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Do you know how many bad habits ancient women had?

As we all know, people in ancient times were feudal and conservative, and women were the most disadvantaged. Women's status is relatively low. They are bound to freedom, not only unable to decide their own marriage, but also unable to learn knowledge. These are nothing. The most heartbreaking thing is that they have to bind their feet. In fact, other countries also have this unacceptable custom.

The three-inch golden lotus is really beautiful, but the sadness and pain in it can only be clearly understood by the parties concerned. At an early age, women began to bind their feet. The child is in the developmental stage. After being wrapped in cloth, with the growth of various organs of the body, their feet will become deformed and bound to a large size because of the wrapping. The whole process is very painful, and I can't take it off when I sleep. Foot-binding actually began in the Northern Song Dynasty and became fashionable in the Southern Song Dynasty.

This bad habit was not abolished until Sun Yat-sen established an interim government. Sun Yat-sen has a sister. When he was young, he saw that she suffered from foot binding. At that time, he vowed to abolish the system in the future. It is said that as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to implement the system of not binding feet, but it was only implemented for a period of time and finally failed.

Legend has it that China women's foot-binding is mythical, because Zhou Wang's favorite concubine, the nine-headed pheasant, binds her feet every day, which has triggered an aesthetic trend.

Western women have no history of foot-binding, but traditional clothing still embodies "waist-binding", while the origin of western waist-binding is more shy. Legend has it that it was the result of Queen Josephine's affair.

The earliest appearance of girdle can be traced back to ancient Greece, and the first real tight underwear was formed in16th century. But it really has the characteristics of modern underwear, and it should be 1580 to 1600.

In a few years. From 1580 to 1600, one kind of iron tights is considered as the earliest popular tights, but people are more inclined to believe that it is used to correct deformed spine.

It is said that Queen Josephine of France was pregnant because of cheating, and she had to gird her waist desperately to avoid being discovered by others. As a result, her chest was unexpectedly made more upright, and the effect was better and more remarkable with the popular low chest circumference at that time.

At that time, women with family status in Europe were required to tie their waists, which were usually fixed with templates or metal sheets and then tied with tie bags. In order to show the S-shaped curve of the waist and buttocks, they often have difficulty breathing. As a result, they suffered from various respiratory diseases, and some women were strangled directly because they were too tight.

The waist binding in ancient Europe and the foot binding in ancient China are very destructive to women's health, but I think the waist binding in ancient Europe is more destructive and terrible.

Japan's consistent style is like this, which makes people confused. There are differences between married women and unmarried women in Japan. Married women need to dye their teeth black and shave their eyebrows. The dye for blackening teeth is said to be a mixture of iron filings and vinegar.

There is also ancient Japan, which has an alternative aesthetic consciousness. A woman's makeup face should be as white as a white wall.

In Japanese folklore, white is considered the noblest, and the mouth becomes a scarlet cherry mouth.

The most wonderful thing is that the teeth should be painted black. In ancient Japan, black pool was the beauty of women. If they don't have black teeth, they will be rejected and cannot get married.

It is said that dyeing black teeth not only makes people more beautiful, but also has the advantage of preventing tooth decay.