The folklore of foot binding can be traced back to the period of water control. After Dayu married Tu Shanshi, Tu Shanshi was a little fox spirit. In addition, according to legend, da ji, the concubine of the late Yin Dynasty, was also a fox. Everyone may be familiar with it through TV series, but da ji's feet didn't get better, so she wrapped them in cloth. Because of da ji's love, all the women in the palace followed her example and held back.
A woman named Wu Yueniang was chosen. Wu Yueniang hated Yang Di's tyranny, and asked his father to build a lotus petal knife three inches long and one inch wide, and wrapped it under his feet with a long cloth, but also wrapped it as small as possible.
In order to attract Yang Di's attention, Wu Yueniang carved a lotus flower on the sole and printed a beautiful lotus flower when he walked. Emperor Yang Di liked Wu Yueniang very much, so he asked Wu Yueniang to get close to him and wanted to admire her little feet. Wu Yueniang took the opportunity to assassinate him, but was evaded by Emperor Yang Di. When Wu Yueniang saw that the assassination failed, he threw himself into the river. To commemorate Wu Yueniang, folk women followed Wu Yueniang's example and wrapped their feet.
In fact, according to the existing historical data, it is not difficult to see that ancient women did not bind their feet before the Song Dynasty.
We can judge that foot-binding began in the Song Dynasty, but it made great achievements in oppressing women, which made the bad habit of foot-binding kill countless women in ancient times and was abolished after hundreds of years of inheritance.
China was a feudal dynasty society dominated by men in ancient times. Men think feet are beautiful and sexy. In the Song Dynasty, the royal family and the upper class of the Song Dynasty first began to bind their feet. So the Emperor of Song Dynasty popularized foot binding to the people.
At that time, if a woman's feet were not small enough, she would be laughed at and could not get married. Men put aside the damage to the human body and the inconvenience of movement, thinking that the feet are small and exquisite, exquisite and beautiful.
The acid literati in the Song Dynasty also encouraged the bad habit of foot binding. Many scholars regard exploring little feet as? Study? Do it. So there were many poems praising little feet in ancient times.
After the bad habit of foot-binding lasted for hundreds of years, Sun Yat-sen asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to persuade all provinces to ban foot-binding. Gradually eliminate this bad habit and liberate women from foot binding again.
China's 5,000-year history has given birth to splendid cultural civilization, but some bad habits have also appeared in the history of several thousand years. Today, with the continuous progress of society, I hope we can get rid of the dross and pass on the valuable culture forever.