Does Qinhuai eight-color foot binding?

In a large number of novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, almost all women regard foot-binding as beauty, taking "three-inch golden lotus" as the standard, and the book Jin Ping Mei has brought this unhealthy aesthetic interest of female foot-binding to the extreme.

It is said that this kind of women's foot binding began in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. There is a maid-in-waiting named _ Niang in the palace. She was born with a good figure, superb dancing skills and beautiful waist. Li Houzhu specially designed a song and dance for her, and ordered her to make a golden lotus flower, which is six feet high and decorated with treasures. The net belt is decorated with garlands, and the Chinese product is colored lotus. For the need of performance, she asked her mother to wrap her feet with silk and dance lotus with plain socks.

Li Yu and Li Houzhu held a banquet in the palace. However, when he heard the neon song, eighteen geisha dressed in red and green danced around a huge golden lotus. With the change of music, Jade Qing sounded. In the center of the golden lotus, a fairy rose in Ran Ran, with a white shirt and purple gauze, is slender and exquisite, standing on the lotus petals, hovering as if rippling on the water;

When the music turns from slow to urgent, the dancers on the petals of the lotus dance up and down, graceful and graceful, with a pair of slim feet and a graceful and enchanting waist.

Talking about Ancient Women from Jin Ping Mei and Three-inch Golden Lotus

In a large number of novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, almost all women regard foot-binding as beauty, taking "three-inch golden lotus" as the standard, and the book Jin Ping Mei has brought this unhealthy aesthetic interest of female foot-binding to the extreme.

This is the "Golden Lotus" dance originally created by Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the leader must bind his feet, wear hard-soled shoes, and the toe is inlaid with a triangular Xiao Mu. Maiko needs to touch the ground with her toes to break the step and rotate lightly to increase the height of her body and make her posture lighter. This is the beginning of female foot binding. Since then, women are proud of foot binding and eager to follow suit. (It is said that when Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, heard about it, he sent someone to inquire for this woman named _ Niang. Li Houzhu didn't want to go, but he didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he had to dedicate it to Zhao Kuangyin. )

After the mid-Song Dynasty, women's foot-binding became a common phenomenon. Su Shi, a great writer, wrote a poem, Bodhisattva Man, praising women's foot binding:

I don't cherish the footsteps of Lotus, but I'm worried about going to Ling Bo with socks. I saw the dance and the breeze, but I couldn't go anywhere. I sneaked through the palace and was trapped. It's hard to say it's wonderful, but I have to see it from the palm of my hand.