전족의 상징적 의미 = The Symbolic Meaning of Footbinding

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Changzu(footbinding)was an old chinese traditional custom practiced during more then thousand years and was applied to only woman. It prevents young girl` s foot from growing when she is 3 to 8 years old by tieing big toe and forcing her to wear the lotus shoe called LIANXIE. In China, the feet and shoe had special symbolic meaning other than usual simple function of supporting body and protecting the foot. they are symbolic aspects of implicating interal new meaning. In this study we investigate the internal meaning symbolized by Changzu from various perspectives such as religious, aesthetic and group unconscious aspects. In conclusion, the Changzu is a symbol that representing a dilemma which on one hand women would like to attract man physically while on other hand woman should be chaste and modest morally. And aiso it is a group imago representing groups unconscious desire to preserving the artificial identity bestowed upon Chinese woman by Chinese man.