The illuminati love history........

Search Results

Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium | History

www.smithsonianmag.com/.../why-footbinding-persisted-chi...

Smithsonian

Despite the pain, millions of Chinese women stood firm in their devotion to the tradition.... Archaeologists discovered tiny, misshapen feet that had been wrapped in gauze and placed inside specially shaped “lotus shoes.”. ... As the practice of foot-binding makes brutally clear ...

Foot binding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding

Wikipedia

The Manchu Kangxi Emperor tried to ban foot binding in 1664 but failed. In the later part of the 19th century, Chinese reformers challenged the practice but it was ...

‎Artificial cranial deformation - ‎Breast ironing - ‎Club foot - ‎Daji

The Peculiar History of Foot Binding in China - The Atlantic

www.theatlantic.com/china/...foot-binding...china/279718/

The Atlantic

Sep 16, 2013 - How ten centuries of Chinese women submitted to the painful practice—and how it finally went out of fashion.

Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors : NPR

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942

NPR

Mar 19, 2007 - Millions of Chinese women bound their feet, a status symbol that allowed them to marry into money. Footbinding was banned in 1912, but some ...

China's Last Foot-Binding Survivors - The Daily Beast

www.thedailybeast.com/.../china-s-last-foot-binding-surv...

The Daily Beast

Jul 2, 2014 - In rural China, where the neon lights of the country's big cities don't shine, ... Foot binding, the cruel practice of mutilating the feet of young girls, .