It is said that this bad habit began in Houshu. According to legend, Li Xinyu in the Southern Tang Dynasty once built a seven-foot-high lotus platform, so that the maid-in-waiting Rui Niang could wrap her feet in satin and make a crescent shape, and dance in the lotus in plain socks, whirling like a lingyun. Since then, it has created the wind of foot binding in later generations.
An emperor who is weak in Confucianism has no hope of restoring the country. He "asked you how much sorrow you can have, just like a river flowing eastward." He hangs out with his concubines and maids all day, waiting for his death. The concubines in the palace competed to flatter the emperor. One of them wrapped his feet in cloth tightly, and his feet looked like three-inch golden lotus. It was really painful and pitiful, so I loved the princess very much and later made her queen. As soon as this happened, all the women in the palace followed her example and wrapped their feet. Later, anyone looking for a folk beauty depends on whether their feet are small or not. This led to a fashion at that time, and women with big feet were ugly women. Women all over the country have to bind their feet. Later, in the Song Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, foot binding became more and more popular, and the smaller a woman's feet were, the more she was appreciated. Little feet have become a symbol of beauty.
In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi issued a decree prohibiting women from binding their feet, but the long-standing bad habits were difficult to change for a while, which caused many controversies. In the seventh year of Kangxi, Wang Xi was banned from playing, and even people publicly bound their feet.
During the Qianlong period, foot-binding was also very popular among Manchu women, so that Emperor Qianlong issued decrees many times, forbidding flag girls to bind their feet, allowing them to keep their natural feet.
Women in feudal society would feel extremely ashamed if they heard others say that their feet were big behind their backs. The more a mother loves her daughter, the more bound her feet for her daughter. As a result, this bad habit prevailed.
Foot-binding is a bad habit in feudal society and a kind of destruction to women. It is said that this bad habit began in Houshu. According to legend, Li Houzhu in the Southern Tang Dynasty once built a lotus platform seven feet high, which made the maid-in-waiting Rui Niang tie her feet with silk, make a crescent shape, dance lotus with plain socks, and whirl like a lingyun. Since then, it has created the wind of foot binding in later generations. In the Song Dynasty, foot binding became more and more popular, and the smaller a woman's feet were, the more she was appreciated. Little feet have become a symbol of beauty. In the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi issued an imperial edict prohibiting women from binding their feet, but the long-standing bad habits were difficult to change for a while, which caused many controversies. In the seventh year of Kangxi, Wang Xi was banned from playing, and even people publicly bound their feet. During the Qianlong period, foot-binding was also very popular among Manchu women, so that Emperor Qianlong issued decrees many times, forbidding flag girls to bind their feet, allowing them to keep their natural feet. Women in feudal society would feel extremely ashamed if they heard others say that their feet were big behind their backs. The more a mother loves her daughter, the more bound her feet for her daughter. As a result, this bad habit prevailed.