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2. Hanfu footwear - Wikipedia

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   Lotus shoes were worn by women who had bound feet. Exact date of origin is unknown. Based on folk stories, it may have appeared in the Five dynasties period or in the Sui dynasty. Unknown – Modern Hutou xie (虎头鞋) Tiger-head shoes: Also known as "tiger shoes". [6] These shoes were worn by Han Chinese Chinese children to scare off bad ...

3. Foot binding - Wikipedia

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   The desirability varies with the size of the feet—the perfect bound feet and the most desirable (called ' golden lotuses ') would be around 3 Chinese inches (around 10 cm or 4 in) or smaller, while those larger were called ' silver lotuses ' (4 Chinese inches—around 13 cm or 5.1 in) or ' iron lotuses ' (5 Chinese inches—around 17 cm or 6. ...

4. Manchu platform shoes - Wikipedia

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   Since then, Manchu women wore the high, stilt-like platform shoes. [2] When the Manchu conquered China in the Qing dynasty, they forbade Manchu women from binding their feet like the Han Chinese women. [4] It is sometimes suggested that the Manchu platforms shoes were used to imitate the gait of the Han Chinese women with bound feet. [2]

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6. Lotus shoe - Wikipedia

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   The process of altering one's foot often was urged on young girls and took years to fully finish. The damage to women's feet was irreversible and affected mobility. [7] There was a fair amount of backlash to this tradition by missionaries and Chinese reformists. However, women continued to wear lotus shoes until around the 1950s. [3]

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