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Four Beauties. The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four Chinese women who were renowned for their beauty. The four are usually identified as Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Yuhuan. [1] The scarcity of historical records concerning them meant that much of what is known of them today has been greatly embellished by legend.
Yang 2 Yü 4 -huan 2. Yang Yuhuan (Chinese: 楊玉環; 719 [1] – 15 July 756 [2]), often known as Yang Guifei (楊貴妃, with Guifei being the highest rank for imperial consorts during her time), and known briefly by the Taoist nun name Taizhen (太真), [3] was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years.
Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. A 17th-century portrait of Chen Yuanyuan. The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai (Chinese: 秦淮八艳; pinyin: Qínhuái Bāyàn), also called the Eight Beauties of Jinling (Chinese: 金陵八艳), were eight famous Yiji or Geji during the Ming-Qing transition period who resided along the Qinhuai River in Nankin (now Nanjing ...
The Calgon "Ancient Chinese Secret" commercial was referenced in the 1993 movie Wayne's World 2. Indie band Clem Snide has a song titled "Ancient Chinese Secret Blues". The final lyrics of the song are "Calgon, take me away".
Standard Mandarin. Hanyu Pinyin. Yùfáng mìjué. Wade–Giles. Yü-fang pi-chüeh. Yufang mijue (Chinese: 玉房秘訣), translated into English as Secrets from the Jade Chamber, [1] Secret Formulae from the Jade Alcove, [2] or Secret Instructions from the Jade Chamber, [3] is a Chinese sex manual composed during the Han dynasty.
Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; Chinese: 西施; pinyin: Xī Shī; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Shih1, lit. '(Lady) Shi of the West'), also known by the nickname Xizi，was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived in a small Yue village (today part of Zhuji, a county-level city in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) during the end of the Spring ...
Bian lian. Bian Lian (traditional Chinese: 變臉; simplified Chinese: 变脸; pinyin: Biàn Liǎn; lit. 'Face-Changing') is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, typically depicting well ...
Diaochan was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Although based on a minor historical personage, she is mostly a fictional character. She is best known for her role in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which romanticises the events in the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.