It was popular because the Emperor of China had a wife with naturally tiny feet, so every girl wanted to look like her. They figured if they had small feet too, then all the guys would think they were attractive.
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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.
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.
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women, by banning foot binding.
It became a regular practice in China sometime around the 10th century.
Try the following link: http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/China/04/hutchins/hutchins.htm There is an article on foot binding with links to other websites that may be useful
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Kai Wong's grandmother was one of the first Feminists of China who rejected foot-binding.
Foot binding started among the upper class in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It began as a status symbol to represent affluent people.