缠足作为一种摧残妇女身心健康的陋习，在中国流行有上千年的历史。进入近代以来，缠足恶习遭到了许多有识之士的猛烈抨击。民国建立以后，由于历届中央政府严颁禁令、地方大员的高度重视以及社会知名人士的率先垂范，到抗战前后，除偏僻落后地区外，缠足恶习已基本绝迹。本文对民国时期废除缠足陋俗运动进行了粗略的历史考察，同时对其历史意义及社会影响作了简要的分析 Footbinding As a bad habit of detrimental to the physical and mental health of women, it has prevailed in China for thousands of years. Since entering the modern era, the practice of footbinding has been strongly criticized by many people of insight. Since the establishment of the Republic of China, due to the strict promulgation of the Central Government, the great attention paid by local officials and the leading examples of social celebrities, the practice of footbath and footbath has basically disappeared before and after the war of resistance against Japan except in remote and backward areas. This article makes a rough historical investigation of abolishing foot-binding vulgar customs in the period of the Republic of China, and at the same time gives a brief analysis of its historical significance and social influence