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Graphic photos show brutal reality of ancient Chinese practice of foot- binding | The Independent | The Independent
Foot binding photos of Chinese women, the tiny shoes they wore, and X-rays of their feet going on show in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
![Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhfZ-REWAAUoY0O.jpg)
Peabody Museum on Twitter: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
![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-73616777.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
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