From which dynasty did ancient Chinese women s foot binding arise?

It is said that it began in the Song Dynasty, there was an emperor who had a dream at night, dreamed of a fairy with small feet, and found it so beautiful, and then gradually began to spread among the people.

Foot binding is a custom in ancient and even modern times, that is, a woman's feet are wrapped in cloth to make it a small and pointed "three-inch golden lotus".

There are different opinions about the origin of foot binding since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Some say it started in the Sui Dynasty, while others say it started in the Five Dynasties.

According to the research of modern scholars, foot binding arose in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Modern scholars have pointed out that five generations ago, Chinese women did not bind their feet. The Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo once made a special word for "Bodhisattva Man", and sang about foot binding. "Don't cherish the lotus to take steps, and worry about Luo socks Lingbo; I saw the dance back to the wind, but there was nowhere to go.

stealing the palace is stable, and standing double falling; It should be difficult to say delicately, and it must be seen from the palm of your hand. This can also be called the first poem in the history of Chinese poetry dedicated to foot binding. It should be noted that the writing of foot-binding poems is dependent on the emergence of foot-binding customs, which shows that foot-binding customs did appear in the Song Dynasty.

By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, women's foot binding was more common, and even at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, "small feet" had become a common name for women. However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, women's foot binding was not yet popular, and foot binding was mainly limited to the upper class, and foot binding in social concepts had not yet reached the point where everyone accepted it. At the same time, the custom of foot-binding spread from the north to the south, around the time when the Song dynasty moved south.

The foot binding of the Song Dynasty is different from the three-inch golden lotus of later generations. According to historical records, foot binding in the Song Dynasty was to wrap the feet "straight" but not arched, which was called "fast on the horse" at that time. The shoes used are called "wrong to the end", and their soles are sharp and composed of two colors.

The actual foot-binding shoes have been found in archaeology. It is inferred from archaeological finds that the small feet wrapped around these shoes were larger than those of later times.

In the Ming Dynasty, women were popular in Keju, and it is said that the famous ** Golden Vase Meili described the situation of women's Keju, indicating that at least until the Ming Dynasty, foot binding was equivalent to wearing socks now, and it did not affect sports.

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There are many theories about this, and the most accurate should be that it originated in the Five Dynasties and prevailed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Produced in the Five Dynasties and prevailed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.