foot binding

Chinese custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape and size of their feet as a status symbol and mark of beauty, practised from 10th to early 20th centuries
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foot binding

Summary

foot binding is a Chinese culture[1]. It draws 5,049 Wikipedia views per month (chinese_culture category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • foot binding is in the country of Qing dynasty[3].
  • foot binding is in the country of Republic of China[4].
  • foot binding is in the country of Yuan dynasty[5].
  • foot binding is in the country of Ming dynasty[6].
  • foot binding is in the country of Northern Song dynasty[7].
  • foot binding's instance of is recorded as Chinese culture[8].
  • foot binding's instance of is recorded as child abuse[9].
  • foot binding's instance of is recorded as body modification[10].
  • foot binding is a type of body modification[11].
  • foot binding is a type of acquired foot deformity[12].
  • foot binding is a type of change[13].
  • foot binding's Commons category is recorded as Foot binding[14].
  • foot binding began on 1000[15].
  • foot binding ended on 1999[16].
  • foot binding's has cause is recorded as beauty[17].
  • foot binding's has cause is recorded as foot fetishism[18].
  • foot binding's facet of is recorded as women's rights[19].
  • foot binding's used by is recorded as Chinese people[20].
  • foot binding's different from is recorded as pointe shoe[21].
  • foot binding's indigenous to is recorded as China[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Chinese culture[8], child abuse[9], and body modification[10]. Recorded subclass of include body modification[11], acquired foot deformity[12], and change[13].

Use and Application

foot binding's used by is recorded as Chinese people[20].

Why It Matters

foot binding draws 5,049 Wikipedia views per month (chinese_culture category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . books.google.co.uk. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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