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In its most extreme form, footbinding was the act of wrapping a three- to five-year old girl's feet with binding so as to bend the toes under, break the bones and force the back of the foot together. Its purpose was to produce a tiny foot, the "golden lotus", which was three inches long and thought to be both lovely and alluring. It is believed that the origin of the term "golden lotus" emerged in the Southern Tang dynasty around 920 A.D.,where the emperor Li Yu ordered his favorite concubine, Fragrant Girl, to bind her feet with silk bands and dance on a golden lotus platform encrusted with pearls and gems. Thereafter, women inside and outside the court began taking up strips of cloth and binding their feet, thinking them beautiful and distinguished, dainty and elegant. It gradually became the prevailing style and "golden lotus" became a synonym for bound feet. Delia Davin, "The Custom of the Country", Times Literary Supplement, April 24, 1992: 28. This was the closest thing I could find, its pretty vague in every historical accout as to where the actual practice of footbinding started, often just stating that it started "in northern China".
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∙ 14y agoFoot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century.
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What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
What custom was practiced by women in southern China?
Foot binding.
The practice of foot binding began during which dynasty?
sui
How long did foot binding?
Foot binding lasted for approx. 1000 years.
What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
What is the process of foot binding?
deludge
Where did foot binding come from?
china
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
Does foot binding still exist?
no
Do women and men practice foot binding?
Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for (approximately) 1,000 years.
How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
Is foot binding the same as plastic surgery?
no
What is the death rate for foot binding?
10%
What is Chinese foot binding?
your answer IS CHINESE FOOT BINDING WAS A PROCESS TO MAKE A GIRLS FEET SMALLER. IN THE HOPES THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD MARRY INTO MONEY.
Who invented foot binding?
Foot binding was a practice that originated in China over a thousand years ago. It was practiced in the country until the early 1900s.
