I don't know if friends who like to see the palace drama have found a very interesting thing in it. That is, the shoes under the feet of the palace maid and the royal concubine, modern women like to wear high heels to look more tall. Some are particularly tall and even 5 to 7 centimeters, but compared with the imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty, they are small witches.
It is no exaggeration to say that the "flower pot bottom" shoes worn by the imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty were like stepping on stilts. The most common are around 5 cm to 15 cm, and some are particularly long and even up to 25 cm, what is this concept? The one meter five tall passed up instantly became a model of one meter seven five, and everyone made up the picture by themselves.
Many people may still not understand why such shoes were circulated in the Qing Palace. If you don't walk well, if you fall down, it is not as simple as dropping two layers of skin. To know the answer to this question, we must also start from the ancient history of foot binding in our country, in our eyes, foot binding is a feudal tradition in ancient China.
However, the ancients did not think so, and since the late Northern Song Dynasty, foot binding has become popular. The "History of the Five Elements of Song" records: "During the Lizong Dynasty, the palace people tied their feet straight" This is an example of the royal family of the Song Dynasty and the foot binding of women in the palace. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it almost reached its peak, and it can be said that nine out of ten Women in the Han Dynasty had their feet tied.
However, we know that the original identity of the Qing Dynasty was the Jianzhou Jurchen. In 1644, the Ming general Wu Sangui, who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, made a traitor and put Dolgun and the Qing army in, and then unified the Central Plains and established the Qing Dynasty. After the satisfied woman came to the Central Plains, she saw the Han woman walking with her small feet wrapped in a small foot, and she felt that she was very beautiful and wanted to learn.
However, the Manchu Qing royal family ordered that foot binding in the palace was prohibited. If there are violators, they will even be exiled. This foot wrapping can not be wrapped, but the "flower pot sole" came into being. As mentioned at the beginning, the heel of this kind of shoe is very high, and most of the heels are very thin, and people who are just starting to wear it are afraid that it is difficult to adapt, but it has an advantage.
As long as you wear the "flower pot bottom" shoes, you can get out of the "small foot" walking and swinging effect. The emperors also looked good, so naturally they acquiesced. Later, this "flower pot bottom" shoe should also be transported to become the second function, mainly for the convenience of the emperor.
We know that the emperors of ancient times can be described as countless harem beauties. Take the Qing Dynasty, for example, the positions of concubines alone were distributed from the empress below: imperial concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, nobles, always present, promised eight ranks. There is only one queen, but there are many concubines, and sometimes even people can't remember, so what to do?
The role of this "flower pot bottom" shoe is highlighted, and it is generally equipped with various embroidery, carving, and even beading and other decorations on the top of the shoe. These are based on status level. The emperor glanced at the shoes and reacted quickly.