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Foot binding started among the upper class in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It began as a status symbol to represent affluent people.
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What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
What custom was practiced by women in southern China?
Foot binding.
The practice of foot binding began during which dynasty?
sui
How long did foot binding?
Foot binding lasted for approx. 1000 years.
What age do they do foot binding?
From the age of two years to twelve years . Though six years was the ideal of foot binding.
What is the process of foot binding?
deludge
Did Japanese practice foot binding?
no
Where did foot binding come from?
china
Does foot binding still exist?
no
Do women and men practice foot binding?
Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for (approximately) 1,000 years.
How did foot binding distinguish various classes in China?
Foot Binding was also used to distinguish various classes in China (especially aristocrats and the wealthy), because the men who married wives who had foot binding needed to be wealthy enough to support the wife and the family. That is why the wealthy in the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty practiced foot binding on women.
Is foot binding the same as plastic surgery?
no
What is the death rate for foot binding?
10%
Who had to do the foot binding?
The mother of the girl (foot binding only happened to girls) to show that she was a possesion and by the mom doing it passed the message down to child.
Who invented foot binding?
Foot binding was a practice that originated in China over a thousand years ago. It was practiced in the country until the early 1900s.
