Why did ancient women smile without showing their teeth?

In ancient times, parents disciplined strictly, in order to let the daughter of the family marry into a good family. Train them in everything, for example: you can't show your teeth when you smile.

A toothy smile is a laugh, and a laugh means that a woman is not reserved, well, so there is a rule of not showing teeth when laughing. My grandmother at home is an ancient woman of the first class, and she told me about these information@

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Since ancient times, there have been sentences such as "a smile is worth a thousand gold" and "a smile is worth a thousand gold"; There are also allusions in history that laugh at the city and the country. It can be seen that laughter is indeed an art. Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred":

Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color. "The charm of a woman's smile can be seen. "Yanran", clever smile, Song Yu's "Deng's Disciple is Lustful":

The son of the owner smiled. The woman's smile is vividly depicted as the splendor of spring flowers. And some words are dedicated to men, such as "slap palm", "Later Han Shu 61 Zuo Ci Biography":

and laugh. "Laughing belly", "The Biography of the 61st Day of the Historical Records": "Sima Jizhu laughed.

and Liu Zongyuan's "Sending Secretary Dugu to the Preface to the Destiny": "Under the curtain of dragging, he specializes in writing and ink, and cheers for the strong man." "Absolutely down", "The History of the New Five Dynasties 61 Jin Family Biography":

Both left and right laughed, and the emperor also fell to himself. Mr. Zhou Ruchang's "Talking and Laughing" said: "Laughter varies from person to person.

The master must be 'Wan'er', and the beauty is bound to be 'Yanran'. Daoist Zhang in "Dream of Red Mansions" should be 'laughing'. 'Looking back and smiling' can only be Yang Yuhuan.

Xue Da's fool 'dumb overlord' will never be 'clever and laughing', and when he speaks, he often causes 'uproar' and 'bang'. This is actually also talking about the gender and elegance differences in "laughter".

"Smile without showing teeth" is the ancient requirement for beautiful women to smile, subtle, gentle and elegant, so as not to lose their manners.

People in ancient times didn't have toothbrushes, so they were afraid that it wouldn't look good when they smiled.

The reason why ancient women should smile without showing their teeth: it is a kind of morality that ancient women should learn, and the lessons that women in feudal society respect are like smiling without showing teeth, not swinging skirts, three obedience and four virtues, etc.

The etiquette of the ancients was normative: "Do not show your feet, walk too much, smile without showing your teeth, and do not use your hands on your chest." This probably means that if you wear shoes that don't show your feet, you won't show your feet, and you don't usually laugh, you can only smile, and if you don't smile, you will smile without showing your teeth. It's all about women's behavior.

Source: "The Analects of Women": "For all women, learn to stand up first." The method of standing up is only to be clean and chaste, clean is clean, chastity is honorable, do not look back, and do not lift your lips ......”

This sentence is very well-known, and it is generally used to describe the virtues of women, this sentence comes from the "Female Analects" written by Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao, a woman in Qinghe during the Tang Dynasty: "Whoever is a woman, first learn to stand up." The method of standing up is only to be clean and chaste, clean is clean, chastity is honorable, do not look back, and do not lift your lips ......In ancient times, these are the morals that women should learn, and in modern times, these have become feudal remnants.

Song Ruoxin was a famous talented woman in the Tang Dynasty and was named a female bachelor.

In fact, there are many things that have no reason, just some conventions in a certain period of time. For example, the etiquette of Western food, the dress code for formal occasions, etc.

In ancient times, to be a woman was to behave reservedly, reservedly, and gentle.

That was their standard back then

There is no direct relationship, so it shows the graceful demeanor of ancient women.

This has nothing to do with whether it looks good or not, it's just that it will be very unsightly to show your teeth in ancient times.

It doesn't matter, it's just a kind of etiquette in a feudal society.

There should be no direct relationship, there are many things to pay attention to in ancient times, and there are many scheming expressions in modern times.

There is no direct relationship, it was only social feudalism before, and the status of women was low.