The so-called stars, also known as famous prostitutes, are produced from brothels by electing prostitutes. The first few finalists were crowned as stars, and the first one was named based on flowers.
The requirements of a star are not only beautiful, but also sensible, gentle and talented, such as singing and dancing, playing chess, painting and calligraphy, and reciting poems.
Based on the stars, they belong to the most beautiful and favorite people The value of the shortlisted stars ranges from one to ten times, and based on the difference of everyone's fame, some are dozens of times, and the highest can reach one hundred times.
But why should a prostitute star master a skill?
Ancient brothels were not only places where prostitutes sold themselves, but also places where girls studied art. There are piano, chess, painting and calligraphy classes, song and dance classes and prostitute classes in brothels.
In ordinary people's homes, some parents want their daughters to be successful, and some parents want their daughters to make a lot of money in the future. When their daughter 12 or 3 years old, they will be sent to a brothel. In general brothels, there will be such a phenomenon: the daughters of upper-class families are sent to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting classes, the girls of wealthy families such as ordinary businessmen and vendors are sent to song and dance classes, and the poor families of lower-class society are forced to send their daughters to prostitute classes because of their living conditions.
Girls in piano, chess, painting and calligraphy classes and song and dance classes learn culture and talent and don't sell themselves. Girls in the prostitute class only learn Mandarin, and when they reach a certain age, they will be invited to buy sex.
In order to make a lot of money, brothels should select a group of beautiful women in each level of brothels to choose stars. The selection process needs emotion and talent, and the fourth subject is color, which is selected by the examiner. If someone is rated as a star, even the parents of the students' families in the piano, chess, painting, singing and dancing class will gladly accept their daughters as stars. If they are not selected, the girls in these two classes will take their children away, while the girls in the prostitute class will not be selected.
Tianshui Xiange, a brothel in Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty, was originally a girl in a song and dance class. Because of her good singing and dancing, she was praised as the most beautiful and crowned as a brothel.
After becoming a flower head, she is worth a hundred times and has unlimited scenery. The government stipulates that only people with more than five products are eligible to contact her. For example, it costs 200 taels of silver to go to the brothel to call the roll and spend the night with Tianshui Xiange. According to the current tourist price, one gram of silver is 15 yuan, 50 grams is equivalent to one or two RMB 750 yuan, and 100 is 75,000 yuan.
Besides, officials in Liu Pin and even ordinary people have a chance to see the beauty of Tianshui in Ge Xiang. As long as she appears at close range for more than a minute, she will make eyes at the audience and make them excited. The audience will spend 100 silver. Tianshui Ge Xiang is arguably the most expensive star in history.
Su Sanmei in Ming Dynasty was also a famous imperial concubine.
Unlike the Tang Dynasty, there are no rules and regulations in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the clients pay the starting price. Su Sanmei was hired by a businessman for a year. The businessman spends 100 taels of silver every day, which is more than 36,000 taels for more than 360 days a year, equivalent to more than 27 million yuan.
However, all the money in the brothel belongs to the brothel, and Su Sanmei can only charge extra tips paid by the brothel every day, ranging from one or two to ten taels of silver.
The extra money paid by customers is not limited to silver, but also gold beads and jewelry. Generally speaking, star prostitutes get much more tips than ordinary prostitutes.
Li Shishi, based on the Northern Song Dynasty, can sing and dance well, which is equivalent to a modern singer. She is very elegant and likes to make friends with celebrities in society. She is also a good friend of Emperor Song Huizong, and her life is very beautiful.
Liang Hongyu, based on the Southern Song Dynasty, was once as brilliant as a flower, and soon withered.
In a performance in Marshal's Mansion, her beauty attracted Marshal Han Shizhong. When she was young, her grandfather and father were killed, and her miserable life as a prostitute in Jingkou was also touched by him. She was also moved by Han Shizhong's heroism. They hit it off, and Bill Han redeemed her and married her.
After joining the army, Liang Hongyu made great contributions to pacify the rebellion in Miao Fu. Later, he went out with his husband, fought against the Jin Army many times, and won, making him famous all over the world. Later, at the age of 33, he was ambushed and killed in the battle with the Jin Army and the rebels who defected to the Jin Army.
After the Yuan Dynasty, many brothels in Beijing chose stars at the same time, and there were more flowers. Except for Su Sanmei, their fame and worth are not as good as those of the previous stars.
For example, Wang in the Yuan Dynasty and Du Shiniang in the Ming Dynasty were well-known star heads at that time, but their prices were not as good as those of Tianshui Xiange, Li Shishi and Su Sanmei.
When history entered the Qing Dynasty, the society no longer called star prostitutes "flower heads", and brothels chose the top three, namely, one, two and three. One is the first, also called champion, dimethyl is the second, and three are also called flower exploration. The value of prostitutes rated as the top three has generally increased by more than ten times.
Star-shaped flower heads attract people's attention and are extremely popular for a while. When people reach middle age, they are no longer red flowers, but they are old and yellow. They faded out of brothels and got married.
On them, there is no honor of stars, and they live a dull life like ordinary people.