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During this time period the Tang Dynasty was known for their art and in this period their creation techniques are still used today
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The Southern Dynasty Ruled China
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The Dynasty went bankrupt
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The Yuan Dynasty was the powerful Dynasty
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The Ming Dynasty starting forcing labor on peasants so they could build the Great Wall of China
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The Ming Dynasty used feet bonding from 1386 to 1644
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Bejing is captured by the foreingers
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Foreingers come into China and stop doing feet bonding because it is not their beleif to do it
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The first foot-bonidng aid come. They are British
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Feet Bonding is offically banded in China. But, girls still want the status symbol and secretly bond their feet
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The time period the book was in
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In 1915 a fine for bonding girls feet was enforced
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Ailin wants to get married so her parents find the boy for her and they get engaged at the age of 7
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Ailin's Dad sends her to a public school because she keeps asking him to do that.
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Ailin's father dies and "Big Uncle" becomes head of the house
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Ailin's Big Uncle is now ahead of the family because the grandmother dies. Since Alilin's feet arent bound she cant find a husband. So her Big Uncle gives her options but she doesnt take any of them. Since she didnt choose any options she is kicked out of the family
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Since Ailin is moving to America she breaks her engagment with Hanwei
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On a boat on her way to California Ailin meets a guy on the boat and falls in love with him
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Ailin runs a store with the guy she falls in love with
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Hanwei comes back to Ailin and tries to blame things on his mom but, Ailin refuses to take him back and says she is struggling but she is happy
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Even though feet bonding has been banned for 48 years... the girls still do it. But, in 1950 all girls stopped bonding their feet
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The last shoes made for bonded feet are made. The last company to make them was in Harbin, China
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The fable says that they made the young girls have their feet bond because of a famous dancer who had her feet bonded.
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The Latter Tang Dynasty beings the practice of foot bonding
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The Song Dynasty maily focused on their economy and because of this they made new trade routes
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After the Golden Age the government started growing weak
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The Song Dynasty had a very inefficent military because it was designed primarly to not threaten imperail control
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The Tang Dynasty was in charge or the "big shots"
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The Song Dynasty was in control