The Relationship Between Multiple Versions Of Shoes And Their Sexual Cues

Why did ancient poor people borrow clothes instead of shoes?

There are several versions of the "broken shoes".

It is not unusual for ancient poor people to borrow clothes, but rarely seen "borrow shoes", or "borrow clothes without borrowing shoes". This is because shoes are too cheap, grass and hemp can be used to make shoes. Therefore, the ancient grass shoes are called "not borrowed".

In the past, women who had bad manners and failed to observe courtesy were called "broken shoes". To his origin, the late scholar Hu Kao said in his novel "Shanghai": "the northern people's so-called shoes are actually the rural prostitutes in the countryside. Because it is really poor, the clothes of a prostitute are borrowed from others, but only a pair of shoes can not be borrowed, so they have to remain their own shoes. This is the end of the shoe. " In addition, " Sandal There is another version of the term, which is said to have originated from eight hutongs in Beijing. Some of the prostitutes and prostitutes who provide sex services to poor men often mark an embroidered shoe outside their own room. After a long time, embroidered shoes became "broken shoes", and shoes became a special kind of shoes. Broken shoes, in the mouth of Beijing people, are also known as "broken goods".

However, some people have questioned the above two statements. It is considered that the appearance of the word "broken shoes" should be a variant concept of ancient sexual worship. In the eyes of the ancients, shoes are the symbol of female reproductive organs and an important sexual cultural symbol. The birth of this "sexual symbol" is related to the life of the late Zhou Dynasty ancestor. Hou Ji's mother is the emperor Gao Xin's yuan Fei Jiang Jiang. Jiang Ji stepped on the giant footprint and conceived the queen. This is the so-called "Shiji Chou Benji" in the so-called Jiang Zai "practice (footprints) and body movement as pregnant".

　　 shoes In ancient times, especially in the eyes of ancient women, they have been linked with sex and marriage. Nowadays, embroidered shoes, which are regarded as "Chinese shoes", are often used as a kind of auspicious things in ancient times, and have become customs in Tang and Song dynasties.

Embroidered shoes are also known as "embroidered shoes" and "Zha Hua shoes". They are also known as "Jin Guo shoes" in the south of Shanxi. The legend of the emergence of embroidered shoes is related to Jin Xian Gong. After completing the Jin Dynasty's hegemony, he asked the imperial concubine to embroider 10 kinds of flower and fruit patterns, such as pomegranate flowers and peach blossoms on their vamp. At the same time, it is also stipulated that the women of Jin State should wear embroidered shoes when they get married, and "embroidered shoes" have become popular since then.

Actually, Embroidered shoes Not only the Han nationality is unique, but also among the ethnic minorities. If Maonan girls and boys are "sitting on the night", they will give each other "olive shoes". When the "maozi girls" go "slope", they will secretly measure the size of their feet and make pairs of embroidered shoes.