Survivors of China's brutal foot binding tradition recall decades of suffering over 60 years on | ITV News
![Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/08/11/10739710-0-image-a-53_1552046024832.jpg)
Grandmother uncovers her deformed bound feet which were supposed to make women look 'sexier' | Daily Mail Online
![Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/17/10/gettyimages-73616775.jpg)
Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot-binding | The Independent | The Independent
![Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhfZ-REWAAUoY0O.jpg)
Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
![Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/458577969/tr/foto%C4%9Fraf/foot-binding-lotus-feet.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=is&k=20&c=oenkX1IpZ4sCn6aP_nCfPuEnjKWwn65pgQc-mD6S4QI=)
Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Lotus Pozu - iStock
![Shoes For Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Nakış - iStock Shoes For Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Nakış - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/514234610/tr/foto%C4%9Fraf/shoes-for-foot-binding-lotus-feet.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=0SkbmFpbIF11Kam5F8xWRvVm4JNwmjVFBrSqHjlYijY=)
Shoes For Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stok Fotoğraflar & Ayak bağlama geleneği'nin Daha Fazla Resimleri - Ayak bağlama geleneği, Çin Cumhuriyeti, Nakış - iStock
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![Dr. M.F. Khan on Twitter: "Lotus foot; It is not clear why this tradition appeared during period of Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) in China, and became a status symbol for women and Dr. M.F. Khan on Twitter: "Lotus foot; It is not clear why this tradition appeared during period of Song dynasty (10th-13th centuries) in China, and became a status symbol for women and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSHqR11aUAECV7Q.jpg)