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Which is the ancient people's tourism product, sable crown or Xie Gong Clogs

The Xie Gong Clogs are the travel products of the ancients.

The Xie Gong Clogs are a kind of traditional Chinese shoes, named after Xie An in the Song Dynasty. Xie Gong Clogs are shaped like cloth shoes, but the soles are made of grass and hemp compilation, with a piece of leather or fabric sewn on top of the soles, and the uppers are handmade with designs such as pomegranate flowers. It is a lightweight, airy and comfortable footwear for home use, and is usually one of the footwear worn by peasants, workers, literati and other social classes. In addition, the "big red shoes" of "Jia House Shoe Workshop" in "Dream of Red Mansions" refer to Xie Gong Clogs.

The shape and structure of Xie Gong Clogs are somewhat similar to modern slippers and sandals. They were usually made of natural materials such as straw and hemp, with the upper and base made of different weaving methods and sewn with banana leaves and bamboo sticks. The uppers of Xie Gong Clogs are usually made of bamboo sieves sifted through the skin of the cabbage or rattan, and the straps are made of black fabric hung together with a thread that serves as a control, making them very comfortable to wear and not too tight or too loose.

While the Xie Gong Clogs have become increasingly rare in modern wearing habits, they have become one of the representations of ancient living cultures and have been widely depicted in literature, movies and operas. In today's society, Xie Gong Clogs are often used as a representation of cultural and artistic displays, showing the technical characteristics of their hand-woven soles and painted uppers, as well as their historical significance as one of the traditional Chinese cultural and artistic forms.

With the changes in modern life and the development of fashion, Xie Gong Clogs have slowly lost its practical value and become a kind of commemorative and artistic object. However, its cultural and historical value will not be lost. In recent years, with the revival of Chinese culture and traditional handicrafts, Xie Gong Clogs have also been rediscovered and praised, and more and more people have begun to reacquaint themselves with and love this kind of traditional Chinese footwear.

Sable Crowns and Xie Gong Clogs

Sable Crowns and Xie Gong Clogs are both traditional cultural and artistic forms in ancient China, and although both Sable Crowns and Xie Gong Clogs have a certain amount of historical and cultural value, they are not connected in terms of their use and historical origins.