IsiShayina "umlenze we-lotus" - umgangatho wobuhle okanye intsalela yasendle yangaphambili?

Yonke isizwe sinemibono yaso malunga nomhle wobuhle, obuxhomekeka kwizithethe kunye neengqondo zabantu. Umxholo wobuhle besifazane uhlukile: ngelixa abanye abantu beyixabisa, ubuhle babanye bungabangela ukuphazamiseka nokuphazamiseka. Njengoko, umzekelo, isithethe seenyawo zokubambisa intombazana eChina yamandulo, ebizwa ngokuba ngumlenze we-lotus.

Isiko esiyingqayizivele savela kwi-Middle Ages. Ngokomdlalo waseTshayina, omnye udansa, owaziwayo ngobuhle bakhe nobuhle, wagqiba ukwenza izicathulo ngobukhulu beentonga ezimbini, ukumbathisa iinyawo zakhe ngendwangu yelinen ukuze zilungele. Ngoko isithethe seenyawo zokubambisa sasisuka, saye saba yinto enobungqina bezinto eziphakamileyo kunye nobuhle beentombi zaseTshayina.

Kwinkqubo enjalo, kwakukho iindlela ezizodwa apho unyawo lwaye lwaphuhliswa ngezindlela ezizodwa. Umzobo kunye nemilenze ephaphazelayo, njenge-lotus, ngumgangatho wesithwesa samantombazana aseTshayina yamandulo. Inkqubo yokubopha iinyawo, apho unyawo olukhubazekile lufunyenwe khona, lwalude kakhulu kwaye ludlulileyo iminyaka emininzi. Ekuqaleni, amafayili asetyenziswayo awakhupha iinzwane, ngoko ke amaqhosha aqinileyo wokudonsa unyawo. Le nkqubo yenziwa ngamantombazana aphakathi kweminyaka emine, kuba iintsana zazingenakukwazi ukunyamezela intlungu kunye nentlungu evela kuma-bandage anamandla. Ngethuba elineshumi, babe nomlenze we-lotus olinganisa iisentimitha ezilishumi.

Ngaphambili, e-China yakudala, kwakukholelwa ukuba inzuzo enkulu ye ntombazana inyawo elincinci, kungekhona ubuso. Ngako oko, abazali bomyeni babenomdla kakhulu kumlenze womtshakazi, kwaye kuphela emva kokubonakala kwayo yonke into. Ngaloo ndlela, ubukho bomlenze we "lotus" kwintombazana kwakuyimeko ephambili emtshatweni. Kwakucatshulwa ukuba "umlenze we-lotus" uyimpawu yobuthakathaka besifazane kunye namandla angamadoda.

Olu buhle luxabisa ukuhlushwa okuninzi kunye nokukhathazeka ngokomzimba kubanini beemilenze, kuba ngenxa yokulimala kancinci amantombazana ayengakwazi ukuhamba nokuma ngokuqhelekileyo, ehlala ephazamisa okanye encibilile entanyeni. AmaShayina "amanqina e-lotus" aholele ekumiseni ukujikeleza kwegazi, iifowuni kunye nokwakhiwa kwezipikili ezingenqatha. Amantombazana kwakudingeka ahambe ngaphandle kwezwane, ezazinyaweni. Njengomphumo wokuguqulwa kwesigxina sangaphakathi senyawo, "umlenze we-lotus" wawufana nezicathulo ngesithende. Wayephazamisa intsebenzo yabasetyhini, echaphazela ukukhawuleka okukhulu kwenkululeko yakhe.

Nangona kunjalo, naphezu kokubandezeleka, abantwazana baseTshayina babeziqhayiya kwimilenze enjalo, kuba bekukholelwa ukuba baxhomekeke kwiinqweno zesini zesondo esinamandla. Ngelixa "umlenze we-lotus" uthathwa njengomgangatho wobungqina besifazane kunye nobabalo, ukungabikho kwakhe kwabuhlungu kakhulu ubomi bentombazana. Bahlaziswa kwaye bahlambalaza, kuba babefana nabasetyhini kubantu abaqhelekileyo abangenayo imali eyaneleyo yokubopha iinyawo zabo.

Isithethe esiqhelekileyo sasigqiba malunga neminyaka eyi-1000, ngeli xesha ixesha elingaphezulu kwezigidi ezigidi zamabhinqa aseTshayina lidlulileyo. Ngomnyaka we-1911 isithethe sokunyuka kweenyawo sasiphelile ukuba sihlangane ne-Xinhai Revolution. Kuze kube namhlanje, bekukho bambalwa abesetyhini abasebekhulile abanama "lotus feet".