Bandaged foot.

is customary to apply a tight band at the feet of young girls to prevent their growth. The practice probably originated among the upper class dancers of the court in the early Song dynasty, but spread to become common practice in the upper class and the bourgeoisie. The lower classes did not practice for it prevented women from working. The bandaged feet became very popular to consider very attractive men. Even today in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, there are families who take pride in having ancestors with "lotus feet".