The "Four Great Beauties" of ancient China are legendary figures celebrated not only for their extraordinary physical allure but also for their profound influence on Chinese history and culture. Each woman embodies a unique blend of beauty, tragedy, and symbolism, immortalized in poetry, art, and folklore.
A story of a beauty who makes fish sink:
During the Spring and Autumn period, there was a beauty called Xishi in the Yue Kingdom in Eastern China. She washed clothes in the creek every day. The fish in the creek saw Xishi's beauty and felt that they were too ugly to be seen by her. They didn't have the nerve to show their faces. One by one, they stayed away from the surface. Because of this, Xishi became "The Legendary Beauty that made the Fish sink".