缠足在现今的中国已经消亡了,这是只存在于中国历史中的一种习俗。缠足是在女童发育的早期,也就是她们三四岁,最多六七岁的时候,将其耻骨和中足骨用外力强行弯曲进脚掌的一种残酷“整脚术”。从开始缠足到最后定型,要经过大约两三年的时间。在这一过程中,女孩子们脚上会出现淤血、化脓、生疮,甚至 Footbinding in China is now dead, and it is a custom that exists only in Chinese history. Footbinding is the early development of girls, that is, they are three or four years old, up to six or seven years old, the pubic and midrib bones forced into force with a force bent into the foot of a brutal “orthopedic surgery.” From the beginning of footbinding to the final shape, to go through about two or three years. In the process, the girls feet will appear congestion, purulent, sore, and even