Reasons for foot binding:
1, Aesthetic: At that time, both men and women thought feet were beautiful, especially for men, feet were very attractive.
2. The influence of the ruler's will on the people of the world. Foot-binding has its origin and is related to rulers. Foot binding began in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty and rose in the Southern Song Dynasty. The royal family and the upper class in the Song Dynasty first began to bind their feet.
Because the emperor and officials thought the feet were beautiful, the ignorant folk regarded them as beautiful, and even called them "three-inch golden lotus". In the eyes of people at that time, little feet were a very important aspect of "female beauty".
No matter how good a woman looks and figure, if she has a pair of small feet or her feet are not small enough (more than three inches), she will be laughed at and will not get married. People completely put aside the damage to the human body and the inconvenience of moving, thinking that small feet are exquisite, exquisite and beautiful, which can be pleasing to the eye, while women with small feet walk unsteadily, like the wind shaking, and look good.
3. It is beneficial to imprison women in boudoir and strictly limit their activities to conform to the ethical code of "three obedience and four virtues", so as to achieve the goal of dominating male chastity as desired.
The sour literati added fuel to the fire.
Extended data:
Foot binding not only seriously affects the normal development of women's feet, but also forms abnormal aesthetic psychology.
Foot binding reduces women's enthusiasm for dancing and sports. For example, the dance art imported from China by North Korea and Japan has been developing continuously. On the contrary, in China, the development of dance art has stagnated with the development of foot binding.
Foot-binding has seriously violated women's rights. Foot binding hinders women's every move. Rich ladies and celebrities have their own servants to drive, while ordinary women have to rely on themselves and have to sweep and sit on their knees. What's more, it is necessary to grind, transplant rice seedlings and cut rice. The bitterness and bitterness among them are not clear to those who have experienced it.
The pain of foot binding, the pain of cutting bones and carving, especially in the early stage of foot binding. Every time I entangle my baggage, I feel unbearable pain and sobs. Foot-binding often occurs at 2 o'clock in the morning and evening, so the cries of girls in the morning and evening have become a great tragedy in China society in the foot-binding era.
Foot-binding makes women suffer and suffer for no reason. Difficulties in walking hinder women's normal participation in social work and social activities. Women are confined in boudoir, ignorant, and have lost the ability to make a living, thus developing dependence, arrogance, inertia and inferiority, which also makes their social status even lower.
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