Chinese Ancient Female Role From The Perspective Of Foot-Binding Custom

Foot-binding custom is a kind of unique ancient Chinese culture phenomenon, it had been widely exists in Chinese ancient society, to the Royal Princess to the wild woman with foot binding for beauty. Even modern foot-binding custom still retains its special status. Foot-binding custom has become the representative of Chinese ancient traditional female symbol in a certain extent, even in a specific period of time has broken through the cultural attributes inherent gives its internal political significance. Therefore the study of ancient female foot-binding custom is special and historical value.Review the development history of Chinese ancient foot-binding custom is not difficult to find, with autocratic system of ancient China to strengthen gradually traditional society stability, the Confucian ethical enhancement and gradually into the lives of women, foot-binding custom appeared. The development of ancient Chinese female foot-binding custom has experienced Five Dynasties ago, to the Five Dynasties of the emergence of the earliest records about them, thus formally foot-binding phenomenon. Thereafter the foot-binding custom to the formation stage, the Song Dynasty women’s foot-binding custom widely appeared and formed in the society, in the Yuan Dynasty foot-binding phenomenon eventually formed. The Five Dynasties to Yuan Dynasty of this period, foot-binding phenomenon is the forming stage of development. Finally in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with stable foot-binding custom to strengthen the autocratic monarchy and the traditional society, foot-binding custom toward the end of this cultural phenomenon of the prosperous period, and the political meaning more in the culture behind. Review the development history of Chinese ancient foot-binding custom is not difficult to find, foot-binding custom is due to ethical external confinement especially males and females should be treated differently and think that women are inferior to men’s ideas hold on women in prison, which has become the external pressure of female foot-binding. In addition, inner needs are the motive force of female foot-binding, especially female virtue requirements and marriage has become the inherent power of women with bound feet. Coupled with the weak Chinese ancient beauty deformity aesthetic objective restriction and literati of foot-binding phenomenon strongly advocated these have become the objective causes of female foot-binding phenomenon. These have prompted the development of foot-binding custom and mature, and created the special role of women in ancient china.In the control of foot-binding custom, Chinese ancient female role is defined as a man bear the family life of work hard. On the other hand, due to the lack of leading economic status, resulting in loss of female social role, female had to depend on men in social subordination. The comprehensive effect of the two eventually led to the Chinese ancient female psychological conservative and closed. Therefore, The female role of foot-binding custom is both a product of inautocratic society and the concept of product of patriarchy. The female foot-binding perspective on the ancient women’s role has important value and significance of the independence and liberation of social history, ancient Chinese women’s history and today women.