Foot binding was a feature in Han Chinese society for a large swathe of its history and, in certain regions, was nearly ubiquitous for generations. But because foot binding was not universal in China, ...

Striking images of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet are going on display in Hong Kong this month. The photographs were taken over eight years by Hong Kong photographer Jo Farrell and ...

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For around ten centuries, successive generations of Chinese women endured a practice when, as children, their feet were systematically broken and shaped in such a way that they resembled hooves. The ...

Foot-binding was practiced for about 1,000 years in China. The memory of this practice is preserved in historical documents, shoes found in graves of the elite and the testimonies of a dwindling ...