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Foot binding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size. Feet altered by foot binding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for them were known as lotus shoes.
Lotus shoes could result in permanent damage to tendons and ligaments in the foot. [6] The process of altering one's foot often was urged on young girls and took years to fully finish. The damage to women's feet was irreversible and affected mobility. [7] There was a fair amount of backlash to this tradition by missionaries and Chinese reformists.
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Images Ju (屦) Shoes Some shoes worn in Qin were square-headed; they were generally worn by archers. Qin dynasty Lü (履) or Xie (鞋) Xieqiao (鞋翘) or Yuntouxie(云头鞋) Curled up Shoe Some ancient Chinese shoes had curled up-shoes, i.e. shoes with rising toe caps, and could come in different shapes, such as tiger heads and phoenixes. [1]
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