You may not know Cinderella, but speaking of Cinderella, you must blurt out: the one who lost the crystal shoe! But why did she lose not gold shoes, not silver shoes, but crystal shoes?
Some people say that you are just raising the bar, the author of the story was made up in the first place, there is no reason!
In fact, otherwise, this story is not made up by one person, nor is it a hot idea, but is derived from European folklore, and the widely circulated version is the Grimm Fairy Tales written by the Grimm brothers. However, the description in the book is too bloody, and what we see when we are children is a beautiful fairy tale suitable for children to read.
Many early animated versions are also based on the beautified Grimm fairy tales, the story is beautiful and moving, the Cinderella character image is pure and kind and harmless, and the shoes on the feet have evolved into crystal shoes, so there are 3 reasons for this setting.
There are daughters in the family who probably understand, and there are often parents who complain about the aesthetics of the girls, and there is no resistance to this kind of bouling, princess shoes that have no comfort at all.
Women naturally like shiny things like gold, diamonds, jewelry. There is a kind of male bird in the forest, which attracts females by building exquisite nests, and when they are arranged, they will pick up some sparkling things, which will greatly increase their attractiveness. Perhaps, it is the instinct of female animals to like to shine.
Crystal is exactly like this, sparkling, colorful, very girly, very dreamy. And it is the girls who like the story of this prince and princess. Also famous on the screen are these shoes, the red magic shoes in The Wizard of Oz, which also shine with a charming light.
In some versions, Cinderella clothes and shoes are really gold, silver —
The bird left her a garment woven with gold and silver thread and a pair of dancing shoes sewn with silk and silver thread.
Doesn't this feel ordinary and unattractive without crystal shoes?
I don't know if any of my friends have seen the literal translation of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", I have seen a lost loss anyway, I threw it aside, too ruined childhood!
The East likes jade, and the West admires gemstones.
The royal palace aristocrats in Europe have more respect for diamonds, crystals, opals and other gemstones, and most of them are also in those jewels that have been handed down.
So in the story of Cinderella, she wears crystal shoes, which is more in line with the aesthetics of Westerners, without any sense of violation.
The crystal shoe is every girl's girl's dream, it is more sparkling than gold and silver, more precious than the dancing shoes, and it is precisely because of it that it completes the counterattack of a girl from Cinderella to Bai Fumei, just like a key to promotion, opening the door to a new world!