![Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known](https://preview.redd.it/km4oxk4jq5b81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1c4ae6f8a14046401a1aff20d92b63f4626cf974)
Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known
![The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/12/1434121503953/774e2eab-a8e6-4d5f-972b-7a118c03e89d-2060x1030.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c27c5575c508d0ab89e729ab200c6a36)
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 Irish 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 Irish Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115465.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 Irish Sun
![Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online Han Qiaoni, 102, last woman with bound feet had her toes broken when she was just 2 | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/23/article-2429992-1835858B00000578-859_306x686.jpg)