![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known](https://preview.redd.it/km4oxk4jq5b81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1c4ae6f8a14046401a1aff20d92b63f4626cf974)
Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324067200.jpg)