Which Han women never bind their feet?
In the Hakka Museum in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, a number of special embroidered shoes have aroused great interest of visitors-compared with the standard of traditional three-inch golden lotus, these embroidered shoes are bigger. The commentator said that this is the shoe worn by Hakka women when they get married. Because they never bind their feet, they are very big. In the history of China, Hakka women are the only group of Han women who have no bad habit of foot binding. For a long time, this has aroused the curiosity of many experts. Han Zhenfei, an expert in Ganzhou Museum, said that to solve this mystery, we must first understand Hakka women. Hakka culture researchers at home and abroad are moved by the hard work and simplicity of Hakka women. Hakka women take part in productive labor just like men, and even most heavy physical labor such as plowing and chopping wood is done by women. The responsibilities of life and family make Hakka women have to have a pair of big feet to bear, which is also an important reason why Hakka women do not bind their feet. "Of course, this is not the only reason." Han Zhenfei said that Hakka women's non-foot binding was also related to the living conditions of Hakka people at that time. Because Hakka people live in mountainous areas and are far away from the constraints of imperial ethics, their living customs are often frozen in the state of moving south and continue in a relatively closed form. Associate Professor Zhang Jin from the Institute of Hakka Culture of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies believes that Hakka women's non-foot binding is also closely related to Hakka migration. A pair of little feet can't cross Qian Shan in Qian Shan, and objective conditions don't allow them to bind their feet like other Han women. Professor Luo Yong, director of the Hakka Research Center of Gannan Normal University, believes that Hakka women do not bind their feet, which is also related to their living habits influenced by neighboring minority women such as She and Yao. "A healthy woman" is a description of Hakka women. No matter why they don't bind their feet, the natural and healthy image of Hakka women, like their innate excellent quality, is being praised by more and more people. (Li Zhenyu Zeng Weimin)