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Foot binding

Foot binding. By: Sari Kroschel . What is it?. A very painful process of making a girls feet smaller The toes are broken backwards The arch is shifted upwards The “ideal” foot is about 3 to 4 inches long. Reason/History. Small feet were considered beautiful

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Foot binding

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  1. Foot binding By: Sari Kroschel

  2. What is it? • A very painful process of making a girls feet smaller • The toes are broken backwards • The arch is shifted upwards • The “ideal” foot is about • 3 to 4 inches long

  3. Reason/History • Small feet were considered beautiful • When a boy was trying to find a wife, his mother would look the girl with the smallest feet • It all started in the early 10th century when and emperor had one of his servants bind her feet, then took off with the wealthy

  4. Process • Between the ages of 3 and 7, girls had cloths wrapped around their feet. • The cloths bent and broke the toes under their foot and pushed the arch up. • The foot had to be broken many times to get the perfect shape • This kept going on for about 3 years so the foot was as small as it could be.

  5. Random facts • The first high-heals were made for people with bounded feet. • If they didn’t have their feet bound, then they had no hope of a good marriage. • They way that they walked was called ‘”Lotus gait”’.

  6. The Downside? • It hurt, a lot! • Infection was very common , and arthritis stayed with many girls for their entire lives. • All were maimed for life • Because they couldn’t wash all of the folds of skin, they had to always wear shoes or else the smell would be to great. • You couldn’t walk, run, or stand.

  7. Today • In 1912, the new Republic of China banded foot binding. • Some people ignored the law and still bound their feet. • In about 1930the tradition died out. • It’s still illegal today.

  8. THE END • http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2142-history-chinese-foot-binding • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding#History • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Foot_binding

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