Lead Hua refers to the cosmetics used by women in ancient China, and washing away the lead Hua is to say that a woman puts aside the days of glory and wealth and lives a plain life. Its origin is as follows: Chinese women have been using makeup powder at least since the Warring States period, and the oldest makeup powder has two ingredients, one is made of rice flour grinding, and the ancient powder character is from rice from the min; Another type of makeup powder is a facial grease that turns white lead into a paste, commonly known as it

"Hu Fen". Because it is made of lead, it is also called

"Lead Hua", also called

"Lead powder", both powders are used to apply to the face and keep the skin smooth. Regarding the production method of rice noodles, there is a more detailed record in the "Qi Min Elements", and the most primitive milling method is to use a round flour bowl to hold rice juice to precipitate it and make it a white and greasy powder

"Powder", then put it in the sun in the middle of the day, and the dried powder can be used to make up the face. Because of the simplicity of this production method, it was widely spread among the people, and until the Tang and Song dynasties, people made rice noodles and still used this method.

There is also a kind of incense powder, which is made of corn, similar to the above, but at the end add various spices, it becomes fragrant powder, because the corn itself contains a certain viscosity, so it is used to cover the face, and it is not easy to fall off.

Compared with rice flour, the production process of lead powder is much more complicated, from the early literature, the so-called lead powder, in fact, contains lead, tin, aluminum, zinc and other chemical elements, the original use of women's makeup lead powder has not been dehydrated, so it is mostly paste.

Since the Han Dynasty, lead powder has been mostly dried up to make powder or solid shapes. Because of its delicate texture, white color, and easy preservation, it is loved by women and has replaced rice noodles over time.

In addition to simple rice flour and lead powder, there are many famous women's makeup powders in ancient times, such as in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, Duan Qiaoxiao, a palace man, mixed rice flour and Hu powder with sunflower seed juice to synthesize

"Purple Pink". In the Tang Dynasty, it was made of fine corn

"Butterfly Powder". In the Song Dynasty, it was made of gypsum, talc, mussel powder, wax grease, shell musk and motherwort and other materials

"Jade Girl Peach Blossom Pollen". In the Ming Dynasty, it was refined from white jasmine kernels

"Pearl powder" and the use of hosta flower and Hu powder to make the shape of hosta

"Hosta powder". In the Qing Dynasty, it was made of pearls

"Bead powder" and ground with fine stones such as talc

"Stone powder" and so on. There are also those famous for their origins, such as those in Zhejiang

"Hangzhou Fen" (also known as official powder); Jingzhou's

"Fan Yang Powder"; Hebei's

"Fixing powder"; Guilin's

The color of the powder has also increased from the original white to a variety of colors, and various precious spices have been incorporated to make it more charming.

In the past half century, with the in-depth development of archaeological work, a large number of makeup powder objects have been unearthed, some are contained in delicate bowls, some are installed in silk bags, the most distinctive is the Southern Song Dynasty makeup powder unearthed from Fuzhou, Fujian, is made into a specific shape of powder, there are round, square, quadrilateral, octagonal and sunflower petals, etc., and the convex and concave plum blossoms, orchids and lotus patterns are also embossed on it.

Another explanation: Lead Hua refers to the cosmetics used by women in ancient China, and washing away the lead Hua is to say that a woman puts aside the days of glory and wealth and lives a plain life.