Food Binding Project by Millicent Vu https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh Made with ♥ en-us 2016-12-03 23:50:23 UTC 2024-08-13 20:47:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Footbinding History 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141570779 Emperor Li Yu was entranced by a court dancer named Yao Niang in the tenth century. Bound feet were supposed to resemble the shape of a new moon. In China, a small foot represented female refinement. ]]> 2016-12-03 23:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141570779 Source Links 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571400 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-footbinding-persisted-china-millennium-180953971/
http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/bodyarts/index.php/permanent-body-arts/reshaping-and-piercing/161-foot-binding.html
http://ispub.com/IJBA/1/2/7565
https://openendedsocialstudies.org/2016/06/25/foot-binding-and-the-standard-of-beauty/

]]> 2016-12-04 00:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571400 The End of Footbinding 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571883 Foot-binding most likely ended because the father of daughters witnessed the pain they were going through and were convinced that foot-binding was no longer necessary. Chinese citizens also led anti-foot binding campaigns, but they received negativity; therefore they had to work harder. As a result, foot-binding died out as a trend.]]> 2016-12-04 00:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571883 Process of Footbinding 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571909 At ages 3-6. the toes are soaked in hot water and toenails were clipped short. Afterwards, the feet are massaged, until all the toes were broken, except for the biggest one, and are folded under the sole. A cloth or silk is used to bound the toes together. This creates an artificial curve.]]> 2016-12-04 00:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141571909 Purpose of Footbinding 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141572179 The size of a woman's foot had its own currency. Women with smaller feet are more desirable for marriage because it displays their dependence on men. Bound feet also show their status symbol. The smaller the foot means the more wealthy they are.]]> 2016-12-04 01:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141572179 Zhao Hua Hong is one of the last survivors of foot-binding. 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141642396 2016-12-05 02:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141642396 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141644320 The Lotus shoes that are worn by those who have bound feet.]]> 2016-12-05 02:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141644320 Wang Lifen sometimes is in so much pain that she can't put her foot on the ground. 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141804929 2016-12-05 16:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141804929 Wang Yifen admits that her feet are sometimes in so much pain that she can't put them on the ground. 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141809511 2016-12-05 17:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141809511 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141810076 2016-12-05 17:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141810076 54121 https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141811048 2016-12-05 17:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/54121/p05xswh1z8xh/wish/141811048