The Dragon Boat Festival Looks At The Lake Clogs.

In October 1986,

Among the relics excavated from the ruins, there are two complete wooden clogs. This is the earliest clogs found in China.

The site of the lake is located 24 kilometers northwest of Ningbo. It is only 8 kilometers away from the world-famous Hemudu Site site. The ruins are surrounded by mountains and lakes, surrounded by mountains in the northwest and flat in the southeast.

The site is a new type of culture in Ningshao area from Hemudu Site culture to Liangzhu culture development. It was 5365 + 125 years ago.

Unearthed clogs are all left foot cages. The bottom is smooth without teeth. The first crest is narrow and the front is wide and narrow, and the round head side follows the bottom six holes. One hole in the front head is worn into a half moon shape, and the two groups of four holes near the rear end are slightly closer. The sides of the crest are slightly protruding, the ends are concave, the cages are 24 cm long, the front is 11 cm wide, and the width is 7 cm wide.

The second cages are narrow and wide, with five holes, two holes in the front and two holes in the back and two grooves, 21.2 centimeters long, 8.4 centimeters wide and 7.4 centimeters wide.

Viewed from the whole shape, clogs have two obvious characteristics: 1, the design of the clogs is more mature, which is in line with the requirements of foot protection and easy walking. The ratio of length to width is moderate, slightly wider, and the front and rear parts are cut and worn into arcs. When used, the feet are fixed with flexible ropes, and the rope is embedded into the grooves at the bottom to avoid contact with the ground and increase the service life. It is like today's loose health shoes, which is comfortable and convenient, flexible and durable, and strong and durable.

2, the material used in clogs is light and lightweight, and its manufacturing process is fine, and many processes such as cutting, grooving, drilling and polishing are used to make the surface smooth and smooth, accurate and reasonable, smooth and beautiful on the sideline, fully displaying the skillful processing and making techniques. Compared with the utensils such as wood, wooden handle and wooden paddle unearthed in the same period, the production process is meticulous.

In addition, according to the general proportion of the human body, the height of the two cages is about 1.55 meters and 1.45 meters, with a larger age difference.

Therefore, we have reason to believe that clogs, which were excavated at the site of the Cihu site, are not accidental phenomena. It shows that the ancient "Tzu Lakers" became an important part of life and a special technology for making wooden clogs, just like making other production tools.

In the primitive environment full of swamps and thorns, the use of clogs creates a convenient condition for human beings to act quickly in a larger scope, kill various kinds of prey or engage in other activities, and plays an important role in promoting the development of "productivity".

In our country, clogging has always been considered to be the beginning of the spring and Autumn period. It is said that Confucius traveled around the country to CAI, and Cai Guoyin was afraid that Chu would hire Confucius. He wanted to put him under house arrest.

One day in the middle of the night, a pair of big wooden clogs worn by Confucius were stolen for a long time, and I did not know whereabouts for a long time.

Later, Confucius's clogs appeared again.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, it was regarded as a national treasure and treasured in the Imperial Palace Arsenal.

In 295 ad, the Arsenal was on fire, so that all the treasures of the past "Wang Mangtou, Confucius's cages, Hanko's broken white snake swords and two million instruments were in a flash."

The first thing we saw was the lacquer clog unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Yun and his wife and concubines in the Three Kingdoms of the Three Kingdoms in the suburbs of Ma'anshan, Anhui province.

The clogs excavated at the site of the Ci Lake pushed the history of China's clogs forward for more than 3600 years.

If this is the case, it is not enough to explain.

The great superiority and rich cultural connotation of ancient people's production and various activities.

According to Guangya release, "clogs Ju Ye mu."

Also, "urgent articles, release cars" cloud: "clogs, wood, and two teeth can be applied to mud."

It is not only that the clogs were valued by the ancients, but also appeared after the Han Dynasty.

With the continuous development of production technology, clogs are playing an increasingly important role in ancient footwear.

According to the archaeological data, the varieties of clogs have been diversified since entering the northern and Southern Dynasties. Bamboo clogs, silk clogs, wax clogs, brown clogs, grass clogs, leather clogs, gold toothed clogs, hooks and painted clogs have even appeared.

You can imagine that in the Yangtze River Basin, foot clogs have become a fashion.

Not only that, it is also quite popular in the the Yellow River River Basin.

It was said that the Minister of the Jin state was burned to death in the Jinshan. The Jin Wen Gong was very grieved and made a wooden clogs from the tree he had held when he died, and he bowed deeply to the clogs every year.

The widespread popularity of clogs has further expanded its use function.

