During 958 CE, the government sent expeditions to Jinling three times, and the emperor devastated Chuzhou. Sev…
During 958 CE, the government sent expeditions to Jinling three times, and the emperor devastated Chuzhou. Several months later, Ruolan returned to the south with a scar on her face. People lamented that beauty was fleeting, but she appeared during the Heroes Assembly with orchid-inspired makeup and a guqin with a missing piece. The imperfection became perfect, and the people were entranced.
Much later, scholars exclaimed that, "Red plum blossoms adorned her noble face, and orchids lent grace to her beauty. When paired with the jiaowei guqin, her charm bloomed as naturally as spring itself." The flower make-up became popular in the south for a while, and men paid handsomely for a jiaowei guqin to court their love interests.