Foot binding
Foot binding
Foot binding. Women's feet were wrapped up, the toes curled backwards because it was thought small feet were beautiful
painful and crippling
The binding of the Feet was a custom of the upper class in China. It may have started as early as the 13th Century, and is known to have continued in a limited fashion into the 1950's. More than just binding was involved. The arch of the foot had to be broken prior to the binding! This was a very painful process.
You simply don't say that. Death is not considered to be beautiful. Talking about death that way is a taboo.
painful and crippling
painful and crippling
thousands of years ago for woman to be considered as beautiful they would do something to their feet called foot binding
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The Chinese like small feet because it was seen as a status symbol that allowed the women to marry husbands who had money and influence. The smaller feet were considered beautiful.
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In Traditional Chinese, "beautiful" is 美麗. In Simplified Chinese, it's 美丽. It's pronounced "mei3li4" in Hanyu Pinyin and "meeilih" in Gwoyeu Romatzyh.