According to "Jin Shu Xuan Di Ji", "Qinglong two years Zhu Geliang disease, all will burn camp to escape, the emperor sent troops to chase it, Guanzhong Tribulus terrestris, the emperor made two thousand sergeants with soft material wooden clogs forward, the Tribulus knew the clogs, and then the horse step was also entered."

This is an example of clogging for military purposes.

Even Avalokiteshvara painted in the Guanyin portrait unearthed in Dunhuang also wore elegant and natural clogs.

Until the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a clogs that could be removed by the front teeth and the back teeth.

The biography of Song Shu Xie Lingyun is praised for its clogs, and goes up to the front of the front teeth and goes down to the back teeth. It is both scientific and convenient to use.

There is also a gilded copper nail clogs with the same function as clogs, which is to decorate the clogs with luxury and richness.

If unearthed in Ji'an County of Jilin Province, there are 35 gold-plated copper nails on each crock.

As an important living utensil, clogs are very important in archaeological materials in recent years.

On the other hand, when we look at the clog in ancient poetry and prose, we will be surprised to find that the ancients made a lot of vivid descriptions of clogs.

Such as the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai, "a pair of gold teeth clogs, feet white as frost."

It depicts the scene of the lady in the Tang Dynasty wearing wooden clog, and "thank you for your feet.

It gives people endless thoughts.

Poet Liu Changqing, "along the way, see the traces of the raspberry, the white clouds depend on the Jing Zhu, and the grass is closed."

So that the Taoist's quiet and quiet residence can be seen through the clogs.

Ye Shaoweng, the poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, "should not be able to open the door of the wood for the long time."

Even more popular, women and children alike.

Until the Qing Dynasty, poetry and prose still had deep stamp marks.

Such as Confucius's seventy generation sun Kong Guang Chun, "spring rain": "high and low embroidered Street wet no trace, everywhere moss, clogs and teeth."

The ancient custom of clogging is quite particular.

"After Han Shu five line Zhi" contains: "when women get married, they must wear clog, put colored paintings on them, and tie them with colorful ribbons."

In the northern and Southern Dynasties, women wore round heads and clogs, and men used square cages and circles to comply.

But in modern times, clogs are just for light and cool, and they are not allowed to wear clogs on important occasions.

After more than 5000 years of inheritance in China, although it has completed its historical mission and disappeared, only clogs have been found in the ethnic minority areas in the border area of the Baiyue cultural circle in Guangxi.

But the historical message printed on clogs will not disappear.

On the contrary, it will become richer with the deepening of archaeological work.

When it comes to clogs, it naturally reminds us of Japan, which is known as the state of clog.

Indeed, in today's Japan, clogs are ubiquitous. Every new year's Day (New Year's day) or wedding, marriage, birthday and other happy occasions, adult men and women wear kimono and feet with their teeth to show their congratulations.

Especially for geisha and traditional dances, clog is also a must.

According to Japanese archaeological data, the use of clogs in Japan can be traced back to yako, represented by Yoshino Ri site in North Kyushu (the culture equivalent to the spring and Autumn period of the Han Dynasty).

The scope of the site is large, and its physical objects and sites are intact and rich in connotation. It is a major archaeological hotspot in Japan in recent years.

The ruins of the southern part of China are particularly rich in cultural elements, such as rice farming, high bed type (dry column type) architecture, stone tomb Mound Tombs and Mu Ji, and so on. They are remarkably similar to the Hemudu Site culture, Liangzhu culture, and even the tombs in the Ningbo area from the Zhou Dynasty to the spring and Autumn period.

Therefore, many Chinese and Japanese scholars believe that the owner of the site was Jiangnan people in China at that time, and along the "Central China" line, they traveled to Ningbo directly from Japan.

It is no wonder that in Japanese language, there are still many dialects, such as "Mae" and "Mo Jang". In Japan, "Cats" and "mahjong" are written in English, pronunciation and meaning are the same, while the synonyms and near words are numerous.

Therefore, it is logical for clogs to be introduced into Japan along this line.

According to Mr. Yoshino Ri, the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the clogs excavated from the site of the Japanese life in Japan are deeply related to the clogs, which are unearthed from the site of the lake.

But unfortunately, there is no physical picture of the clogs excavated from the Yoshino Ri site.

This is further demonstrated in the Japanese paintings of "the fan FA Hua brochure" and "Ming Hui Shang Ren Tu", which are almost identical to those painted in the tomb of Zhu ran.

Therefore, it can be said that the root of Japan's clog is in China, and the Chinese clogs begin with the site of the lake at the Liangzhu period.