Wrapped Chinese Feet at Jade Rooke blog

Wrapped Chinese Feet. Imagine, if you will, the tender feet of young girls, no more than four to nine years old, tightly wrapped in cloth. Young girls’ feet were tightly wrapped, misshaping them over the years to achieve what was perceived as a status symbol and a mark of beauty. Archaeologists discovered tiny, misshapen feet that had been wrapped in gauze and placed inside specially shaped “lotus shoes.” Basically, the idea was to keep breaking the foot whenever. The procedure entailed bending the girls' toes underneath the sole, using very long ribbons to wrap their feet all the way to the ankle. Foot binding was a common practice in china for more than 1,000 years before it was outlawed in 1912. The process usually began between the ages of 4 and 9, and caused pain, infections, and difficulty in walking. See more pictures of china. Her feet had the ideal shape, which not only has the toes wrapped, but also the heel compressed towards the toes to create a crevice in the arch of the foot that was considered highly erotic. Two elderly women in tonghai, china wear tiny lotus shoes on their bound feet.

Foot binding was a common practice in china for more than 1,000 years before it was outlawed in 1912. Two elderly women in tonghai, china wear tiny lotus shoes on their bound feet. Her feet had the ideal shape, which not only has the toes wrapped, but also the heel compressed towards the toes to create a crevice in the arch of the foot that was considered highly erotic. The process usually began between the ages of 4 and 9, and caused pain, infections, and difficulty in walking. Archaeologists discovered tiny, misshapen feet that had been wrapped in gauze and placed inside specially shaped “lotus shoes.” The procedure entailed bending the girls' toes underneath the sole, using very long ribbons to wrap their feet all the way to the ankle. Young girls’ feet were tightly wrapped, misshaping them over the years to achieve what was perceived as a status symbol and a mark of beauty. See more pictures of china. Basically, the idea was to keep breaking the foot whenever. Imagine, if you will, the tender feet of young girls, no more than four to nine years old, tightly wrapped in cloth.

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Wrapped Chinese Feet The procedure entailed bending the girls' toes underneath the sole, using very long ribbons to wrap their feet all the way to the ankle. Two elderly women in tonghai, china wear tiny lotus shoes on their bound feet. The procedure entailed bending the girls' toes underneath the sole, using very long ribbons to wrap their feet all the way to the ankle. Imagine, if you will, the tender feet of young girls, no more than four to nine years old, tightly wrapped in cloth. The process usually began between the ages of 4 and 9, and caused pain, infections, and difficulty in walking. Archaeologists discovered tiny, misshapen feet that had been wrapped in gauze and placed inside specially shaped “lotus shoes.” Young girls’ feet were tightly wrapped, misshaping them over the years to achieve what was perceived as a status symbol and a mark of beauty. Her feet had the ideal shape, which not only has the toes wrapped, but also the heel compressed towards the toes to create a crevice in the arch of the foot that was considered highly erotic. Basically, the idea was to keep breaking the foot whenever. See more pictures of china. Foot binding was a common practice in china for more than 1,000 years before it was outlawed in 1912.