Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Meet the last of China's women to have her feet bound

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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