In ancient times, people took petite beauty as beauty, such as slender waist and three-inch golden lotus.
We often say that the old lady's shroud is smelly and long, and under this shroud is the three-inch golden lotus that everyone praises.
In ancient times, women's small feet, 3 inches for golden lotus, 4 inches for silver lotus, no matter how big it is iron lotus, it is not enough for beauty. In that era, a woman, whether she can find a good family, depends on the size of her feet, if you are ugly, but your feet are small enough, then marrying into a wealthy family, it is easy.
In 1870 there was an American photographer, John A. Thomson has always been very curious about the "little feet" of Chinese women, and does not understand why Chinese is so crazy about the "three-inch golden lotus".
So he probed around and wanted to take a few photos of small feet, but in that feudal era, feet were a woman's intimate part, how could it be easily displayed in front of people?
Later, Thomson, spending a lot of money to buy the maid of a young lady of a large family, this young lady is not a reserved person, at the instigation of the maid, in front of Thomson, uncovered her smelly and long shroud, wow, the smell of the sky, almost made Thomson vomit on the spot.
At this moment, when the little feet he had longed for for a long time appeared in front of him, he was stunned on the spot, what nasturtium, this is obviously a pair of disabled feet, except for the thumb, all the other toes are broken, bending towards the center of the foot, like a pointed shoot, this deformed form made Thomson angry and flicked his sleeves away.
How could this deformed fashion style be so popular in ancient times on the mainland?
Speaking of the origin of foot wrapping, there are different theories, some people say that it originated in Xia Shang, and some say that it originated in the Sui Dynasty, but from the perspective of Dunhuang murals and cultural relics, foot binding before the Song Shenzong is rare.
Yuanren Tao Zongyi once pointed out in "Foot Binding" that foot binding has only begun in the fifth generation.
During the Five Dynasties period, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty liked music and dance, and he cultivated many music and dance talents in the palace, and one day Li Yu asked craftsmen to build the Golden Lotus Platform and decorated countless rare and exotic treasures on the Golden Lotus Platform. After that, Li Yu ordered the concubine to wrap her feet in the shape of a crescent moon with a drapery, wear a layer of plain socks, climb the golden lotus platform, dance, and have the appearance of lingyun.
After that, the concubines in the palace followed the example of foot wrapping, and slowly spread outside the palace. Since then, women's foot binding has become more and more popular, and even people regard it as fashionable and a symbol of nobility.
During this period, it was also indispensable to the literati and inkers, what "slender steps, exquisite and unparalleled in the world", "a bend of nephrite jade lingbo small, two petals of red lotus landed lightly", with the help of people, the wind of small feet is more popular.
Women for small feet suffer a lot of pain, a pair of small feet, tears a jar, little girls from 4, 5 years old, lined with bones are relatively soft, parents will take advantage of this time, with 5 feet long, 2 inches wide cloth strips to wrap the feet, inside will also put tiles, help the bones to shape, girls cry in pain, parents will put their children by the well, in order to prevent them from stealing away, women and children after more than a month of suffering, the bones gradually set, so the "three-inch golden lotus" praised by men was cast successfully.
Why do foot wraps stink? The curved and fractured toe is bent and confined to the center of the foot for many years, and the dirt in the gap cannot be cleaned, and it is strange that it is not ugly.
In order to imprison women and let them keep their duties, men willingly stay at home with their husbands and children, and get along in too many ways, what three-inch golden lotus, what women are talentless is virtue, what gate does not go out of the second door and does not step.
It was not until the Republican period, when the door of the country opened, that women began to contact new things, broadened their horizons, and began to fight for their status, that the old custom of binding feet was lifted.
I remembered when I was a child, I went out with my grandmother, and when I was tired of walking, I let my grandmother carry me home, and I thought about it, she carried me on my back, and used her little feet to take me home trembling step by step.