Zhemian (Ochre face) was original ly an “ethnic description” of the facial makeup practices of the Tibetans\, or Tubo\, in the Tang History and other Chinese-language historic al sources. Across two centuries of Tang-Tibetan interaction\, “zhemian ” influenced culture in Chang’an and the Central Plains. After compreh ensive analysis\, these phenomena arouse our interest: The assertion in the Tang History that Songtsen Gampo “ordered the prohibition of zhemian” is not factual\, but was rather wishful thinking on the part of one faction at the Chang’an court\; that the opinions in Chinese areas a bout zhemian were by no means united\; that it was a symbol of dif ferences between “Chinese and Foreigners\,” and that urban women saw this a s a novel and popular fashion.
The talk begins at 5 pm.
About th e Speaker:
Li Yongxian 李永宪 recently retired as Chair of the Archaeology Department and Professor in the Tibetan Research Institute and the Universi ty Museum at Sichuan University in Chengdu. His primary specialization in r ecent years has been the prehistoric and historic archaeology of the Tibeta n Plateau. He has also served as an adjunct professor of Anthropology at t he University of Washington and visiting lecturer in the Mongolian and Tibe tan Institute at National Cheng Chi University in Taiwan.
This event is sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program\, Asian Studies and Department of Anthropology.
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