Such a very bizarre tradition and feel so lucky not be born during that time…. Would you rather have the status or live a normal live with normal feet???
Meet the last of
China's women to have her feet bound: 102-year-old subjected to ancient custom
had her toes broken when she was just two-years-old
Han Qiaoni, from
Yuxian County in northern China's Shanxi Province, had her feet broken and
bound when she was just two-years-old.
She says her mother
used a long cloth to wrap her toes, minus the big toe, so they were bent pressed
against the sole of her foot.
According to Han it
took six months before she was able to walk properly and get used to the pain.
Millions of Chinese
women bound their feet to turn them into 'three-inch golden lotuses' or
'San Cun Jin Lian'.
Having small feet was
seen as beautiful and a status symbol - often the only way for a woman to marry
into money.
The practice was
first banned in 1912 but some families would have children's feet bound in
secret.
Records show that
footbinding dates back to the Song dynasty between 960 - 1279AD
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