"Three-inch golden lotus", commonly known as foot binding, as the name suggests, is to wrap the feet with cloth to prevent the development of the feet, in order to achieve the purpose of small feet. When ancient women were four or five years old, their parents wrapped their feet in cloth and made their feet very small to meet the aesthetic needs of ancient times.
It is reasonable to say that the aesthetics of the ancients were very elegant, but they had a strong interest in the deformed little feet, and thought that this was beauty, and this perverted aesthetic demand was really incomprehensible to modern people.
Seeing that his wife had a pair of deformed little feet, the ancient husband was not only not disgusted, but also rejoiced, which was really incomprehensible to future generations. So when did the habit of foot binding originate?
According to relevant historical data, foot binding originated in the Song Dynasty, and the dynasties before the Song Dynasty did not have the habit of foot binding, but only in the Song Dynasty did they begin to appear foot binding. Why do women wrap their feet?
There are many reasons for this, but the most supporters are that Li Yu likes to wrap his feet and has been passed down.
Li Yu was the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he had a dancer who danced very beautifully, in order to achieve the effect of "dancing in the palm of his hand", Li Yu wrapped a layer of cloth around the dancer, wrapped his feet very small, and looked very good when dancing.
Since then, women have had the habit of foot binding, and by the Song and Ming dynasties, women's foot binding has become a habit. When a girl reaches the age of four or five, her parents begin to wrap her feet, and if a woman has big feet, she will be considered unable to marry out, and no man will dare to ask for it.
First of all, let's explain that foot binding is a Custom of the Han People. The Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchus, the Qing Emperor did not require the people to tie their feet, and Manchu women did not have the habit of foot binding.
However, Han women have been wrapping their feet for hundreds of years, and this habit is difficult to change, so it has been retained. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Han women still had the habit of foot binding, although there was already an order prohibiting foot binding, but the people still tied their feet as if they were not the same.
It can also be seen from this that when an idea is deeply rooted in people's hearts, it will not be erased from people's hearts for a while and a half. Many friends have only heard of foot binding on TV dramas or other people, and today Xiaobian introduces a real foot-binding woman to you, she is Liu Niang.
When Liu Niang was born, although the Qing Dynasty had perished, her parents still required her to wrap her feet due to the existence of feudal ideas. Liu Niang cried and shouted not to wrap her feet, but her parents had to wrap her.
After growing up, Liu Niang became a three-inch golden lotus with a pair of small feet. When it was time to get married, an old man of the family suddenly heard that Liu Niang was a small foot, and his heart was very happy, so he married her home.
With a pair of small feet, Liu Niang successfully married into a rich family and became a lady. After Liu Niang married into the rich, she didn't have to do anything, she ate and drank all day, and lived a god-like life.
At that time, many people wanted to see what the little foot looked like, but Liu Niang refused, because if the woman's feet were seen by others, it meant infidelity and violated ethics.
Liu Niang's feet were only seen by her husband, and no one else had seen them. After the new society, women are no longer tied to their feet, and Liu Niang is still a small foot, and her heart is very inferior.
Liu Niang is now 105 years old, but she almost never bathes, because she is afraid to see her feet, and she does not dare to face her past. Foot binding is a cancer of feudal society, which is a serious destruction of women, and with the progress of human civilization, foot binding has been abolished.
References: "History of the New Five Dynasties", "History of Foot Binding", "Women's Three-Inch Golden Lotus", etc