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Reveal the Qing dynasty court ladies "high heels" how high? Who created the "flowerpot bottom"?

In fact, this shoe is the first time he was out of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is said that there is a history about this shoe. Legend has it that the Southern Tang Dynasty's Empress was indulging in female sex all day long, and in order to gain his favor, the concubine wrapped the brocade around her feet, wrapped her feet into a crescent shape, and then bounced around on a high platform.

Such a dance attracted his attention, and later this concubine in order to be able to always maintain such a dance skills, to maintain the emperor for his favor, so that often with brocade to wrap their feet,over time became such a shape. The first was to be a dance of the Emperor's own, and the second was to be a dance of the Emperor's own, and the third was to be a dance of the Emperor's own.

This thing then slowly became a status quo, and because of footbinding then women , they actually have a lot of problems when wearing shoes. Then this shoe it is actually Manchu women invented a kind of high-heeled shoes, the foot will be hidden in the dress inside, so that it will not be easy to show.

This is due to the fact that in the Manchu women, most of the women are not wrapped feet. But according to the aesthetics of the time, big feet are not good-looking, so they will try to hide their feet, not let him easily visible, so that will create such a shoe.

Such a high-heeled shoes, later gradually developed after the flower pot shoes. And such a shoe, it also slowly evolved into a more distinctive clothing, in fact, this one shoe they have about 8 centimeters high, this height also makes women look more tall.