The Last "Little Feet" Lady 三寸金莲

[mac7915]

is it real?

[CeReAlgurl95]

was that the Lotus Gait? I'm trying to find a video of it

[PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa]

i read a book that described the pain and the fight of will that women had to go through when they had to bind their feet when they were kids. i think it was called Snow flower and the secret fan. the book is soooo good that theyțre making a movie on it in 2011

[creamycow21]

Foot Binding was outlawed in the 20th century, but it still goes on in some outlaw parts of China and Asia. I don't understand why though because how is a three-inch long foot attractive?

[TheStar768able]

@creamycow21

During the time it would have been a cost to the family to bind the feet of their daughters, because they couldn't work or perform duties. So we have to wonder why do different cultures do these different, elaborate, and painful rituals? The answer is simple, if you were rich enough to have a daughter (or support a wife) whose sole job was to be attractive, you could bind her feet and show the world you were rich enough to care for her and she didn't have to labor like a commoner.

[lillysweetle]

@TheStar768able I think it's just a way to keep the women more obedient, since they have a hard time walking, it would make them less likely to walk out of a marriage, or any other circumstance.

[violethead22]

i wanna know what this lotus gait looks like, is there a video or anything anywhere?

[skyarsalan]

search up :bound feet

kinda late am i?

[Lijiacong]

I feel very happy since nowadays women of Han ethnic gruop in China don't have to bind their foot any more.

My grandmather's grandmother who was born in 1894 and she had little foot. My grandmother told me that her grandmother really felt pain and inconvinience to walk.

[ninjaofthe9seas]

yeah. she's probably walking on the sides where the toes arent so its not so painful.

[LaRoza77]

If she has toes. The footbinding process broke the foot (in several places) and often resulted in gangrene (almost always infections as well). It was desirable to lose toes although highly dangerous as all such infections are.

I doubt it makes a difference how she walks, as she has very little choice, and the painful process was already done. A bound foot like that is no longer normal, and I doubt walking "on the toes" is an issue any more than walking on a foot snapped in half.

[lemurs366]

the worst part is that/ was that it was considered a very GOOD thing when the toes fell off, 'cause it made the foot even SMALLER

[SHM3K3R]

nope he is walking just on the toes(the foot is dead) and she cant feel a thing

[neoboy4ever]

It was outlawed in about 1912. But its still went on commonly in secret until about the 60's. It still goes on in remote parts of china though.

[tardonita]

it was made illegal in 1949..

[LLesleee]

THIS STILL GOES ON!!!!!!!!

I hope not

[angelican4]

its been banned for longer than that dear. mon=re like since the 40s or even the 30s

[mNrBj]

Oh Dear, it looks like they are struggling to walk. They look as if they are dragging their foot as they walk

[0livve]

i wonder anyone still binds their feet.

[Lijiacong]

This cruel custom only exist in Han ethnic groups which is the majority in China(90% population ) My grandfather's family is of Man minority ethnic group and women in their family never bind their foot.

[hazzaha]

Some minorities do bind their feet. Although yes, it is the Han that mostly practice this custom. The Manchu or Qing people objected to such practice, although they had shoes with a raised middle section to imitate the gait that bound-foot women walked on.

[amberhous1]

Foot binding was officially banned in 1911. Some persisted but others like Hakka women never succumbed to this custom.

[Rorap15]

Is she really the last? It looks painful.

[kapazas2002]

So why are they marketing in the shoes?

[flashman201]

they are not its banned since like 1990

[bebemarchand]

not 1990 but 1900..hehe u wrong man :)