An analysis of the girl image in Wu Zetian's portrait

Girl Wu Zetian? The Legend of Wu Zetian is an annual costume drama broadcast by Hunan Satellite TV from the end of 20 14 to the beginning of 20 15. It tells the story of Wu Zetian's growth from a girl to a mature and sophisticated generation of female emperors. Regarding the power struggle in the palace, it restored a more real Wu Zetian from a unique perspective. Among them, Fan Bingbing plays Wu Zetian from 14 to 82, and the image of the girl Wu Zetian is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The stills of Wu Zetian played by Fan Bingbing.

The filming and later stage of the play took one year and cost as much as 200 million yuan. We have spent a lot of money and effort on actor's pay, costume props, studio and later stage. The final TV effect is also very popular, whether it is clothes or scenes. Imitating the scenery built in the Tang Dynasty gives people a feeling of returning to the Tang Dynasty.

There are as many as 26 kinds of costumes for Fan Bingbing in this play. In order to better shape the image of Wu Zetian with a long age span, great efforts have been made in costume modeling. On the occasion of the broadcast of the play, a group of stills in which Fan Bingbing played 14-year-old Wu Zetian entered the palace for a medical examination aroused enthusiastic comments from netizens and greatly praised Fan Bingbing's modeling and acting skills.

The image of the girl Wu Zetian in the picture, dressed in a pale pink tulle skirt and decorated with yellow ribbons, is even more graceful and neat. Her hairstyle is a double-ring bun, with rings on both sides of her head, decorated with golden hair ornaments, showing a girl image without losing her innocence. The girl Wu Zetian shown by Fan Bingbing is childlike and strong, which makes Wu Zetian's image more beautiful, smart and vivid.

At what age was Wu Zetian enthroned? Before she ascended the throne, Wu Zetian was Wu Cairen, Tang Gaozong, Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong of Emperor Taizong. Later, 67-year-old Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor, changed her title to Zhou, and became the Emperor of Wu Zhou, the only female emperor in China history.

Liu Xiaoqing plays Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian ascended the throne successfully, except for her unscrupulous means, what is more important is her strategy and talent. If she has no governance, how can she have been at the mercy of more than ten years?

Wu Zetian knew that life in the harem was difficult and dangerous, and the misfortune of intrigue would be beyond redemption, so she deliberately resorted to means to save herself. In order to make herself a queen, she first spread rumors that the queen used witchcraft, and strangled her daughter, who had just been born for a month, to frame the queen and successfully abolished her.

Even so, the emperor wanted Wu Zetian to be the queen, and the ministers in the DPRK were unwilling. Wu Zetian suppressed the forces one by one, excluded dissidents in the name of reviving imperial power, and got rid of Sun Chang Wuji and other ministers, and became a queen successfully.

One of the reasons why Wu Zetian mastered the power of state affairs was that Tang Gaozong was indecisive and never refused to make decisions. Wu Zetian, who has always been strong, stood at the center of power for him. The ruling Wu Zetian developed agriculture and reduced rocking chairs. Therefore, during her reign, she promulgated a series of policies to implement the spirit of Buddhism.

Wu Zetian was not young when he became king. At the age of 67, she is the oldest enthronement in the history of China. However, this did not affect Wu Zetian's political reform and social development.

Is Wu Zetian beautiful? In the history of China for thousands of years, many legends have been born, but among these heroes, Wu Zetian is very special. Because the emperors of China feudal dynasty were all men except her, she was the first and only woman who reached the peak of feudal social rights as a woman, and her deeds and life were the focus of future generations' books. There are too many history books and classics describing her wisdom and strategies, and many people are interested in her true face.

Wu Zetian's portrait

Wu Zetian lived in an era without camera technology. We should only know her appearance from the records in history books and the portraits of the ancients. Guo Moruo, a contemporary poet and scholar in China, was once very interested in the appearance of Wu Zetian. After consulting historical books and textual research, he thinks that the plump "Tang Empress" in Zhang Xuan's "Journey to the Tang Dynasty" in the Tang Dynasty is Wu Zetian. Zhang Xuan and Wu Zetian lived in the same period and worked as court painters, so his paintings should still have certain credibility.

In addition, many stone statues of Wu Zetian have survived to this day. The oldest one is located in her hometown-Guangyuan, Sichuan, and is now preserved in the local Huangze Temple. It's just a sad thing that this stone statue, after receiving instructions from a governor, put gold on her face and destroyed precious cultural relics, and this stone statue became a Buddha statue, which is really regrettable.

From the above description. We have basically understood the appearance of Wu Zetian: she should not be an oval-faced beauty played by actress Fan Bingbing, but a square face, which is a more dignified and plump image and conforms to the aesthetic standards of fullness and masculinity advocated in the Tang Dynasty. So at that time, she was really a woman with outstanding appearance.

Wu Zetian constellation? Now people like to judge a person's character and behavior by constellation and blood type. We can't know Wu Zetian's blood type, but we can judge her horoscope from her birth time and analyze her. Then let us know what constellation the next generation of empress Wu Zetian is.

