Both men and women from the upper classes, especially literati, grew their nails long as a symbol of wealth: Long nails indicated that their owners did not have to do manual labor.
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Concubines had to be beautiful enough to satisfy the emperor – and his parents. Social background was no barrier and many emperors chose concubines from the general public. The empress was one exception – she was always selected from the family of a high-ranking official.
The empress and other wives slept with the emperor around the time of the full moon because it was believed children of strong virtue would be conceived on those nights. The lower-ranking concubines were tasked with nourishing the emperor's Yang with their Yin, sleeping with him around the time of the new moon.
The Chinese are often credited with creating the first “nail polish”, in 3,000 BC. Women soaked their nails in a combination of egg whites, gelatine, beeswax and dyes from flower petals; roses and orchids were the most popular. The result was shiny nails tinted reddish pink.
The long fingernail is a symbol of the Santeria religion, an Afro-Cuban religion that focuses around the worship of spirits.
Ancient Chinese nobles started growing long nails during the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) to show that they weren't manual laborers, but it wasn't until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) that long nails and nail guards became a prominent symbol of material prosperity.
The origins for a male to hold a concubine were for sexual pleasure and to ensure numerous children. Mostly concubines served to satisfy sexual pleasure since any children that resulted from a mistress was considered illegitimate, and unless allowed by their father, had no rights of inheritance.
There are early records of concubines allegedly being buried alive with their masters to "keep them company in the afterlife". Until the Song dynasty (960–1276), it was considered a serious breach of social ethics to promote a concubine to a wife.
In the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), historians Sima Qian and Ban Gu both included reports on ningxing, the emperors' male concubines. From these, Pan concludes that almost every emperor during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) had or was suspected of having male partners. The best known among these was Dong Xian.
The Four Beauties — Dao Chan, Yang Guifei, Wang Zhou Jun, and Xi Shi — are the legendary Chinese women known for their extraordinary beauty.
Wang Zhaojun volunteered to sacrifice herself for marriage for the sake of land peace. The king admit it, but in the end the emperor really regret what he has done because he just realized that Wang Zhaojun is the most beautiful concubine.
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 Guifei.
In early Chinese Dynasties, concubines who had not borne a child (regardless whether the child was male or female) for the Emperor were killed and buried alongside the Emperor: This happened during the Qin Dynasty, after the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang passed away in 208 B.C.
A consort means chief queen or queen with high administrator and political powers in a kingdom. A concubine means women not married to the emperor in simple words women having relationship with emperor only to pleasure him.
For much of China's past, most of its adult males sported long hair. The Han Chinese used to believe that the body was a precious gift from one's parents that must not be desecrated by inking one's skin or cutting one's hair.
Concubinus. A masculine of concubine, concubinus, "man in a concubinage", "male-lover", was also regularly used in Latin, although it is attested less often than concubina.
Ying Zheng also known Qin Shi Huang had numerous concubines. The Qin Dynasty, he founded (pronounced 'Chin') changed its name to China and it was he who first initiated the building of the Great Wall and construction of the Grand Canal.
In ancient China, concubines are thought to have used a drink of lead and mercury in order to prevent pregnancy. (Possible side effects: sterility, brain damage, kidney failure and death.)
Although a concubine could produce heirs, her children would be inferior in social status to a wife's children, although they were of higher status than illegitimate children. The child of a concubine had to show filial duty to two women, their biological mother and their legal mother—the wife of their father.
Adultery VS Concubinage
Adultery is committed by a wife and should be charged together with the other man, while concubinage is committed by a husband and should be charged together with the other woman or concubine.
Here's why she grew them to an astonishing 42 ft 10.4 in (1,306.58 cm).
Diana Armstrong, the lady whose fingernails are 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in) in length, has spoken up about her life and the challenges she endures, revealing that she hasn't gone to a salon in 22 years. The Guinness Book of World Records officially recognized her fingernails as the longest recorded.
According to the Guinness World Records, Diana Armstrong has broken the record for the longest fingernails on a pair of female hands and the longest fingernails overall. Officials said Armstrong's nails measured 42 feet, 10.4 inches long in total length as of March 13, with the combined length longer than a school bus.