Drinking and eating are full of lust, and the masters have nothing to do when they eat enough, always thinking about what to study, and seeking some sensory stimulation by the way. Men who liked their feet not only existed in ancient times, but also many now.
In feudal society, men dominated society, while women took on more auxiliary work and depended on men to live. Moreover, most of the men in the families of officials and eunuchs are three wives and four concubines, and the competitive pressure of women is also very large, so they have to do everything possible to cater to men's preferences.
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How the three-inch golden lotus became fashionable
During the Tang Dynasty, the social status of women was still relatively high, which may have a lot to do with the humble blood of the Li Tang royal family. However, in the Song Dynasty, the development of Chen Zhu Lixue made the social status of women plummet, forming a situation of suppression for more than a thousand years.
So where is this inflection point? How did the little footmaid become fashionable?
Here we should mention a celebrity, li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Yu lived during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and was the last emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This dude is quite accomplished in poetry. He was born in the deep palace, in the hands of women, and was completely unsophisticated in governing the country.
In the early days of Li Yu's reign, he also wanted to be a person who worked hard to rule, but his strength did not allow it, so he slowly gave up on himself and lost in poetry and song.
Li Yu and the two or three things after the big and small weeks have long been well known, and they will not be repeated here. In his harem, there was also a man named Lady Miao.
There are so many harem women, if you want to take the throne, you have to come up with some unique work. This lady is not able to suppress the crowd, but she has a pair of small feet.
And also according to their own characteristics, created a set of golden lotus dance. When the dance began, it was like a lotus flower, which aroused Li Yu's strong interest.
In order to pursue the ultimate, Li Yu created a golden lotus platform about six feet high, on which The Lady danced, and Li Yude had already used different perspectives to appreciate these little feet.
Whatever the emperor liked, the concubines would do. After the lady was on fire, there were other concubines who, in order to compete for favors, directly wrapped their feet in brocade to win the emperor's favor.
Of course, this fashion only stayed in the harem of the Southern Dynasty.
When the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty, some of the palace concubines in the original harem were brought to the Song Dynasty and imprisoned in the imperial palace or assigned to the homes of some scholars.
During the period from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty, the change of dynasties was too frequent, and these female relatives in the harem had long been accustomed to these, no matter whose mansion they were assigned, it was right to compete for favors.
As a result, the wind of small feet was sent to the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was once popular in the aristocratic circles of scholars.
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How the Northern Song Dynasty let the Golden Lotus Wind ravage the whole country
If this had happened in the Tang Dynasty, when the Tang Dynasty had established a state with martial arts, the military generals might have preferred women who could go to the world. The Song Dynasty, on the other hand, established a state based on literature, and Zhao Kuangyin laid down the basic national policy of emphasizing literature over military force in order to avoid the tragedy of the Tang Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, the literati doctor mixed it up. So what does this have to do with the prevalence of the Golden Lotus Wind? In summary, it is nothing more than the following:
First: Li Yu is a representative of the euphemistic school and enjoys a high reputation in the literary world. Although the emperor did not do a good job, his words were really well written. Among these literati doctors, there must be a lot of Li Yu's "iron powder." What idols like, fans naturally have to try.
Second: What are the literati afraid of? Afraid that his wife is too strong, afraid that his control is insufficient. The literati did not have the strength of kong wu of the martial generals, and if they really moved their hands, they might not be as fierce as women.
In order to ensure the status of men, the literati saw through and did not understand, and formulated a series of rules and regulations to suppress women. Three from four virtues, chastity is greater than life, including this three-inch golden lotus, all of which have become invisible shackles on women's bodies.
Third: In the feudal era, women had a low status, and in order to gain favors, they took the initiative to join the list of foot binding. Where a system and ethos prevail, there will basically be a specific background as a blessing.
What men like, he can not enforce, then a big reason for the golden lotus wind can prevail, that is, women take the initiative to accept it.
In this social atmosphere, the wind of the golden lotus can prevail.
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Ordinary people also fell in love with the "three-inch golden lotus"
As mentioned above, the scholars and doctors were either vassals or in order to mix circles, and they liked foot binding, which promoted the prevalence of foot binding in high society.
But why is this wind of foot binding still blowing among the people?
Women in poor families need to work, and twisting and pinching small feet will greatly reduce women's labor productivity, so why do they choose to bind their feet?
Foolishly, the fundamental reason for this phenomenon lies in two kinds of psychology: (1) the heart of comparison; (2) the heart of flying up the branches and becoming a phoenix;
As mentioned above, foot binding was first popular among the scholar class, and the women in this circle did not need to farm or work. Foot binding to please your husband does not actually affect anything.
But after this wind blew, some people who were not scholars were even proud to marry women who were foot-bound women. This has led to the shortage of foot-bound women, and many women who have been foot-bound since childhood have taken this as an opportunity to marry into the rich and change their lives.
And those women who do not wrap their feet, even if the conditions are superior, cannot enter the home of the giants.
Everyone has the psychology of changing the situation in life, so many parents have wrapped their feet from an early age in order to let their daughter marry a good family.
In this case, the wind of foot binding intensified, blowing directly from above to the homes of the poor people.