The development history of China shoes

The history of China shoes includes animal leather shoes, straw sandals, cloth shoes, leather shoes, cloth shoes and so on.

1, animal leather shoes

The history of this kind of shoes can be traced back to ancient times. At that time, after hunting a wild animal, ancient humans first skinned it and cramped it, and then cut its fur into strips and wrapped it around its feet, thus protecting its feet from being cut by sand and stones and greatly improving the hunting efficiency.

2, straw sandals

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Huangshu once made a living by weaving straw sandals. It can be seen that in ancient China, shoes had become a necessity for people, and everyone had to have shoes when they went out, which led to a series of derivative industries, such as weavers.

3. Cloth shoes

With the continuous development of textile technology in ancient China, the types and practices of shoes are also expanding rapidly. People began to make shoes with silk, including cloth and satin, and all kinds of shoes began to flood into the market.

4. Leather shoes

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, leather resources gradually became rich, and leather shoes became popular. However, this does not mean that sandals and boots are out of date. On the contrary, in some areas, they are equally prosperous. Shoes in this period were called "shoes", and men wore square-toed shoes, which represented that masculinity fell from the sky (this followed the ancient theory that the sky was round and the place was round).

5. Cloth shoes

By the Han Dynasty, the weaving technology was mature, and cloth shoes began to spread among the people. "Embroidered shoes" began to appear, people began to embroider all kinds of flowers on shoes, and even once became a dowry or promise for women when they got married, giving shoes a romantic atmosphere.