Crazy Ceramic Shoes Collection

Jin Yongyu's smallest collection of shoes is the size of soya beans.

Ceramic sandals of different periods and different origins.

Jin Yongyu collected ceramic shoes from Qing Jiaqing years.

Early collection of Japanese ceramic shoes.

Porcelain made of three inch gold lotus.

The walls at home are made into display cabinets.

And to a England. Ceramic shoes Let Kim Yong Yu Love plus.

Narrator: Jin Yongyu

Record and sorting: Xia Jingying

Photograph: Zhao Yong

20 years, 1293. Ceramic shoes Taking advantage of the opportunity of moving house last year, I finally made a thorough inventory of all my possessions.

In 1987, I was fascinated by ceramic products and began to collect all kinds of ceramic products everywhere. Over the past few years, although many collected, I always feel a bit miscellaneous, difficult to form a system. In 1990, I decided to narrow the scope of my collection and think again and again before deciding to "master" ceramic shoes. As a result, there are now shoes that can only be seen in half a house.

There are ancient thick bottomed shoes made from various kinds of clay from all over the country, and some exotic and exotic ceramic shoes bought by relatives and friends from all over the world.

The blue and white shoes produced from Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty also have modern and innovative shoes.

There are leather shoes, cloth shoes, embroidered shoes, leather boots, rain shoes, sports shoes, sandals, dance shoes, slippers, children's shoes, high-heeled shoes... Almost all kinds of shoes.

White ceramic shoes with numbered NO.1, embroidered shoes of less than 2 cm in length, and shoes with a height of 26 cm.

There are shoes made of various pottery made of black pottery, Jun porcelain, celadon and white porcelain, or precious or ordinary.

There are simple shoes, and the ashtray, water pot, teapot, vase, money storage tank made of shoes.

Every time you finish your business trip, you should carefully carry a box of "baby" home.

After I was fascinated by ceramic shoes, I arranged a trip for myself every time I went on a business trip. Guangdong, Foshan, Chaozhou and Fujian Dehua have many ceramic products, and they can be bought at a relatively low price. In Shanghai's cultural relic shops, many fine products can be bought, including seals, seals, records of origin, age and detailed information. Every time I finish my business trip, I have to carefully carry a box of "baby" home, so I often enjoy more trips. On Christmas day in 1992, I came back from my relatives in Hongkong. A travelling bag was full of ceramic shoes. It cost more than three thousand yuan. It would not be easy to go to Hongkong. It cost three thousand yuan for a working-class.

Not only did I buy them, but also my friends and relatives overseas. Ceramic shoes made in Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Greece and other countries are characterized by national characteristics and regional characteristics. The shoes from Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom win in the field of workmanship. They are exquisitely carved, hollowed out, decorated and gilded. The process is obviously different from that in China. In recent years, I learned to surf the Internet, and I began to "Taobao" on the Internet. The number of collections increased even faster. No, now, when my niece is buying shoes for me in foreign countries, she has to take photos to show me.

Physical showroom is hard to achieve, and a virtual network display is planned.

Last year decided to move, and I also took the opportunity to make a inventory of 20 years of collection. Of course, this is a very large and complex project. First, we need to wrap each shoe carefully in the newspaper, pack it in boxes from big to small, fill the gap with newspaper, and then use the adhesive tape to "bind up the box". Full of ten big boxes, afraid of breaking, I did not dare to ask the workers to start, they all moved in by themselves.

There are not enough cabinets in the new house, so only some shoes are left. Once I had free time, I continued to make glass cabinets, and I planned to put all the walls of the study room and living room on glass cupboards, which could be seen directly and avoided the accumulation of dust on shoes. In fact, my wife did not like me to put so many things out. The more than 1000 shoes really occupied space, but such beautiful shoes would be a pity if they pressed the bottom of the box. I had planned to buy a house on the first floor to build a private ceramic shoe exhibition room, free to open for sightseeing. Unfortunately, the housing price has skyrocketed before the plan has been implemented, and this wish can only be stranded.

If the physical showroom is difficult to achieve, let's take a virtual place instead. After finishing the relocation and finishing work, I will take photos of each shoe, keep it in the computer, and specify the detailed information. If so, we will also design web pages to share and share with each other on the Internet.

Collection is a joyful process, and of course there are some regrets.

Collection is a joyful process. Every shoe carries a memory. It is about the life of that year, about the journey, and some regrets that still remain in my mind.

Ceramic products are divided into pottery and porcelain products. Porcelain is hard and pottery is soft. On the market, the number of porcelain shoes is much less than that of pottery shoes. Therefore, it is a great pleasure to buy Porcelain shoes.

In the 80s of last century, I went to Zhengzhou on business. I saw a pair of porcelain shoes in the antique shop. The boss made a price of 240 yuan. Besides the good quality, the shape of the thick sole shoes also made me very satisfied. But 240 yuan is really not cheap. At that time, the wages of one month were not the same. What should I do? I offered to buy only one, and the boss said it costs 160 yuan. The ideological struggle for a long time has also worn a long mouth, the boss refused to compromise, I did not want to buy. However, when I returned to Wenzhou, I thought about the shoes, and then I had the chance to go to Zhengzhou. I ran to the store for the first time, and the shoes had been bought. It was a real loss at that time.

My collection is not for making money. Similarly, I think the collection should not burn too much money, and it should be based on interest rather than high price. At present, shoes at home are the most expensive ones, and the cheapest ones cost only a few cents. In my eyes, they are beautiful and precious. I remember when I bought cigarettes in the first place, I decided to quit smoking. It was worth transferring money from the province to buying shoes. Now I think about it, it is worth earning for myself and earning the treasure of this house.