Deformation of feet in China-an one of the most horrible world traditions

This custom, practiced in China since the beginning of X to the beginning of XX century, was considered not only the fashion of the time, and was a symbol of national identity



Before you start to bandage his feet - girls broke all the toes, except for a large, and also near to them the bones, then bandaged foot strip of material and forced to walk in the shoes of a small size, from which the feet are deformed, often making it impossible to go in the future





Legs bandaged girl strips of fabric and is not four little finger pressed against the underside of the foot - not the bandages removed. Then his legs wrapped strips of fabric horizontally to bend like a bow foot





There the degree of distortion of the foot, which depended on the prestige of the bride, since it was thought that a lady of high society should not walk alone. This inability to move without assistance, according to published accounts, was one of the attractive features of a woman.





There the degree of distortion of the foot, which depended on the prestige of the bride, since it was thought that a lady of high society should not walk alone. This inability to move without assistance, according to published accounts, was one of the attractive features of a woman.











Healthy, not deformed feet, considered necessary for a peasant labor, a woman with such feet was considered a "vile woman origin».