Why did you bind your feet in ancient times, and what is the significance?

This practice is to restrict women's free movement, and at the same time to meet the special hobbies of some men, because in ancient times, women did not need to go out to show their heads, they only needed to stay at home, and it was inconvenient to move and only stay at home when they bound their feet.

The three-inch golden lotus is the reason for binding feet in ancient times. In ancient times, people thought that women with three-inch golden lotus were very beautiful, and the smaller the feet, the more beautiful they were. This led to ancient women being bound at the age of three or four.

The ancients called it "three-inch golden lotus", in order to cater to the deformed aesthetics of the ancient public, the ancient girls had to wrap their feet, and the smaller the more popular, so when the girl just learned to walk, the girl's mother or grandmother had to wrap her feet, do you think it makes sense to do this?

To meet people's needs for women, it is mandatory for women to bind their feet, and there are also clear requirements for women's clothing, food, housing and transportation.

In ancient times, it was necessary to bind the feet, which first began in the reign of Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty in 969-975 AD. Later, this custom gradually spread to the common people, and women regarded foot binding as beauty. At that time, the feudal literati and scholars had a morbid aesthetic, regarded women as playthings, and it became a habit to play with women's small feet.

In addition, in ancient times, there was a traditional custom of "men are superior to women" in a patriarchal society, and women would go out less when they were unable to move after binding their feet, so foot binding has also become an important way to restrain women.

In ancient times, after the women's feet were bound, people called them "three-inch golden lotus". This little foot covered with strips of cloth became the most private part of the body, and it was reserved for his own man. At that time, small feet were never to be seen or touched by other men.

If she is accidentally touched, this woman will be regarded as the greatest shame in her life.

Binding small feet first began during the reign of Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty in 969-975 AD, and some people believe that as early as the Warring States Period in 770-476 BC, binding small feet appeared, and perhaps even earlier can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty. In short, the custom of feudal society has a long history, and it has killed countless Chinese women for thousands of years. It can be said that binding small feet is one of the most prominent manifestations of "male superiority and female inferiority" under the patriarchal tradition.

Foot wrapping is also a three-inch golden lotus, which can be said to have reshaped women.

If you bind your feet, you are more like a woman, and a woman who does not bind her feet not only looks extremely stupid, but also shows her low social status.

Having a pair of slender and Zhou Zheng golden lotus is necessary for everyone's demeanor, and the feet are not wrapped up to the standard, and in front of everyone, especially in the more solemn assembly, they will be ashamed of themselves if they don't wait for others.

The truth in that is beyond saying.

The three-inch nasturtium is particularly gender-colored: the sharp, thin, and cone-like bow shoes (usually embroidered with various patterns) are unique to women; Wrapped in a pair of "delicate and difficult" little feet, it is not a woman, and it is not a man who can easily disguise it.

It is also an insurmountable gap for men to dress up. Therefore, the three-inch golden lotus naturally became a gender characteristic.

This is also a phenomenon unique to folk culture.

Foot binding is not from ancient times, foot binding first appeared in the ancient Southern Tang Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty began to be popular at that time, that is, when the girl becomes an adult, the foot is scalded with boiling water, and then the other four toes are folded up, wrapped in cloth, to prevent the growth of the other four toes, this is foot binding.

Foot binding originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, and later the custom of foot binding arose in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was first proposed by King Song Wei, and then it was imitated by various countries, and then this custom was handed down, and this custom is really harmful.

According to the records in history, the Southern Tang Dynasty, which first appeared, had women bound their feet from this dynasty, and the situation in the Yuan Dynasty was more serious.

Regarding the origin of foot binding, there have been different opinions since the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to modern scholars, foot binding began in the Northern Song Dynasty and arose in the Southern Song Dynasty. The foot binding of the Yuan Dynasty continued to develop in the direction of slenderness.

The wind of foot binding in the Ming Dynasty entered a prosperous period and appeared"Three-inch golden lotus"It is said that the foot is not only required to be as small as three inches, but also to be arched, but the unearthed female corpse before the Qing Dynasty has not yet found a person with foot binding, which shows that foot binding was not very common at that time. In the Qing Dynasty, the trend of foot binding spread to women from all walks of life, regardless of whether they were rich or poor, they all bound their feet, but there were not a few who did not bind their feet. Foot binding causes severe pain to women.

It is not easy to tie small feet. The folk proverb says:"Wrap a pair of small feet and shed a jar of tears"。

Foot binding generally begins at the age of four or five, and after three or four years, it can only begin to take shape at the age of seven or eight. Before binding the feet, scald the feet with hot water, while the feet are still warm, the four toes of the feet except the thumb are forcibly bent to the soles of the feet, so that the toes are close to the soles of the feet, and the toes under the feet are coated with alum to dry dampness, kill insects, and detoxify. But there are still many girls whose feet are still pupurate and bleeding, and it is difficult to stand, so they can only crawl for a long time.

After such a long period of tossing, the foot will be entangled in a short arch, so that the soles of the feet will be dented, the instep will be raised, and the length of the whole foot will be greatly reduced. As you can imagine, the pain of a sound and perfect foot being forcibly twisted into an irregular triangle must have been deep in the bones. It can be seen that the proverb says"A vat of tears"It's not a casual exaggeration.

My girlfriend's best friend is one of the few modern foot binding enthusiasts, she said that after wrapping her feet, not only her feet are rules, but also her people are rules, and her girlfriend also said that her feet are really good-looking!

Increase the sense of beauty, take the small as the beauty, the three-inch golden lotus!

Good looking, prevent women from having athleticism.