Ancient People Wearing Shoes

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There is no absolute sense of a pair of shoes in history. Nor is there any record of someone inventing one.

Pre-Qin shoes As early as in the Yangshao culture period, our people have been in the corpse of non-, sandals or track, when there is no obvious difference between men and women's footwear. To Yin and Shang, the initial establishment of the ritual system, there have been a variety of footwear, can be said to be leather, cotton, cloth, grass are complete. According to the Records of the Realm, "Xia and Shang slippers and shoes were all made of leather." From Hami City, five fort graveyard unearthed 3,000 years ago, long leather boots, is a good proof. The length of the boots is 12.7 centimeters and the width is 9.4 centimeters. It is made of three parts: the upper, the sole and the waist of the boots, which are sewn together with thin leather strips. From the bottom of the boots wool boots waist the uppermost part of about 19.5 centimeters, the tip of the boots upward, and in its upper and heel, boots inside and outside the sides of each attached to a copper buckle decoration. Shang Dynasty aristocrats, under the belly Pei黼or Wei Ge Bi, feet wearing a warped head boat style warped shoes, while the Shang Dynasty warriors wore a thin sole warped leather shoes. From Henan Anyang unearthed from the Shang dynasty jade man, also see has been with the track, and have shoes buckle. In fact, in Yin Shang, people have mastered the silk weaving technology, silk fabrics and textiles have been generally popular. At that time in the aristocracy, in addition to wearing leather shoes, and generally wearing a variety of hemp shoes and silk shoes. In the Zhou Dynasty, on the basis of the Xia and Shang ritual system, the ritual system was further improved, and the dress system was more complete. At that time, from the son of heaven to the ministers, the dress had its own difference, and also set up a special "Division Clothing" position, in charge of the implementation of the dress. Shoes are an integral part of the dress, which was also included in the scope of the "rule of etiquette" and became an indispensable form of expression in the etiquette. It is recorded in "Zhou Rites - Heavenly Officials" that the official in charge of footwear was called "Sandal Man", who was in charge of the sandals of the son and the queen, and the types of sandals were red slipper, black slipper, plain sandal, Ge sandal, and so on, in addition to other shoes of that time, there were also the forms of track, boots, shoes, and so on. In the Zhou Dynasty, leather shoes were popular. After the founding of China, a pair of shoes sewn with leather was unearthed in the Chu Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, more than 2,000 years ago, which is the earliest existing leather shoes in China. It was made of simply tanned leather for the sole and hand-stitched with leather thread. The upper consists of three leather parts: the front cover, the front tip and the back tail. The toe is square shaped. The style is a lace-less slip-on. Another pair of Western Zhou leather boots from Zahunluk Tomb in Tarim Basin, made of leather in the whole system, with clear and beautiful shape, wrinkles on the toe, and the whole shoes were carefully matched and sewn. This shows that the design process of shoe-making at that time was already at a high level. In the Zhou Dynasty, there has been a "felt boots" difference. Zhou Li - heavenly officials - palm leather ": " * * * * its cui hair for sticking, to help things." Felt boots, generally refers to the northern cold areas of a kind of wool felt made of long boots, strong insulation. Stepping on the ground is both lightweight and warm. In order to protect against the cold, there was also a unique style of boots with legs leather boots. Leather boots were unearthed in the ancient tomb of the Warring States in the hinterland of Turpan, Subeshi. All boots for the leather, was tall, it is tightly set in woolen pants, and knee pants, pants, shoes form an integrated form, not only to keep warm, but also strong and durable, but also can be waded in the water. /xwh/xlcwnr1.asp?sid=45

The creation of shoes is inseparable from the natural environment and human wisdom. In ancient times, the unevenness of the land, the climate of the cold and hot, human instinctively want to protect their feet, so the shoes appeared: a simple foot wrapping animal skin, leaves, then became the earliest shoes in the history of mankind. Ancient humans have preserved documents that still provide us with a fascinating history of shoes. 8000 B.C. In Missouri, the remains of a Native American shoe are found. 3300 B.C. An ice merchant who died high in the mountains of France left behind a primitive pair of shoes woven from grass. 3000 B.C. Paintings of shoes or shoemakers can be found in Egyptian temples. 100 A.D. Bare feet were the most fundamental difference in clothing between Greek slaves and free men. 200 A.D. Roman Emperor Marco. Aurelius declares that red sandals are forbidden to anyone but him and his heirs. 15th century Knights wore shoes with long toes (24 inches long), and the law, which had always promoted thrift, explicitly specified the length of the toes. Early 16th century High heels were invented under the influence of Leonardo da Vinci. Mid-16th century 30-inch heels were popular throughout southern Europe. Early 17th Century Shoelaces appeared as a favorite embellishment. Mid 17th Century The diminutive Louis XIV revolutionized the flat shoe like never before. Thumbnails of war are printed on the uppers of 5-inch flat-heeled shoes. Late 17th Century Due to a mistranslation, the French fairy tale of Cinderella's flannel slipper becomes Cinderella's crystal slipper. Mid-18th century It took nearly a century to finally replace the traditional method of shoemaking and the first shoe factory appeared. The first shoe store soon followed in Boston. Early 19th Century Flat shoes and Greek beach shoes are popular. Mid-19th century The first sneakers (also known as rubber-soled canvas shoes) appeared. Then Elias and Howe invented the first pinwheel. At the end of the 19th century, the indispensable decoration of clothing - buttons, also applied to shoes, and soon became a fashion standard.