中国三寸金莲-英文介绍.ppt

Foot-binding in China IVY A LEGEND(传说) OF FOOT-BINDING In the 10th?century, in China, legend says a prince began the practice of foot binding because he loved the small “Lily Feet” of his concubine(妃子). The tiny foot became the mark of a wealthy and well-born woman. The perfectly bound foot was only three-inch long. Women who got their feet bound could not walk, run, or dance. One Thousand Years of Foot-binding ——Its Origins, Popularity and Demise For over 1000 years, rich women had their feet bound. The new Republic banned foot binding in 1911, and the custom finally died out in the 1930s Foot binding was first practiced in the Sung dynasty(宋朝), which celebrated the fame of its dancing girls renowned(著名的) for their tiny feet. By 12th Century, forms of foot binding were popular among the upper class. Only in the Qing Dynasty did extreme forms of foot binding appear. Manchu women did not adopt this practice. How did those women get their feet bound and get shoes on? Foot binding began between the ages of four and seven.? A strip(削) of bandage (绷带)ten feet long and two inches wide was wrapped tightly around the foot.? The four small toes were broken and bent under the sole.? The arch (拱,成弓形) of the foot was bowed to make the foot shorter. The bandage was tightened each day and the foot was put into smaller and smaller shoes.?? In two years, the process was finished. By then, the foot was useless for walking very far.  three-inch “lotus shoes”(三寸金莲) ” Foot-binding is Cruel Painful Bizarre Horrible Why has great pain been suffered for centuries for women to achieve perceived beauty? At that time people felt small feet were sexy and pretty, so if feet were not bound it might be really hard to get any mans interest!!! The smaller the better The girls with the smallest feet would be able to marry to the richest families. Also it was mandated by the king. What’s be