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Feet altered by foot binding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for them were known as lotus shoes. In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. However, foot binding was a painful practice that limited the mobility of women and resulted in lifelong disabilities.
Lotus shoes were made in different styles and colors, and were typically ornately decorated, with embroidered designs of animals or flowers that could continue on the sole of the shoe. [1] In addition, lotus shoes were often decorated with images that symbolize good luck, as well as culturally significant puns. [3]
Variations include easy pose (Sukhasana), half lotus, bound lotus, and psychic union pose. Advanced variations of several other asanas including yoga headstand have the legs in lotus or half lotus. The pose can be uncomfortable for people not used to sitting on the floor, and attempts to force the legs into position can injure the knees. [2]
The lotus is a central symbol in many Eastern cultures, which consider it to be one of the most sacred plants in the world. Lotus flowers feature in the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphics, antique ...
Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet (University of California Press, 2001) [11] Cinderella’s Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding (University of California Press, 2005). [12] This book was awarded the 2006 Joan Kelley Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association for the Best Book on Women's History or Feminist Theory ...
Lotus shoes: Lotus shoes were worn by women who had bound feet. Exact date of origin is unknown. Based on folk stories, it may have appeared in the Five dynasties period or in the Sui dynasty. Unknown – Modern Hutou xie (虎头鞋) Tiger-head shoes: Also known as "tiger shoes". [6]
Shoes for a Manchu noblewoman, China, Qing dynasty, mid-1800s AD, silk, wood; from the Textile Museum, George Washington University. Chinese Manchu platform shoes refers to the traditional high platform shoes worn by Manchu women which appeared in the early Qing dynasty and continued to be worn even in the late Qing dynasty.
Lotus pedestal character Lotus Sutra (一字蓮台法華経, ichijirendai hokekyō) or The Encouragements of Bodhisattva Fugen (普賢勧発品, Fugen kanbotsubon) unknown Below each character a lotus flower is drawn thereby equating each character with the Bodhisattva ; endpapers decorated with an inside scene of a Buddhist memorial service in ...