Since then, the little feet have been wrapped for thousands of years. In this sad history, I don't know how many China women's blood and tears have been carried.
Origin of foot-binding: Scholars in past dynasties have different views on the origin of this bad habit.
Some people say it originated from the Sui Dynasty, some people say it was the Tang Dynasty, and some people say it was the Five Dynasties. What's more, it is said that there appeared a little girl in Xia and Shang Dynasties, which can be described as varied and different. However, according to the excavation of archaeologists, the earliest foot-binding shoes were unearthed in the Southern Song Dynasty, so at present, foot-binding should have originated in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Development of Foot-binding: Foot-binding in Song Dynasty is actually different from that in later generations. According to historical records, foot-binding in Song Dynasty only wrapped the feet thin and straight without bowing, which was called "foot-binding" at that time. Mount the horse? .
Mongolian aristocrats in Yuan Dynasty did not bind their feet originally, but they did not oppose the trend of women's binding their feet at that time. On the contrary, they maintained an appreciative attitude. In this way, the bad habit of foot-binding was maintained and developed in the Yuan Dynasty. Then, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, people appeared the idea that they were ashamed of not binding their feet. In the Song Dynasty, they bound their feet again on the basis of thinness and straightness.
In the Ming dynasty, women's foot binding was popular. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, women's foot-binding has become the division of social status and rank. In addition, there was a strict foot-binding system in the Ming Dynasty. People with humble status, such as beggars, are not allowed to bind their feet, while others must bind their feet three inches if they want to. On the basis of the small size of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty not only had stricter requirements on size, but also on shape.
The heyday and prohibition of foot binding: In Qing Dynasty, the development of foot binding reached its peak. At that time, there were foot-binding phenomena in the areas where the Han people gathered, and women from all walks of life, no matter how poor or noble, bound their feet one after another.
At that time, people had regarded whether and how women bound their feet as their mate selection criteria, so the bad habit of binding their feet had penetrated into people's bone marrow at that time.
At that time, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty also strongly opposed the foot-binding of the Han people at the beginning, and repeatedly ordered the prohibition of female foot-binding.
1638, Huang taiji banned women from binding their feet, and stipulated that if anyone resisted, his husband or father would be beaten eighty times and exiled for three thousand miles. 1664, Kangxi reiterated the prohibition of women's foot-binding, but the people still repeatedly banned it. Four years later, Kangxi found it difficult to abolish the wind of foot binding, so he gave up. Women who are obsessed with foot binding are ecstatic and push their luck. Should they be reborn? Three inches of golden lotus? What's more, they wrapped their feet less than three inches, making it impossible for women to walk, so that they had to be helped in and out. Such women were very popular at that time. Finally, even the ethnic minorities in the northwest and southwest are infected with the bad habit of foot binding.
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, Dr. Sun Yat-sen officially ordered the abolition of the bad habit of foot binding. During the May 4th Movement, foot-binding also became the object of revolutionary movement and radical crusade. At that time, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and other people with lofty ideals published articles to resist folk foot-binding. Finally, after 1949 New China was founded, the bad habit of foot-binding was really eliminated.
Why has it been circulated for thousands of years? First, it is inseparable from the abnormal aesthetics of the ancients.
In the ancient aesthetic concept, women just want to stay at home, stay at home. However, foot binding can not only achieve this effect, but also reflect women? The other side of femininity.
After a woman binds her feet, she begins to walk slowly and unsteadily in the sand, which will give people a fragile feeling, and it is this feeling that makes men expand their position and superiority at home.
Second, it is inseparable from the praise and praise of literati.
In ancient times, the literati at that time had a high evaluation of women's feet, and many poems and songs praised them.
Like what? Lian Bu Yuting? , again? Silent step on the moon? 、? Is there a breath of spring? , what else? A bay of nephrite is small in Ling Bo, and two petals of red lotus fall lightly? Something like that These literati can be said to have used the most beautiful words. What else can they say? Little feet can cover three points of ugliness? This undoubtedly pushed foot binding to a small climax.
Third, the influence of the ruler's will on women in the world.
Foot-binding rose in the Southern Song Dynasty. The first people in the world to start foot-binding were princesses, concubines, bureaucrats and nobles in the palace. Why did they do this? The reason is not that the emperor likes beautiful women with little feet.
Influenced by the emperor, many bureaucrats and nobles also took little feet as beauty, and the wind of foot-binding also flowed into the people for a time, which was maintained and continued throughout the ages.
Pen set: wrap your feet and cry. ?
Three inches of golden lotus? Although its name is elegant, the pain and devastation it brings to women is unimaginable now.
Behind every pair of little feet, there is a history of blood and tears that they don't want to recall. That's more than ten years, they sacrificed their health and endured great pain.
When they get married, the pain behind the smile may only be clear to them.
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