After the overthrow of the Manchu feudal dynasty, Sun Yat-sen officially banned foot binding. During the May 4th Movement, foot-binding became the object of various revolutionary movements and radical crusades. Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao and others wrote articles denouncing the destruction and oppression of foot binding on women.

Tianzu finally succeeded, and its experience and Tianzu athletes found the crucial crux of "marriage". From 65438 to 0897, Liang Qichao noticed the marriage problem when he founded the non-foot-binding club in Shanghai, trying to solve the anxiety of the members' children about future marriage events.

During the Republic of China, all localities advised foot binding and grasped the key point of "marriage". For example, Shandong Province once made a rule that "primary school students in all counties should wear armbands and don't marry girls with little feet".

Another example is Suiyuan. After several efforts, the prohibition of foot-binding was ineffective, but later, the key to "marriage" was grasped, and "the rumor told all students not to marry girls with little feet", resulting in "no wind of foot-binding around the moon".

Because of grasping the key of "marriage", society has been constantly instilling and persuading not to marry a girl with small feet, and with the influence of western culture, a fashion of being ashamed of marrying a girl with small feet and proud of marrying a girl with big feet has been formed in society. At this time, even stubborn parents have to give up the plan of foot-binding for women for their daughter's future.

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The origin of foot binding

Foot-binding began in Sui Dynasty and originated from folklore. According to legend, when Yang Di went to Jiangdu, he recruited hundreds of beautiful women to pull fibers for him. A woman named Wu Yueniang was chosen.

She hated Yang-ti's tyranny, so she asked her father, who was a blacksmith, to make a lotus petal knife three inches long and one inch wide, and wrap it under her feet with a long cloth, and at the same time, the smaller the foot, the better. Then carved a lotus on the sole, and printed a beautiful lotus in one step when walking. Emperor Yang Di was very happy when he saw the queen, so he called her to his side to admire her little feet.

Wu Yueniang slowly untied the foot cloth, suddenly pulled out a lotus petal knife and stabbed Yang Di. Emperor Yang Di flashed by quickly, but his arm was stabbed. Wu Yueniang saw that the assassination failed, so he threw himself into the river. Later, Emperor Yang Di issued a decree: No matter how beautiful a woman is, "foot-binding women will not be selected" in future beauty contests. However, in order to commemorate the mother of the moon, folk women have bound their feet. At this point, the wind of women's foot binding has intensified.

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