![Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/17/10/gettyimages-73616775.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent
![Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina](https://dwvyw8kf1avne.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/articles/20210112_59938899_a6befab6-4b4b-4f69-826d-a9055464f006.jpg)
Foot-binding in ancient China: When women fought against their genes to be beautiful, Society News - ThinkChina
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The 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 Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hd-composite-china-v2.jpg?strip=all&w=620&h=413&crop=1)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
Colson Center - The practice of foot binding, tightly wrapping the feet of young girls in order to reshape them and prevent them from growing too large, began sometime during the ninth
![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)