Tag: Chinese Footbinding

  • What Was The Practice Of Footbinding In China?

    What Was The Practice Of Footbinding In China?

    When I first traveled to China in the mid-1980s, I would sometimes see women hobbling down the street with tiny little feet because their feet had been bound. These little old ladies were almost completely crippled and could hardly walk. Footbinding was the Chinese practice of breaking young girls’ feet and tightly wrapping them so…