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11/25/2024 03:37:05 am

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China's Last Lotus Feet Woman Shares Harrowing Tale of Having Bound Feet

In years gone by, it was believed that that a woman is most beautiful when her feet are bound. But for Yan Guiri, arguably the last of China's "Lotus Feet" women, the experience was as harrowing as facing death.

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