There are three types of masons, and the highest one is to build archways. As Mr Yu wrote, most rural archways are "chastity archways". I don't know if you have seen "Red Sorghum", in which the eldest housewife is the chastity archway that was named "the glory of women". The memorial archway was extremely important to women of that era. Everyone thinks that this is the embodiment of their loyal personality and a thing to honor their ancestors. But behind this glorious ancestor, it is a lonely life. This honor is too heavy. As the housewife herself said in the play, when I was young, my parents advised me that widowhood was very hard. When I was young, I didn't think so much and said, "I'm not afraid." Holding his fiance's memorial tablet, he entered the door of a single room. But I didn't expect to be widowed for more than ten years.

After watching the play in junior high school, I vaguely know the so-called woman who is widowed for her dead husband and never remarries. In order to thank these loyal widows, the government mostly set up "chastity memorial archways" after their death. But even if you don't experience the pain of your late husband, the life of your parents and the words of a matchmaker, how can you achieve a good marriage made in heaven? Those girls in their prime must put on the mask of hypocritical but mature adults, smile without emotion, obey, act like a beautiful puppet, and play the role that their in-laws and even feudal ethics like. Before marriage, the girls stayed at home, studied housework and manners, kept three rules and were virtuous. In order to "respect the teacher, do not violate the Lord, and take obedience as the right."

Even a talented woman like Tang Wan can't earn her freedom of marriage. Lu You divorced Tang Wan, largely because of the persecution of Lu You's mother. Then why on earth? I think it is inseparable from Tang Wan's outstanding talent. Tang Wan's "Hairpin Phoenix" has a saying: the world is thin and human feelings are evil, and flowers are easy to rain and send to dusk. The breeze is dry and the tears are residual. If you have to worry, just say it alone. Difficult, difficult, difficult! People become different, today is not yesterday, and sick souls are often thousands of miles away. The horn sounded cold and the night was hazy. Afraid of being asked questions, swallow your tears and pretend to be happy. Hide, hide, hide! "We can easily see that Tang Wan's talent is not even inferior to Lu You. But in Lu Mu's view, a woman's duty is to educate her husband and children, weave flowers and embroidered cloth, instead of singing poetry and composing music with her husband every day. Tang Wan's words and deeds have already surpassed an obedient and virtuous wife. Why were there so few poetesss and poetesss in ancient times? Because few women are qualified to go to school, as the saying goes, "a woman without talent is virtue." "As a woman, you should wrap your feet and educate your children for a lifetime without complaining. If her husband dies unfortunately, he will end his life. Isn't Sister Xianglin a living example? At that time, the feudal dynasties were all dead, but the single-minded thought still poisoned a living person. Sister Xianglin resisted, struggled and even wanted to die, but what's the use? People in Luzhen just don't treat her like a human being, being cynical and unsympathetic. Thus, the "memorial archway" named glory is actually like an invisible shackle, just like a chain, which tightly locks women's freedom-personal freedom and emotional freedom. Isn't this feudal ethics a deadly drug? It has deeply poisoned women in China for hundreds and thousands of years, and the saddest thing is that many women did not know that they were victims of feudal ethics until their death, but worked hard all their lives to make wedding dresses for others. They hate their bad life, but they don't know that they hate the wrong person. They shouldn't hate God. If they want to hate, they hate this cannibalism ethics!