Foot binding - Wikipedia
Foot binding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size.
Foot-Binding - World History Encyclopedia
2017年9月27日 · Foot-Binding was a practice first carried out on young girls in Tang Dynasty China to restrict their normal growth and make their feet as small as possible. Considered an attractive quality, the effects of foot-binding were painful and permanent.
8 FAQs about Foot Binding You Want Answered - China Highlights
Foot binding was a Chinese custom of curling up young girls' feet to modify their shape. It was prevalent in imperial China. 1. What was foot binding? Foot binding was the practice of tightly bandaging girls' feet in cloth to alter their shape. Their bound feet were contorted to only a few inches in length and were called lotus feet.
Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium
Foot-binding, which started out as a fashionable impulse, became an expression of Han identity after the Mongols invaded China in 1279.
Work, not sex? The real reason Chinese women bound their feet
2017年5月22日 · It was an excruciatingly painful practice that maimed the feet of millions of Chinese girls and women for centuries: foot-binding. Tiny “golden lotus” feet – achieved through breaking girls’ toes...
Footbinding | History, Culture & Effects | Britannica
2024年9月25日 · Footbinding, cultural practice, existing in China from the 10th century until the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949, that involved tightly bandaging the feet of women to alter their shape for aesthetic purposes. Footbinding usually began when girls were between 4 and 6 years.
The History of Foot Binding in China - ThoughtCo
2019年11月21日 · For centuries, young girls in China were subjected to an extremely painful and debilitating procedure called foot binding. Their feet were bound tightly with cloth strips, with the toes bent down under the sole of the foot, and the foot tied front-to-back so that the grew into an exaggerated high curve. The ideal adult female foot would be only ...
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