What are the dregs of traditional Chinese culture?

First of all, the most long-lasting of the dregs is the ancient custom of foot-binding. The custom of foot-binding already existed in the Song Dynasty, and only disappeared after the founding of New China. Footbinding is the practice of wrapping a woman's feet tightly in cloth when she is small and keeping them there. At that time, women's bones were still developing, and because of the binding of the cloth, the bones were slowly bent until they became deformed, and the bones of the feet did not continue to develop, so the feet stayed the size of a child. This is a cruel custom that has victimized countless women over the centuries, causing physical disability, mobility problems and other hazards, without any benefit, but only to cater to the distorted aesthetics of the ruling class at the time.

The martyrdom system is also the dregs of Chinese culture. In ancient times, whenever someone in a high position died, there would always be a large number of innocent people to bury him. This system was a foolish one, mainly to allow the dead to enjoy the same honor and wealth that they had enjoyed when they were alive. In some cases, the mourners volunteered to be buried in exchange for a high bounty for their families, while others were forced to be buried, and there were even noblemen whose relatives and friends would grab some ordinary people at random to be buried with them after they died. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a rule that a consort had to bury the emperor with her.

Ancient times did not emphasize business and belittled merchants, which was also a kind of cultural dregs. In ancient times, agriculture was emphasized over commerce, and merchants existed at the bottom of the social ladder and were despised by others. Merchants were even forbidden to buy expensive jewelry or ride in carriages, no matter how rich their families were, and they could only live a simple life. In fact, a country's economic development is very important, only businessmen can maximize the promotion of economic development, to create wealth for the community, the businessman included in the bottom of the social status, is really a cultural dross.