[NEWS] Feet Binding

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. kakenx

    kakenx Well-Known Member

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    oh wow!... changing the bone structure of the foot >< wonder how fast can ppl walk like that...
     
  2. drsnoopy

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    ah...chinese footbinding...i don't agree with that...but i did like the idea of having kings...too bad we don't have that anymore...
     
  3. Phoenix

    Phoenix *~Though she be but little, she is fierce~*

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    i read about it somewhere..n it was also mentioned in 'A Chinese Cinderella'
     
  4. pirvee

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    it really looks like painfull....i believe footbinding was forbidden by the Emperor for all in Court. All people in court weren't allowed to bind their foot, but it was such a hype everywhere in the higher ranks of the society. :S
     
  5. brown_bear

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    i remember watching some kind of TVB show about this...its really gross...cant remember the name of the show but from what i can remember it had mandy chow in it and celebs go visiting places with these -sick2 traditions i think the one mandy chow went to was that neck tradition where these women have to wear these gold rings around their necks
     
  6. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member


    it was a sure sign of being in a high class family
    becuase many of the women could not walk properly and had to walk with canes from then on


    but if you lived on a farm, they couldn't bind your feet, because you needed to be able to run around and work on teh farm


    my mom talks about how her grandmother had to have her feet bound
     
  7. hahaha.. you mean Kathy Chow... yea i've seen that one.. but it's nothing like tis.. -rotfl
     
  8. veexd

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    I think it's absurd. Feet binding was suppose to represent females in a sense that they're "high class" and not a farmer girl who are pointed at and laughed at for having big feet.
     
  9. smilely

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    yh i member my mum use to tell me that they use to do that felt sad when she told me that, must of hurt so much, so glad they stopped it
     
  10. winterfuyu

    winterfuyu Well-Known Member

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    wait so her toes are on the bottom of her feet now? how does she keep her balance?
     
  11. sakky101

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    They don't hardly walk, so that why it's only the rich people that did it. All these girl ever did was sit around to look pretty as a status and if they need to move around, they had maids help them around.
     
  12. whoaitselaine

    whoaitselaine Well-Known Member

    that's disgusting ><
    feel bad for the women that had to bind their feet back then.
     
  13. pto88

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    OMG, that is super gross....insane how people thought this was normal back then
     
  14. minimo

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    I was told that the purpose of the foot binding was so that women who were married could not run away.
     
  15. Veincentury

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    Omfg, I'm totally sick after seeing this. Wtf is wrong with people from the past. Status symbol or not it's not natural. It's not like one is piercing their ears or something like that.-sick2
     
  16. XDTP

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    that is sick.
     
  17. AisuTsuki

    AisuTsuki Well-Known Member

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    Hm I remember reading about this.
    They said that women who have smaller feet are more attractive or something...


    And at an old age, it hurts like heck :<
     
  18. XDTP

    XDTP Well-Known Member

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    think of the pain before they became old. when you're unnaturally making your body deformed like that.....pain ensues.
     
  19. bbes

    bbes Incredible

    the thing is women didn't live that long back then but i agree its gross and a stupid idea.
     
  20. ralphrepo

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    It isn't any more insane than young girls who sell themselves to middle aged men just so that they can buy all the latest status symbol jewelry, clothing, or fashion accessories. Imagine what a Tang woman would think of a young girl today, who would willingly have sex with a stranger so that she could buy an over priced handbag?

    Insanity is really relative, as are status symbols.

    Ralph