On The Origin Of High Sole Shoes

There are many versions.

The first is that

The long cheongsam, which likes to cover the feet, allows the cheongsam's heel not to mop the floor and cover the feet.

The second argument is that Manchu women wear high floor shoes to increase their height. At the same time, walking on high floor shoes will not necessarily be too long. Lotus steps can show women's graceful posture and graceful posture.

The third argument is that in the past Manchu women often gathered wild fruits and mushrooms on the mountain to prevent insects and snakes from biting, and then tied up wooden blocks at the bottom of their shoes.

Increasingly sophisticated, it has developed into high sole shoes.

The fourth theory is that there is a beautiful embroidery pattern on the vamp, so that the bottom of the shoe will be cushions to prevent the rain and snow from polluting the upper.

In addition, there is a legend that the ancestors of Manchu people learned the appearance of white crane in order to cross a muddy pond and take back the city occupied by the enemy. They tied high tree weights on their shoes, and finally won the victory. They achieved the purpose of revenge, hate and development. They did not forget the hardships and deeds of commemorating tall wooden shoes. Women wore such shoes and passed on from generation to generation, and the more refined and beautiful they became, the later they became.

However, if the history of this kind of shoes is not long ago, it was probably in Shixing before and after the Manchurian customs.

The records can be seen.

The records of Manchu old files are all about boots made of various materials, rather than those high sole shoes, indicating that women were still riding horses.

Only when women are no longer riding, can this kind of high sole shoe that has great restrictions on freedom of movement rise.

This is also the "Manchu ancestors".

The reflection of custom.

In the early Qing Dynasty, women's shoes, which were developed into high-heeled wooden bottoms, were especially common among the aristocratic women of Manchu nationality.

Manchu women do not wear binders, mostly feet, usually wearing wide flags, Embroidered Flag shoes, shallow, short face, pointed mouth, known as "high floor shoes", also known as "inch shoes", its shoes are very distinctive.

The sole is made of wood, and the height of its bottom is usually one to two inches. The upper wing of the shoe face is protruding on the upper wing, and its shape is like the bottom of the ship, also known as "the bottom."

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Later increased to three or four inches, the highest even reached five inches, about 1/2 of the total shoes.

The upper and lower width of the sole are thin, or the upper and lower width of the sole is trapezoid, and the middle of the sole is made of wood as the cushion.

There are usually two kinds of wooden bottom shape: one is a horseshoe shaped wooden bottom with a front flat and a round circle. When the footprint is printed, it is called "horseshoe bottom". The other is the upper and the lower, and the shape is flowerpot like. Therefore, it is named "flower pot bottom" and two kinds of shoes belong to high floor shoes.

These two kinds of shoes are costumes for Manchu women.

Wear for time.

People wearing these flag shoes are mostly young women aged over thirteen and over.

When the woman was dressed up, she wore a wooden shoe with high wooden shoes, which resembles a small boat.

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"The thirtieth time," said the bride, who was quiet and frightened, "the old man was drunken in the scale of the fish." he said, "this is a big shoe with a big face and a strong chest."

As a result, the Manchu women's strong manners are vividly portrayed. Until now, I can often see their demeanour in the stage or film.

There are a lot of attention to the decoration of shoes.

Another description of this way: "I saw him come to ask him, and put out a little red bag in his carry on coat.

The gold and jade sisters took a look, and saw only a pair of big red satin and gold pin flowers in a tray of A characters. The brocade ground buckled "100 bats Flowing Clouds", three inches and half bottomed, full of flag double face shoes, one fish and white label cloth socks......

The shoe upper of flag shoes is made of colored silk, embroidered with multicolored embroidery, and decorated with various kinds of jewelry. Besides the embroidered patterns or decorative pieces such as cicada butterflies on the upper, the waist part of the wooden bottom is often decorated with embroidery or bud beads.

Some shoes are decorated with silk thread.

Long and accessible.

The sole wood is wrapped with white cloth, and the sole is coated with white powder.

This kind of shoe has a high wood sole, and its vamp is broken, that is, the sole is still intact, and it can be reused.

Wearing this pair of shoes and matching cheongsam is more slender and graceful.

But wearing such shoes is not easy to walk.

Fang Ke.

The height of the soles also gradually decreases, until the old shoes are also made of flat wood.

Ordinary working women also wear flat shoes.

Worn by elderly women and working women

Also known as "net cloud sub shoes", commonly known as "flat shoes" or "thick bottom shoes", this kind of shoes are Manchu women's Kun shoes.

The thickness of the sole is eight points, one inch, one inch and half, and two inches. The length of the sole is roughly equal to that of the foot, and the front end of the shoe is slightly sharpened at the front edge, forming a front sharp rear circle to facilitate walking.

The material of shoe upper is usually cloth or satin with different colors.

The upper and the upper are embroidered with flower patterns, with colored or Beaded Beads, and the front faces of the shoes are embroidered.

It is also a casual shoe.

Manchu women's shoes are embroidered on the surface, while socks are mostly cloth, winter is thin, cotton and summer are single, stockings are worn to shins, stockings are covered with patterns, and some are trimmed with various brocade.