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2. Foot binding - Wikipedia

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   Feet altered by foot binding were known as lotus feet and the shoes made for them were known as lotus shoes. In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. However, foot binding was a painful practice that limited the mobility of women and resulted in lifelong disabilities.

3. 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 ...

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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   Ko, Dorothy (2001), Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet, Berkeley: University of California Press. Catalogue of a museum exhibit, with extensive comments. Nicholson, Geoff (2006), Sex Collectors, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-6587-4. Chinese Foot Binding – Lotus Shoes Museum of the City of San Francisco.

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