Women who had their feet bound as children in rural China photographed by Hong Kong-based Jo Farrell Practice, also called lotus feet, was a symbol of beauty and status and was started when girls ...

When Farrell first visited China, she was completely unaware that some women with bound feet were still alive. A driver that Farrell had hired overheard her interest and introduced her to his ...

400 years ago, women in China's Hunan province had their feet bound and were confined to their chamber rooms. To find a way to cope, they invented Nushu, a secret language men could not understand.

Set in an informal museum of foot binding shoes, the styles ... Buddhism and women in China. videoBuddhism and women in China This short film features a discussion of the origins and development ...

Unable to go out because of her bound feet, Chinese beliefs that women should not be seen in public, and perhaps fear for her own safety, she led a cloistered but busy life. Being frugal ...

Foot binding, the practice of crushing young women's feet into tiny "lotus" feet, was widespread in China for nearly a thousand years. Long seen as a crucial way for women to elevate their status ...