It is said that this way of kneeling began at the end of Muromachi era (1336_ 1573). Before that, Japanese people sat in the same way as Koreans, with men sitting on a plate and women kneeling on one knee and half. Later, the tea ceremony teahouse was designed as a small room, and when sitting on the plate, it would be changed to kneeling mode when it touched the neighbor's knees. Another way of saying it is that at the end of Muromachi, women's kimono hem became straight, so they could not sit on one knee and knelt instead.
When it comes to Japanese women, people's impression immediately presents a gentle image of wearing kimono, wearing a bun and taking small steps. When the husband comes back from the door, they will meet him at the door, holding his briefcase and saying, "You are back. This is a difficult day. " .
Now, why do Japanese women kneel? Speaking of this "kneeling", it comes from Japanese customs and traditions. Japanese women have always been beautiful in traditional kimono, and traditional lady activities such as tea ceremony and flower arrangement also need to kneel on the ground, put their hips on their feet and bow their heads.
Some people think that kneeling is not conducive to blood circulation in the legs, which will lead to poor leg lines of Japanese women. The Japanese will also laugh at themselves. Most Japanese women are "long legs". Big roots are actually what we call radish legs. The ugly legs are white radish, thick and short.
Thin and beautiful legs are called carrot legs. Japanese women walk and lie down, do not pay attention to stretching their limbs, and take micro-volume as beauty. In Japanese, it means narrowing your meaning. Kimono just covers up some shortcomings of Japanese women and shows their feminine beauty.