![China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B00XCC/china-young-chinese-girls-with-bound-feet-photo-by-rene-parison-c-1901-foot-binding-pinyin-chanzu-literally-bound-feet-was-a-custom-practiced-on-young-girls-and-women-for-approximately-one-thousand-years-in-china-beginning-in-the-10th-century-and-ending-in-the-first-half-of-20th-century-there-is-little-evidence-for-the-custom-prior-to-the-court-of-the-southern-tang-dynasty-in-nanjing-which-celebrated-the-fame-of-its-dancing-girls-renowned-for-their-tiny-feet-and-beautiful-bow-shoes-2B00XCC.jpg)
China: Young Chinese Girls with bound feet. Photo by Rene Parison, c. 1901. Foot binding (pinyin: chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one
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Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online
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The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
![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/nintchdbpict000324067200.jpg)