The ancients used to call eyebrows a "rainbow of seven emotions". The seven emotions are what we often call the seven emotions in secular desires, which usually refer to joy, anger, sorrow, joy, sorrow and bitterness. Rainbow refers to the rainbow-like image of eyebrows, which can express a person's emotions, that is, eyebrows!
The ancients called eyebrows' seven emotions rainbow' because it is the most vivid and can make the face more three-dimensional. Wang Yifan said that the Tang Dynasty was the most diversified era of eyebrow shapes, which was different from the flying moth eyebrow popular in Qin Dynasty and the "eight-character eyebrow" advocated in Han Dynasty.
Short eyebrows, long eyebrows, thin eyebrows and wide eyebrows vary endlessly, and they have been given different names such as far eyebrows, laurel leaf eyebrows, Yuanyang eyebrows, beaded eyebrows, smoked eyebrows and inverted eyebrows, reaching dozens. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, women shaved off their original eyebrows, and they painted them wide and short, shaped like laurel leaves or moth wings. Yuan Zhen said in his poem, "Don't draw long eyebrows, draw short eyebrows."
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Eyebrows refer to the hair above the eyes on a person's face. Eyebrows have a protective effect on eyes. Eyebrows have a certain growth cycle and will naturally fall off. Eyebrows are also an important part of human facial beauty. Refers to the hair on the upper edge of the orbit. "Old Tang Book Corrupt Officials Biography Mao: Mao, also from Taiping, Jiangzhou people. Eyebrows cover your eyes, which is cruel.
Song Sushi's "Gift" poem: "The cheeks are as red as people, and the eyebrows cover the eyes." Cao Yu's Sunrise Act II: "Her eyebrows are a line, and jewels are hanging on her ears." Eyebrows can also stop dandruff and other tiny particles from falling into the eyes; It also provides a more sensitive feeling to feel things around the eyes, such as small insects.
Eyebrows are closely related to hair follicles and nipples. Each normal hair follicle has its own number of blood vessels extending into the hair bulb, forming a capillary network leading to the nipple, while the capillary network under the papillary process on both sides of the hair follicle and the capillary network in the connective tissue layer of the hair follicle form a rich vascular plexus, through which blood can provide nutrients needed for hair growth.