What does the three-inch golden lotus mean?

The three-inch golden lotus can be said to have reshaped women.

For a long time in the past, the three-inch golden lotus has been preaching the idea that women (especially women) must bind their feet. More like a woman binding her feet. A woman who doesn't bind her feet not only looks silly, but also shows her low social status. It is necessary for everyone to have a pair of slender golden lotus, and their feet are not wrapped. In front of everyone, especially at solemn parties, people will feel ashamed. The reason is self-evident.

The gender color of three-inch golden lotus is particularly strong: pointed bow shoes (usually embroidered with various patterns) are unique to women; Wrapped in a pair of "exquisite and wonderful" feet, non-female and non-male can easily pretend. It is also an insurmountable gap between men and women. Therefore, the three-inch golden lotus naturally becomes a gender feature.

This is also a unique phenomenon in folk culture.