The stills of Wu Zetian played by Fan Bingbing.

Wu Zetian's date of birth is the 23rd day of the first month in 624 AD. The Gregorian calendar in conversion of time is 16 February, so we can know that the constellation of Wu Zetian is Aquarius. Assume that Aquarius people are sharp-minded, knowledgeable, refuse to be bound, and tend to be independent. Aquarius is a man with strong self-awareness but also mysterious, which makes others unpredictable, has excellent reasoning ability, is good at thinking and has strong values, and is a pioneer of new ideas.

Through the combination of these theories and Wu Zetian's life, Wu Zetian's Aquarius character is reflected in many of her deeds. It is said that Aquarius people are full of research spirit, like all novel things, and are willing to discover and have the ability to establish new theories.

Wu Zetian made great achievements in innovation. The earliest court examination in China began with Wu Zetian, who broke the traditional aristocratic inheritance system and entrusted the official position to many people who had no background but were very capable. Moreover, Wu Zetian also set a precedent for rewarding informers, and innovative methods such as coinage also proved Wu Zetian's endless innovative spirit.

Besides, from Wu Zetian's way of dealing with people, we can see her extraordinary temperament and wise means. In order to achieve her goal, she won't be disturbed by the outside world, and she ascended the position of queen by virtue of her own intelligence, and also managed the dynasty very healthily.

Wu Zetian's Private Life Wu Zetian's name must be very resounding in the history of China's feudal society for thousands of years, because nearly 500 emperors in China were born with feudal colors. Except for her, all the other emperors were men without exception. This historical position is enough to make her immortal. And there are countless historical books and works about her deeds and experiences in later generations. People are interested in all the stories of the female emperor. Perhaps what many people don't know is that Wu Zetian's private life is far more chaotic than people think.

Fan Bingbing version of Wu Zetian

According to historical records, after Wu Zetian became emperor, she began to learn from other emperors and provided a large number of beautiful men for her enjoyment. Her first Toy Boy was called Xue Huaiyi. His original name was Feng Xiaobao. Before he became Toy Boy of Wu Zetian, he was an ordinary man selling medicine in the market. But he is big, soft-faced and articulate. At this time, Wu Zetian was very sad because of the death of Emperor Taizong, and lived a lonely nun life in Baima Temple at that time. At this time, Feng Xiaobao appeared, and he and Wu Zetian became familiar with each other for a long time. Wu Zetian was affectionate to him. Even after he returned to the palace, he still remembered Feng Xiaobao and often sneaked out of the palace to see him. After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, Feng Xiaobao was the first Toy Boy she called into the palace, and Wu Zetian slept with him as soon as she was free.

Wu Zetian struggled for this Toy Boy. In order to improve his position, he gave him Xue's surname and changed his name. Moreover, she let Xue Huaiyi marry her daughter's husband, Xue Shao, and even let Xue Shao call him uncle. But this Xue Huaiyi is not a gentleman. He is not satisfied with Toy Boy who is only Wu Zetian. He also kept many mistresses from Wu Zetian and gave birth to more than a dozen women. One of his mistresses was none other than Princess Taiping, the daughter of Wu Zetian. Xue Huaiyi was loved by Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping at the same time, so she began to be arrogant. Finally, Wu Zetian killed him with a stick at the suggestion of Princess Taiping, and sent his body to the White Horse Temple to burn to ashes, and built a stupa in the mud.

Wu Zetian also favored two brothers, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, which directly led to her being forced to abdicate by courtiers in the future.

Wu Zetian's merits and demerits, if we put aside all personal moral evaluations, only look at Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China's feudal history for nearly a thousand years. Her merits and demerits are very outstanding. In other words, the fifteen years of her rule was a period of great wealth and great wealth, which was quite similar to the "Zhenguan rule" under Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong, and was called "Zhenguan legacy" by later generations. This stage also laid a very solid foundation for the "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng" initiated by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

Fan Bingbing version of Wu Zetian stills

Her achievements are mainly reflected in three aspects: selecting and appointing talents, attaching importance to agricultural production and resisting foreign aggression. First of all, in terms of talents, she selected and reused talents in an eclectic way, and in order to attract talents, she further improved the imperial examination system initiated by the Sui Dynasty, allowing talents to be recruited by self-recommendation and trial. In addition, she also initiated the palace entrance examination and martial arts system. Then there is agriculture. Wu Zetian stipulated that officials who "have land to the tiller and surplus grain at home" can be promoted, while officials who overcharge taxes and levies are reprimanded. After a period of governance, agriculture and handicrafts in the whole country have developed rapidly. Militarily, in order to combat the invasion of the Tubo clan, she sent a general Wang Xiaojie on an expedition to resist their attack and recovered the four towns of Anxi.

However, Wu Zetian also made many mistakes. For example, she used to reuse cruel officials and reward informers. As a result, corrupt officials are rampant. Moreover, in his later years, he was overjoyed, built a lot of buildings and lived in luxury, which seriously affected the normal life of the people. But these are still relatively small compared with her contribution. Therefore, the correct evaluation of her merits and demerits should be "more merits than demerits".