Feudal habits have appeared in the history of all countries in the world, such as in 19th-century Europe, because of the deformed aesthetic and moral kidnapping, there was a custom of templates or metal sheets to fix the corset. In the long run, women have caused serious deformities in their bodies because of their waists, and even lost their lives because of them. In ancient China, there was a similar feudal bad habit, that is, foot binding.
Foot binding is also known as foot binding, according to Gao Hongxing's "History of Foot Binding" and many historical materials, the earliest occurrence of foot binding originated in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and the time of its rise was in the Southern Song Dynasty. We know that many of the fashions of ancient times came from the palace, and the same was true of foot binding, and the ruling class of the Song Dynasty played a huge role in it.
It is recorded in the "Crane Forest Yulu" that the princesses of the Song Dynasty generally wrapped their feet, and it became a common phenomenon. There was once a Roufu Emperor Ji, a princess of the Song Dynasty, but because she did not have foot binding, she was considered to be a princess pretending to be a princess. The "History of the Five Elements of Song" also records: "During the Lizong Dynasty, the palace people tied their feet and straightened their feet." This is the best example of the foot binding of the Royal Family of the Song Dynasty.
After the Ming Dynasty, the custom of women's foot binding entered a period of popularity. And the more entangled and smaller, we often hear that the "three-inch golden lotus" originated in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu You stewed in the "YuanGong Ci" has a sentence is: "Lianqian three inches bow shoe dew", not only to be small but also to bow can be described as extremely tricky.
By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers were very disgusted with foot binding. There was even a strict ban on women's foot binding, but after hundreds of years of development, foot binding has become a fashion, and by the seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1668), the ineffective prohibition could only be abolished, but it was strictly prohibited in the court of the Qing Dynasty.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, the era of feudal rule passed. It is said that the feudal system will perish, and these feudal bad habits should also be dispersed. However, I did not expect that the wind of foot binding was still prevalent, and many traditional families born in the old society still could not get out of the shadow of the feudal tradition.
It was not until Mr. Sun Yat-sen issued the "Decree of the President of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Advise the Provinces to Prohibit Foot Binding" on March 11, 1912, that it was gradually curbed, and Liu Niang was the last batch of women to wrap their feet during the Republic of China, but the small feet were both unfortunate and fortunate for Liu Niang.
Liu Niang was born very beautiful since she was a child, and is a famous beauty embryo outside the village. In order to find a better family in the future in six years, the family wrapped her small feet when she was 5 years old, and it was the smallest three-inch golden lotus wrapped. Liu Niang cried and shouted when she was wrapping her feet, but the family did not feel any pain but said: "The tears you shed now are the hundred and two silver in the future." Finally, when Liu Niang was 15 years old, he joined another traditional large family, the Wang family, with his "three-inch golden lotus". She didn't have to do anything every day, just give birth to children for the old Wang family at home and raise children.
Living in such an environment, Liu Niang's heart has become more and more closed and introverted. Since passing through the door, the feet have been wrapped and never washed, and only to show their husbands their own small feet, in the feudal tradition, the feet are also part of women's privacy. Liu Niang also did this to make her husband feel loyal. From Liu Niang's body, it can also be seen that the feudal bad habit of foot binding has a deep impact.