Study On The Liberation Of Women's Feet In The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region

China's feudal system caused severe oppression on women.Foot-binding was the concrete manifestation of the feudal ideology and culture on women.The serious consequence of foot-binding was that women were victims of physical destruction,whose economic status could not be independent,and they were only confined to doing household chores all the day long without taking part in any social activities.In the underdeveloped regions of northwest of China,the economic and cultural society lagged behind.Women's political and economic status here were lower than women's in other areas,and more seriously the impact of backward ideas were far-reaching.Foot-binding in these areas was very popular.Before the establishment of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region,the majority of local women had been at the bottom of society and family for a long time,suffering from discrimination and oppression.In these areas,the feudal tradition was deep-rooted,and the women's social status was very low.Women were deprived of the right to education.Women had no economic autonomy and were attached to their families.Women themselves could not make their own decisions about marriage.The phenomenon of arranged marriage was serious.Tracing the source,in the northwest all women suffered had a close relationship with foot-binding.The communist party of China and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region government attached great importance to women's liberation,emphasized that women's liberation should be realized from both body liberation and thought liberation,criticized the bad habit of foot-binding and thought that the liberation of women's feet was the important content of women's body liberation.The government of the border region took a series of measures to liberate women's feet through propaganda and education,and the development of law.The important measures of the liberation of women's feet in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region mainly included that the government of the border region promulgated and formulated the policies and regulations about the liberation of women's feet,and the government of the border region established the women's federation organizations,etc.to be responsible for the specific implementation of the policies and regulations.The government of the border region adopted a series of laws and regulations to clarify the task of liberating women's feet,and the government established the women's federation and committees of liberating women's feet to take charge of liberation of women's feet,which achieved remarkable results.The liberation of women's feet in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region embodied the characteristics of the combination of liberating feet and production movement and focusing on propaganda and contact with the reality.Therefore,this paper on the basis of a large number of historical data mainly discusses the historical background,the basic policies made by the communist party of China,characteristics and significance of liberating women's feet in this historical event comprehensively and objectively.