Foot binding is a bad habit in ancient China.
They wrapped women's feet in strips of cloth, making them deformed, but they also said with relish that this was a kind of beauty, and "three inches of golden lotus" became synonymous with this deformed beauty.
According to the "History of Foot Binding", the bad habit of foot binding began in the Northern Song Dynasty, when there was already a deformed aesthetic of small feet as beauty, with the development of the times, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, women's feet were more and more slender, "three inches of golden lotus" was only 9.99cm, and whether rich or poor had the custom of foot binding, until Sun Yat-sen ordered the prohibition of foot binding, women's feet got rid of the shackles of feudal bad habits.
And a large part of these foot-binding women are all bridesmaids, and those rough servants are inconvenient because they have to work on weekdays, if they wrap their feet.
Among the international footballers, Liu Niang was the last batch of women to wrap their feet, and if he had been born a few years later, he might not have suffered this crime. When Liu Yang was only five years old, her mother took her to the room and asked her to take off her shoes.
The mother first washed his feet with warm water, and then pressed her deadly, wrapped on his feet layer by layer with cloth strips, Liu Niang cried out in pain, although the mother was distressed, but felt that this was for her good.
The purpose of his mother's foot binding was to hope that he would be able to marry a large family in the future and enjoy the glory and wealth in the future. Subsequently, his mother also sprinkled alum powder on his feet, and after a good time, she forced her to stand up and walk, hoping that she would lose her memory. If we say that Liu Niang's fate is bitter, there were a large number of women like Liu Niang in that era, who had to accept the fate of foot binding from the age of four or five.
At the age of 15, Liu Niang had already come out of the woods, her pair of three-inch golden lotus also attracted many family princes to come to propose, Liu Niang married a large family, just fulfilled her mother's wishes, but married the past Liu Niang could only stay at home every day, she passed on the inheritance for her husband, a total of six children were born, two of which died tragically, only four remained.
Liu Liang herself is everyone's bridesmaid, but also for the family to open branches and leaves, the treatment at home is very good, eating someone to hand over the bowl, housework does not have to do, when washing feet, there are people to bring her water, but these years she has always had a very painful thing, that is, when washing feet, to endure great pain.
Foot wrapping makes her feet less than 10cm, toes are almost all crowded together, although wearing embroidered shoes, can meet the aesthetics of others, but after taking off the embroidered shoes, all that remains is pain, the feet are not only not good-looking, even the skin is also very rough, whenever you wash your feet with water, Liu Niang is in pain to collapse. However, the husband liked it very much, and even had to appreciate it well, and if Liu Niang showed a very painful look, the husband chose to turn a blind eye.
Liu Niang's pain is probably only understood by those women who have wrapped their feet, and as for the husband, he loves Liu Niang's three-inch golden lotus, but he has little concern for his soul, and even, in that era, many men are big husbands, they do not understand, nor care about their wives, but let the wives have to do their due obligations.
There are many Chinese customs and traditions, such as foot binding such feudal scum, if it can be abolished as soon as possible, it is best not to be born, then many women in ancient China do not have to endure such pain, and will not be forced by their parents to wrap their feet at a young age.
Thousands of sails passed on the side of the sinking boat, and the sick tree was in front of wanmu spring. Fortunately, these feudal dross have left us, and now it is a new era. However, taking history as a mirror, women still don't do things that hurt their bodies for the sake of beauty, otherwise they will be like Liu Niang, pleasing others, while they silently endure pain behind their backs.