缠足是中国古代一种陋习,1949年新中国建立后,这种畸形的旧俗被废除。关于缠足的历史起源问题,许多学者都作过考证,大体上有五种说法,其中以缠足起源于五代十国时期最为流行。缠足对妇女身心造成极大伤害,近代中国掀起了几次大规模的反缠足运动。有学者认为反缠足运动是女性真正解放的标志,然而这种观点显得有些简单。近代史上的各种反缠足运动,实际上都是男性发起的,当时妇女的“女性意识”和社会给予女性的选择权并未得到实质上的提高。 Footbinding is a bad habit in ancient China. After the founding of New China in 1949, the deformity of the old custom was abolished. On the history of the problem of footbinding, many scholars have made a research, there are five general terms, of which the most originated in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Footbinding caused great harm to the body and mind of women. In modern China, several large-scale anti-foot-binding exercises were launched. Some scholars think anti-foot-binding movement is a sign of the real liberation of women, but this view seems a bit simple. In fact, all kinds of anti-foot-wrapping movements in modern history were initiated by men. Women’s “female consciousness” and women’s right to choose were not substantially improved.