# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q498231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q498231)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/foot-binding


## References

1. [Source](https://github.com/JohnMarkOckerbloom/ftl/blob/master/data/wikimap)
2. [Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet](https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qpNQ91M3BswC&pg=PA34&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. BBC Things
5. Quora
6. National Library of Israel