The origin of cloth shoes?

Bu Shoes, as the name suggests, are shoes made of cloth.

The Legend of Cloth Shoes

There is a very beautiful legend of cloth shoes in western Hunan. Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a beautiful girl named Dei Pasi in an ancient cottage deep in the mountains, who was hard-working, kind-hearted and skillful in knitting women's work. In the traditional Autumn Festival, she met her favorite brother, in order to express the love of her heart, so she made her own handmade, collected for many years of cloth shoes and embroidered insoles to give to the brother. When she put on the shoes, they fit her just right, not too long and not too short, and she was happy that her ancestors had arranged for a good match, so she and Dei Pao Si became partners and lived happily ever after. Since then, it has been the custom in western Hunan to give cloth shoes and insoles as gifts for marriage.

History of Cloth Shoes

Cloth shoes have a long history of more than 3,000 years in China. According to evidence, the earliest handmade cloth shoes were those worn by the kneeling statues of Western Zhou warriors unearthed in Houma, Shanxi Province.

In Chinese history, as early as the pre-Qin period of footwear as early as the Yangshao culture period, the people of our country have been in the body of the non-, sandals or crawlers, when men and women's footwear there is no obvious difference.

To Yin and Shang, the initial establishment of the ritual system, there have been a variety of shoes, can be said to be leather, cotton, cloth, grass. 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 on it and heel, boots inside and outside the sides of each attached to a copper buckle decoration.

Shang dynasty nobles, under the belly Pei embroidery or Weige Bi, feet wearing a warped head boat style warped shoes, while the Shang dynasty warriors wore is a thin bottom warped tip leather shoes. From Henan Anyang unearthed from the Shang dynasty jade man, also see has been wearing shoes, and have shoes warped. 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, and generally wearing a variety of hemp shoes and silk shoes.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, cloth shoes were mainly traditional handmade and embroidered cloth shoes. Because they were handmade, they were soft, comfortable, breathable and moisture-absorbent, and were loved by the Chinese people. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a lot of cloth shoes factories were opened in different parts of the country, focusing on the mass production of mechanism cloth shoes, which was the heyday of China's cloth shoes. After the reform and opening up, cloth shoes gradually faded out of the main stage of the footwear market, but still maintained a great vitality. After entering the 21st century, people's concepts tend to be natural and healthy, and nostalgia has become a pure emotion in the hearts of modern people. Wearing a pair of suitable cloth shoes has become a fashion trend for many modern young men and women to catch up with.

Compared with other shoes, cloth shoes have a wider range of applications, especially suitable for wearing in any occasions such as leisure, traveling, indoor, driving, etc. The fashionable embroidered women's shoes have always been known for their novelty and beautiful dignity, and they have become one of the symbols of the traditional Chinese women's culture in the international arena.

It can be said that cloth shoes and Chinese women have a close connection. According to the survey, in the eyes of many women, cloth shoes are a product of fashion and tradition. The comfort and coziness of wearing cloth shoes cannot be described in words. Once a Chinese woman puts on cloth shoes, she adds a very sexy and charming, distinctive temperament and taste. The softness, the natural beauty and the simplicity of the style of cloth shoes are all evident in women wearing cloth shoes. And the beautiful and innocent black cloth shoes with white background can bring you wonderful eternal memories.