Chinese aesthetics

[hubag bohol]

[hubag bohol]

[hubag bohol]

These are Chinese women who have feet that are deformed as a result of the drastic measures that are taken to keep their feet small such as having their toes or arches broken and of course, of wearing shoes that are much too small. In China a sign of femininity for girls is to have small feet. The result is feet that are deformed. -- http://www.worldoddities.com/

[pioneer]

is it still practiced by modern chinese parents? i hope wala na. china makes shoes for all nations.

[hubag bohol]

Wa na tingali ni ron. Pero mangutana tang Bugsay...

[pioneer]

we may not know, hubs. maybe it is still prevalent in the countryside. the big chinese cities won't tolerate this inhuman practice.

[hubag bohol]

Zhou Guizhen, who is 86-years-old, shows one of her bound feet where the bones in the four small toes were broken and forced underneath the foot over a period of time, at her home in Liuyi village in China’s southern Yunnan Province, February 2007. Villages in China where women with bound feet survive are increasingly rare but the millennium-old practice nevertheless took almost four decades to eradicate after it was initially banned in 1911. -- http://www.myseveralworlds.com/

[islander]

kita kog ingon ani, the one and only time i ever did, sa gamay pa ko.  matriarch man tingali to siya sa sen hiap heng store sa magallanes sa cebu city.  di gyod ko makalimot kay katingalahan man gyod.  magsige lang ug lingkod ug morag trono kay di man makalakaw.   

[hubag bohol]

kita kog ingon ani, the one and only time i ever did, sa gamay pa ko.  matriarch man tingali to siya sa sen hiap heng store sa magallanes sa cebu city.  di gyod ko makalimot kay katingalahan man gyod.  magsige lang ug lingkod ug morag trono kay di man makalakaw.   

Tug-an sa tinuod. Imo tong lola, no?

[Lorenzo]

This is an old Chinese custom. This is no longer practiced in China, actually, the ones who enforced this old custom were the Qing (the last dynasty that ruled China). Interestingly enough, the Qing rulers were not ethnic Han Chinese, but were originally from Manchuria.

[islander]

Tug-an sa tinuod. Imo tong lola, no?

tiwasan na lang nato ang manorya, hehe.  ako to uy.  bisan ingon ana intawon akong tiil, kusog gihapon ni mo-flying kick.

[islander]

This is an old Chinese custom. This is no longer practiced in China, actually, the ones who enforced this old custom were the Qing (the last dynasty that ruled China). Interestingly enough, the Qing rulers were not ethnic Han Chinese, but were originally from Manchuria.

glad it's over and done with.  it's sadistic.  imagine one's toes being broken, ugh.

[Lorenzo]

glad it's over and done with.  it's sadistic.  imagine one's toes being broken, ugh.

Sadistic, indeed. Many Chinese women had no choice on the matter as their foots were bound at an early age. As early as 2-3 years old and continued till their adult years. This was an example of human cruelty, specifically targeting the women.

[Lorenzo]

glad it's over and done with.  it's sadistic.  imagine one's toes being broken, ugh.

My great-great grandmother did not have her foot bound because she was a working woman from the countryside. Women who were from the poshy cities of Imperial China or women of noble blood had their feet bound.

When my Lola Nating went to China in the 1930s she was able to meet her grandparents, as well as her grand aunts and uncles, there were some relatives who had their foot bound. Luoy kono to kai lisod mo lakaw og gi bound ang tiil.

[hubag bohol]

glad it's over and done with.  it's sadistic.  imagine one's toes being broken, ugh.

Beauty requires pain...

[hubag bohol]

tiwasan na lang nato ang manorya, hehe.  ako to uy.  bisan ingon ana intawon akong tiil, kusog gihapon ni mo-flying kick.

Hmm, mao diay kinahanglan kang magsakaysakay, as you are in your avatar pic...