower limb muscles. The facial expressive muscles are an exception. They are directly attached to the facial skin. When the expressive muscles contract, they affect the facial skin, causing various wrinkles on the face, producing expressions of joy, anger, sadness, and joy. The two small dimples on a smiling face are caused by the relative interaction between the facial skin and facial expression muscles such as the chin muscles and the smile muscles.
Not everyone will have dimples on their face when they smile. Whether you have dimples or not is related to the development of your facial muscles. People with less full smile muscles and less facial subcutaneous fat will generally not have dimples when they smile.