First, the wind of thin feet began in the Six Dynasties, and lotus peanuts were invincible. 1. Foot binding under beauty
The historical origin of foot binding spread in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. "Southern History" once mentioned "beautiful feet" in this way: "Carve gold for the lotus and stick it on the ground, and let Pan Fei walk on it, saying: This step will give birth to a lotus."
What do you mean?
According to legend, Pan Yuer, Xiao Baojuan's favorite concubine in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was a musician of the former king Mi Jingze before becoming a concubine. Because of her lotus feet, she dances very beautifully. When Xiao Baojuan saw it, he ordered people to carve gold into lotus flowers and stick them on the ground, so that Pan Yuer could walk and dance. This is the so-called "lotus flowers step by step".
Since then, lotus seeds have become very charming, especially widely spread, which means that Pan Yuer is a "three-inch golden lotus". Otherwise, how could Xiao Baojuan value it and bring it into the palace? Even after Xiao Baojuan's death, Xiao Yan wanted to peek at the lotus seeds.
2. Foot-binding under the version of Li Yu, Queen of Southern Tang Dynasty.
In 969 AD, after Li Yu came to power in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhang Lihua, the beloved princess, became a favorite princess, and that was foot-binding. Because of Li Yu's aesthetic deformity, Zhang Lihua, the late master, found a new way to satisfy Li Yu's hobby. He wrapped his feet in silk and danced on the golden lotus. Since then, Li Yu can't live without that charming little foot.
At this time, the palace in order to compete for favor, have bound feet. Because this greatly satisfied Li Yu's affair, Li Yu also praised it. Therefore, foot binding in this period, from the palace to your wife, was influenced by it and formed a trend.
Secondly, foot-binding is really popular, and this custom has been accurately recorded. The Southern Song Dynasty's Song Shi Wu Xing Zhi recorded: "Li Zongchao, the imperial secretary tied his feet straight." This is the historical basis of foot binding.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, foot binding was a custom in the north, and it was only after the Song Dynasty moved south that this custom was brought to the south. At that time, foot binding was not for any woman to be qualified to do so, but for women with a little wealth at home, who were positioned as "stratum" at that time
In the Southern Song Dynasty, only thin and straight feet were allowed for foot-binding, because northerners had wide feet and were difficult to marry, and they would be laughed at. At that time, foot binding was not considered as "fracture and dislocation".
Until the Yuan Dynasty, the idea that men are superior to women and foot-binding was kidnapped by morality, which needed to conform to the ethical code of "three obedience and four virtues", thus becoming an essential bad habit.
"Yi Shizhen nirvana in fire" in the Yuan Dynasty once recorded: "I heard that the sage set up a daughter, so that she could not act rashly. She lived in a boudoir, and if she wanted to leave, she had a car, so she was not satisfied."
The United States says that "in order to reproduce", after foot binding, women's feet will form toe deformities. As long as their feet touch the ground, their center of gravity will be unstable, because the whole body weight is concentrated on the heel, which means that women have to walk, and they walk with their heels. Therefore, every step will affect their waist and buttocks. In the long run, women's waist and buttocks will develop and affect the pelvis, thus affecting women's sexuality and fertility.
He Zeng said in the "Improved Daughter Classics": "Why are you wrapped? Not because it looks like a bow; I am afraid that she will walk out of the house lightly and be bound by countless ties. "
This paper expounds that men are superior to women. In order to imprison women in boudoir and satisfy their exclusive desire, foot-binding has become a morbid condition, so women need to take a bus when they go out.
This shows how humble women are under the feudal system. All these things were common in feudal society until after the Republic of China.
Before the Republic of China, foot-binding was not only the sorrow of the old times, but also the beauty of the old times, depending on everyone's choice.
Summary: Some people say that the value of foot binding is to prevent women from "loosening" when they go out. In the final analysis, it is still a bad habit of feudal society. Even if it is scientifically confirmed that foot binding was used to improve the fertility rate in ancient times, it still hurts women to a great extent. Of course, its advantage is not only to improve fertility. For example, a woman with little feet will have the effect of swaying with the wind because she walks unsteadily. Therefore, whether it is aesthetic, desirable or bad habits, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
As an ancient person, I might feel good. As a modern person, this may be a bad habit. After all, there is an old saying, "When peony flowers die, ghosts are also romantic", which is aimed at women. For beauty, addiction and injustice, it seems to be worth it.