Foot Style -- Fish And Leather Shoes Of The Hezhen Nationality In Sanjiang

Hezhe nationality is a long history in Northeast China.

They are mainly distributed in Tongjiang County, Rao He county and Fuyuan County in Heilongjiang province.

A small number of people scattered in some villages and towns in Huachuan, Yilan, and rich three counties and Jiamusi.

Because of the different distribution areas, they have different claims.

It's called "Naibei" in the upper reaches of the Songhua River in Fujin county. It's called "naai" in the village of Ju Er Er Tun to Jin Kou village. It is called "naiao Ao" along the lower reaches of Heilongjiang to the wusuri river.

According to the fifth national census of 2000, the population of Hezhen nationality is 4640.

The use of Hezhe language is a Manchu branch of the Manchu language family of the Altai language family.

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In early years, wood was cut, split leather and leather were recorded.

For a long time, the Chinese language is commonly intermingled with the Han nationality.

This is a pair of near extinct Hezhe fish leather shoes, also known as the fish skin, the Hezhe language is called "Wen tower".

Use the skin of Huai tou, Zai Yu, zhe Yu, pike, salmon and catfish to make upper and sole.

The key to making fish skin shoes is fish skin processing technology, such as skinning, kneading, tangent, etc.

Take the tangent as an example, the process is very complicated. First select the big fat fish, scrape the scales and meat, open the air to dry, cut the four irregular skin, then smear the pike liver on the dried fish skin to make the skin soft and moist. Finally, fold it up and cut it into thin threads with a sharp knife, such as noodles.

This technology has long been lost, usually using animal tendons or mane instead of fish skin line.

The modeling of fish skin shoes is relatively simple. The simplest thing is to use a fish skin with a length of 25 and 21 centimeters wide, and cut a semicircle in the middle of one end as a shoe.

The complicated ones include shoes, like short boots.

The advantage of fish skin is that it is light and not slippery in the snow. It is warm and light, and can also keep moisture away.

As a song of the Hezhen people sings, "when you wear shoes made of fish skin, when you go through streams or snow, it's like walking on the ground. It blocks the cold and humid".

Fish skin shoes were originally dyed and embossed. It was said that plants were dyed with water. Unfortunately, these techniques had long been lost.