2007-03-24 22:05:59 · 13 answers · asked by candy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Tha chinese people thought women with tiny feet were very attractive.
2007-03-25 00:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bound feet is when a Chinese woman and girl has their feet bound in cloth. The Chinese bound feet to keep the foot small. They considered bound feet attractive and thought a woman or girl with small feet was beautiful.
2007-03-26 14:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by greeneyes25162 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a practice done in the past China where women feet are tied with cloth at a young age to prevent it from growing. The length of the feet is about 3 inches. It is said to be beautiful. But it is used to distinguish the maids from the rich women. If the lady is rich, then she don't have to anything and therefore can afford to bound the feet.
Nowadays you still can see old Chinese women with smaller feet but bigger than 3 inches. These women had remove the bounding when they migrate or when the communist took over China.
2007-03-24 22:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bound feet are feet that are wrapped up to make feet look smaller, because the Chinese thought that small feet were a symbol of beauty. I think it was banned in like the 1940's.
2007-03-25 06:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by ♠Jefffie♠ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's from ancient China, allegedly by a concubine of an Emporer. The sight of a woman teetering on her feet was supposedly erotic (for some reason) - they seemed vulnerable.
They start when the girl is about 2. Break all the bones in her feet and crush the arch with a stone. The girl will live forever with relentless excruiciating agony and never be able to walk properly.
If a woman/girl didn't have bound feet, she would be seen as ugly and unmarriagable and would be subject to humiliation by other women.
2007-03-24 22:14:15 · answer #5 · answered by Rachella 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remembering seeing some shoes that belonged to an ancient Chinese woman who had bound feet and they literally could fit in the palm of your hand like a childs foot or even smaller. They couldnt have been more then 4 or 5 inches big.
2007-03-25 16:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've read that bound feet were considered beautiful, feminine, and dainty. The practice originated in Chinese performers of the lower classes, then later spread to the upper classes.
In reality the feet were horribly malformed and the toes were broken under and had grown into the arch of the foot over time. This caused incredible pain in the children whose feet were bound and significantly impaired them as adults. Over a billion women had their feet bound over history. That's monumental in terms of human suffering. :-(
2007-03-24 22:12:58 · answer #7 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They had thier feet bound because at the time they thought it made them look like lotus flowers, a symbol of beauty. It also crippled the girl for life, making her incapable of walking any kind of distance, so it also symbolized wealth and power because they needed to be carried everywhere. So when it was done only the rich and aristocratic could get thier feet bound.
2007-03-25 07:35:52 · answer #8 · answered by Matt Zero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the feet are bound so that the toes are curled under the foot. painful and barbaric. small feet represent beauty and women with small feet are more likely to find a husband.
2007-03-24 22:09:41 · answer #9 · answered by lisa s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
chinese daughters in the past had their feet bound... especially in royal families...
this binding of the feet didn't allow them to grow and develop naturally,,,, making them, the feet, very small....
Small feet were a symbol of beauty......
2007-03-24 22:11:58 · answer #10 · answered by Boomer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