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Why do rural old people say that "the old woman's foot-binding cloth can't be touched"?
Old people in rural areas often say many common sayings or two-part allegorical sayings. For example, some old women's foot wraps are untouchable, while others are smelly and long. Why do you say that? Let's get to know each other.

In ancient times, women's feet were small and beautiful. In order to achieve a certain effect, the tool used is foot wrap. According to feudal etiquette, women began to bind their feet at the age of seven or eight. Basically, they all tie their feet tightly with white cloth, and they won't take them off even when they sleep. This is also the reason why they can become passionate feet in adulthood, so the foot binding cloth is named after it.

In the Ming Dynasty, women basically began to bind their feet at the age of 4. First, they wrapped their feet with 8~ 10 feet of wrapping cloth, and then sewed them with needle and thread to fix them. They tightened the cloth twice a day until one or two years later, their feet were finally untied and some of them were tied together. If the feet are less than three inches long in adulthood, they are called three-inch golden lotus, so the size of a woman's feet becomes the same. Even at this time, no matter how good the figure is, no matter how good the appearance is, it is difficult to get married because having a big foot will make people laugh.

There are many women who bind their feet in this period, because they are too troublesome. Generally, it takes 1~2 hours to wash once, so many people are too lazy to wash, and they will never change their socks after a long time. So this is also called the old woman's foot wrap, which is smelly and long. Even now, in this way, many people are slow or talkative.