In which dynasty did the three-inch golden lotus originate?

Three-inch golden lotus originated in the Song Dynasty.

The three-inch golden lotus, which first appeared in the Song Dynasty, was an extreme development of the traditional customs of ancient women. People called the wrapped feet "lotus", and different sizes of feet are different grades of "lotus", greater than four inches for "iron lotus", four inches for " silver lotus", and three inches of "golden lotus". The different sizes of feet are different grades of "lotus", those larger than four inches are "iron lotus", those of four inches are "silver lotus", and those of three inches are "golden lotus". The "three-inch golden lotus" requires that the foot should not only be as small as three inches, but also bowed.

Development of the Three-inch Golden Lotus:

During the Ming Dynasty, women's foot-binding style entered a period of prosperity and developed rapidly in various places. During this period, there were certain requirements for the shape of footbinding, and the term "three-inch golden lotus" appeared.

The requirements of the foot should not only be as small as three inches, but also bow and bend, to be wrapped into the shape of the corner of the corn and so on. The end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong into the occupation of Sichuan, the big amputation of women's feet, and even piled up into a mountain, called "Golden Lotus Peak", visible in the Sichuan region of women's foot-binding.

Footbinding, in history, has been banned. The Qing Dynasty had banned it many times, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had also issued a similar decree. But it was not until after the Xinhai Revolution that the custom of foot-binding was gradually abolished from the cities to the countryside.