Foot Binding（缠足） Foot binding is unique to China's feudal society as a cruel custom. With regard to its origin, we generally believed that it began in the Five Dynasties and Ten States （五代十国）over 1,00

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Foot Binding（缠足） Foot binding is unique to China's feudal society as a cruel custom. With regard to its origin, we generally believed that it began in the Five Dynasties and Ten States （五代十国）over 1,000 years ago. It is said that one of Li Yu's（李煜, the last Emperor of Later Tang Dynasty）harems reshaped her foot much more small in order to dancing better to obtain his favor. Since then, almost all ancient Chinese women had to suffer from the destruction of their body at their early age. This was not because they had to please the Emperors, but because the ancient Chinese men thought that women with bound feet had a better walking posture than those not. Months after toppling the Qing Dynasty and resulting in a republican government, China's founding father Sun Yat-sen soon ordered a ban on foot binding in March 11th, 1912. However, this cruel custom still existed in China many years after the ban. A book named "Women of Chinese" stated that the last generation of foot-binding women were already nearly 100 years. However, I do not agree with this statement. In the middle 1980s, when I was still a little boy, a girl in my village was forced to foot-binding by her parents and village folks. Days later, fearing the intense pain of foot-binding, another girl escaped when she learnt that she would be bound feet. I once asked my grandma how much pain it was. She said that it was so much pain that girls must be tightly held by adults while it was going on. As far as I know, to make their feet growing in expected shape, girls' foot bones had to be broken by hand!

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Foot Binding（缠足）

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1. The foreign dynasties of Yuan and Ching Dynasties outlawed this barbaric practice. However in the Ching Dynasty, there were several edictos to enforce this ban. However, they were not successful as the Manchu rulers themselves succumb to the allure of this fetish. Manchu women are prohibited more stringently because of ancestral laws. However they found another solution to obtain this 3 inch golden lily gait. Where wore "high heel" shoes where the "heel" in in the center of the shoes. These "flower pot bottoms" enable them to achieve the same delicate gait.

October 10, 2011

Foot Binding（缠足）

The cruel custom of foot binding is was unique to China's feudal society as a cruel custom. With Regarding to its origins, we generally believed believe that it began in the Five Dynasties and Ten States （五代十国）period, over 1,000 one-thousand years ago. It is said that one of Li Yu's（李煜, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty）harems consorts reshaped her foot to be much more smaller in order to dancing dance better and to obtain his favor. Since then, almost all ancient Chinese women had to suffer from the destruction of their body bodies at their early age. This was not because they had to please the emperors, but because the ancient Chinese men thought that women with bound feet had a better walking posture than those not.

Months after toppling the Qing Dynasty and resulting in establishing a republican government, China's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, soon ordered a ban on foot binding in on March 11th, 1912. However, this cruel custom still existed in China many years after the ban. A book named titled "Women of Chinese" stated that the last generation of foot-binding women were already nearly 100 one-hundred years old. However, I do not agree with this statement. In the middle 1980s, when I was still a little boy, a girl in my village was forced into foot-binding by her parents and village folks. Days later, fearing the intense pain of foot-binding, another girl escaped when she learnt learned that sheher feet would also be bound feet.

I once asked my grandma how much painful it was. She said that it was so much painful that girls must had to be tightly physically held by adults while it was going on. As far as I know, to make their feet growing in an expected shape, girls' foot bones sometimes had to be broken by hand!

October 10, 2011

Foot binding is unique to China's feudal society as a cruel custom. With regards to its origin, we generally believed that it began in the Five Dynasties and Ten States,（五代十国）over 1,000 years ago. It is said that one of Li Yu's（李煜, the last Emperor of Later Tang Dynasty）harems reshaped her foot so small in order to dance better to win his favor. Since then, almost all ancient Chinese women suffered through the painful alterations of their feetin an early age. This was not because they had to please the Emperors, but because the ancient Chinese men thought that women with bound feet had a better walking posture than those without.

Months after toppling the Qing Dynasty, which resulted in a republican government, China's founding father Sun Yat-sen soon ordered a ban on foot binding in March 11th, 1912. However, this cruel custom still existed in China many years after the ban. The book "Women of Chinese" stated that the last generation of foot-binding women were already nearly 100 years old. However, I do not agree with this statement.

In the middle 1980s, when I was still a little boy, a girl in my village was forced to foot-binding by her parents and village folks. Days later, fearing the intense pain of foot-binding, a different girl from the village escaped when she learnt that her feet were to be bound as well.

I once asked my grandma how much pain there was. She said there is so much pain that girls had to be tightly held down by adults while it was going on. As far as I know, to make their feet grow in certain shape, girls' foot bones had to be broken by hand!