Why did ancient Chinese women wrap their little feet

In ancient times, women bound their feet to make their walking posture look good, but later according to folklore, there were other reasons. Some people say that women wrap their little feet in order to give birth to children in the future so that they can give birth naturally, and some people say that women with small feet can look like small birds and make men like them more.

In ancient times, there were many words of praise for small feet, such as "golden lotus", "three-inch golden lotus", "incense hook", etc., all of which were praised by cultural people for women with small feet. But this kind of pain cannot be felt by those who have not experienced it.

Su Dongpo's poem "Bodhisattva Man" said that "it should be difficult to say that it is delicate and must be seen from the palm of the hand", and also formulated seven standards for the beauty of small feet: thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive, and summarized the "seven beauties" of small feet: shape, quality, capital, god, fat, soft, and beautiful.

It can be seen that people recognized the act of binding small feet at that time, and in modern times, this system has been slowly abolished.

Men can never understand the pain of a woman's little feet, the feeling of breaking all the muscles and bones, and we can't imagine what kind of pain it is.

Caused by the bondage of people and the morbid aesthetics under the feudal husband's authority.

Foot binding first began in 969-975 AD during the reign of Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, when a lady of the Empress Li was ingenious and used silk to wrap her feet into a crescent moon shape and dance on the golden lotus to please the Son of Heaven. 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.