![An elderly Chinese woman shows her bound feet in Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous county, Bijie city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 19 April Stock Photo - Alamy An elderly Chinese woman shows her bound feet in Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous county, Bijie city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 19 April Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W7WN4N/an-elderly-chinese-woman-shows-her-bound-feet-in-weining-yi-hui-and-miao-autonomous-county-bijie-city-southwest-chinas-guizhou-province-19-april-W7WN4N.jpg)
An elderly Chinese woman shows her bound feet in Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous county, Bijie city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 19 April Stock Photo - Alamy
![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
![Scary Vintage Photos of Chinese Women With Bound Feet | Chinese women, Vintage photos, Chinese style Scary Vintage Photos of Chinese Women With Bound Feet | Chinese women, Vintage photos, Chinese style](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/93/a2/1793a2385c58f5235c1db1f7fcf67a8a.jpg)
Scary Vintage Photos of Chinese Women With Bound Feet | Chinese women, Vintage photos, Chinese style
![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/nintchdbpict000324115362.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
![Lifelong bound feet in China: a quantitative ultrasound and lifestyle questionnaire study in postmenopausal women | BMJ Open Lifelong bound feet in China: a quantitative ultrasound and lifestyle questionnaire study in postmenopausal women | BMJ Open](https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/5/3/e006521/F1.large.jpg?width=800&height=600&carousel=1)
Lifelong bound feet in China: a quantitative ultrasound and lifestyle questionnaire study in postmenopausal women | BMJ Open
![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
![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/nintchdbpict000324115469.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
![Illustration of an adult Chinese bound foot. (Source: Reference 1, p.20). | Download Scientific Diagram Illustration of an adult Chinese bound foot. (Source: Reference 1, p.20). | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Conrad-Colby/publication/23223280/figure/fig1/AS:340763385843732@1458255730323/Illustration-of-an-adult-Chinese-bound-foot-Source-Reference-1-p20_Q320.jpg)