"Put on a new Chinese style makeup and look for Chinese romance." The recent popularity of "Chinese cross dressing" on the Internet has aroused netizens' interest in the makeup of ancient Chinese women. On short video platforms such as Tiktok, creative videos of cross dressing at checkpoints with different ancient makeup attract people's attention and imitation. Many bloggers also integrate drama, four famous works, traditional techniques and other intangible cultural heritage elements into the videos. Netizens are curious about how ancient people dressed up, and the answer may be revealed from a "makeup box" from the Spring and Autumn period. This copper box, dating back over 2700 years, was unearthed from the Beibai Goose Cemetery in Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. The box is filled with red material and a copper spoon. After the excavation of cultural relics, various speculations about the material inside the copper box, the identity of the tomb owner, and the makeup of women in the Zhou Dynasty have attracted attention both domestically and internationally. The Archaeological Research Institute of Shanxi Province, together with the scientific research team of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed the microscopic morphology and material composition of the remains of the copper box. Researchers found a large number of animal fats, plant essential oils, cinnabar, calcite, aragonite and other substances in the copper box. Based on this, it can be concluded that this is a cosmetic box from the early Spring and Autumn period. Everyone has the desire to love beauty, "said the famous line about pursuing beauty in" Mencius' Letter to Confucius "during the Warring States period, which has been passed down to this day. A touch of peach blossoms on the red lips, and a shy and shy maid in a bun. "The tender lines of the Tang Dynasty frontier poet Cen Shen make the beautiful image of ancient women tangible and perceptible in today's minds. In ancient times, women would usually dress up carefully during major festivals. For example, according to relevant information, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, ancient women may wear accessories related to the legend of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, emphasizing facial fairness in makeup, depicting slender eyebrows, and applying bright lip balm. Cao Jun, a curator at the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, recently told reporters that according to the unearthed artifacts, the tomb owner of the North White Goose Cemetery had a high status and status before his death, and should be a high-ranking female aristocrat. From literature records and archaeological artifacts, it can be seen that the makeup style of the Zhou Dynasty began to take shape and was generally simple and elegant, with a focus on plain makeup of pink, white, and black, rather than red makeup. Therefore, some people refer to it as the "age of plain makeup". According to data, Chinese women's makeup has been in its infancy since the Neolithic Age. During the Xia and Shang dynasties, the use of "lead powder" was introduced, and during the Zhou dynasty, cosmetics such as "rouge", "face fat", "lip fat", and "Daimei" were popular. In the "Shuowen Jiezi", it is recorded that "powder is also used to make faces, and the sound is divided by the meter." The "Chu Ci · Da Zhao" vividly describes the lip color (vermilion lips), eyebrow color (black and blue), eyebrow shape (moth eyebrows, curved eyebrows, straight eyebrows), complexion (pink and white, vermilion), and the fragrance applied to the dancer's hair (Fangze). Cao Jun introduced that the plant essential oil found in the copper box of the White Goose Cemetery in Yuanqu North is the first discovery in ancient Chinese cosmetics. It is an important physical material for the development of handicraft industry and the application of cosmetics in the pre Qin period of China. It has important archaeological value for studying the naming, function, type, decoration, casting of copper boxes, as well as the history of ancient handicraft industry development and cosmetics. The civilization of the Zhou Dynasty lasted until the end of the two weeks, and human culture became the world, advocating 'ritual and music culture', "Cao Jun said. From these unearthed artifacts, we can glimpse the cultural trend of advocating authority, obeying order, and having a prominent sense of hierarchy in society during the two weeks. People's pursuit of beauty runs through ancient and modern times, and the small perspective of 'seeking beauty' can vividly depict the great changes in etiquette, culture, and trends of different historical periods Cao Jun said so. (New Society)