How did the "Abandoned Baby Tower" come into being in the late Qing Dynasty? What is its purpose?

Late Qing dynasty? Abandoned baby tower? Some people want to drown the baby after giving birth to a girl because they prefer boys to girls, but later they think it is too cruel, so some people propose to build this abandoned baby tower to accommodate those abandoned baby girls. The purpose of the abandoned baby tower is to give psychological comfort to these people who abandoned baby girls.

In feudal times, the idea of son preference was very common, which was related to people's ideas at that time. Everyone thought that their daughter got married outside and gave birth to a daughter. When they are old, no one still gives them a pension. Giving birth to a daughter involves the problem of providing for the aged and the discrimination against women developed from the idea that men are superior to women, so giving birth to a daughter was a shame at that time. Although today's society advocates equality between men and women, Bian Xiao feels that it is impossible to achieve complete equality. There is still a kind of discrimination against girls. In some people's families, there is a daughter who looks nothing on the surface, but in fact she is still not very happy. Moreover, the obvious son preference still exists in some rural areas.

In feudal times, the idea of son preference was deeply rooted in everyone's mind, so it was not surprising that many people always had daughters when they expected sons. Because of the unfair fate, these poor babies were deprived of their right to exist at birth. These people will throw their newborn daughters into the pond and let them drown alive under their noses. It is cruel enough to think about it. In ancient times, there were countless such examples. Even if such an ugly baby girl is not disposed of by her parents, her fate will be miserable when she grows up. Many girls from poor families became child brides when they were very young. The decadent child brides system in China developed from the idea of son preference and lasted for many years.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, people may have a conscience that they can't bear to strangle their own flesh and blood alive, so someone came up with a way to build an abandoned baby tower and leave unwanted baby girls in the tower to die, which may be a psychological comfort to those parents, but Bian Xiao thinks this is undoubtedly the effect of stealing ears. Anyway, the baby girl is a god of death, so she will be left in the abandoned baby tower. Where is the comfort? I just lied to myself. The abandoned baby tower reflects more ugliness of human nature.