Who Is Learning To Make Chinese Shoes?

Walking in the world, how important a pair of comfortable shoes is, everyone knows.

We are used to pursuing the fashion and beauty of leather shoes.

Who is learning to do "

"What?

"The world is so big, I want to see it!" a simple word stabbed everybody's heart.

Industrial production of shoes for a long time, remember to accompany the Chinese people for more than three thousand years, all rely on manual sewing thread sewing cloth shoes?

In the midsummer of summer, the street of the Republic of China under the Mogan Mountain of Qing Dynasty has begun to take shape. It relies on the beautiful scenery of Mogan Mountain. The "foreign family music" has been in full swing here, attracting tourists from all over the world.

But in the hearts of Moganshan people, "cloth shoes, sesame cakes and noodles" are more charming "three treasures".

This time, the reporter came to this century old shop - Yu Village cloth shoes shop, followed by half a century of cloth shoes, Li Lin Sen, together to witness the birth of a pair of cloth shoes.

Crystallization of time

It is hard to be attracted by such beautiful scenery when it comes to the Mogan Mountain of the Republic of China.

Although it is a working day, it still can not stop tourists from everywhere to enjoy the beautiful scenery and food.

Before going to the Yu Village cloth shoes shop, I heard a pair of middle-aged men walking beside me and said to his wife, "I'll be there soon. I'll buy a pair of cloth shoes first, then I'll climb up the mountains later."

With the two seemingly "familiar customers" pace, reporters easily found Yu Village cloth shoes shop.

The shop is not big, and it is about 10 square meters. At the door, a white haired man is busy on the sewing machine. After watching the two customers enter the door, they go straight to the shoe rack on the left side of the shoe shop to pick shoes, and the old man does not get up immediately.

There are about thirty pairs of shoes on the shoes rack. There is only one style, and the bonus is black and black.

"Boss, those 42 and 37."

Hearing the needs of the customers, Li Linsen got up and looked for good shoes to pass them.

After two tests, they paid 180 yuan (90 for each pair), wore new shoes, carried old shoes, and walked happily, and the whole process lasted about two minutes.

In a moment, three or four guests came. Li Linsen did not stand up to greet him as usual. He was busy with his work and answered their questions about price and style.

It was about two minutes, and the man left.

"Grandpa, are you selling shoes like this? Do not make a recommendation?" the reporter was surprised by the "enthusiasm" of the exhibition business in the mall. The reporter was surprised by Li Linsen's way of doing business.

"Little girl, I need 4 hours to make a pair of shoes. I get up from five in the morning and go to bed at 10 in the evening. My hands and feet are not idle, and I have three or four pairs of shoes a day."

Li Linsen got up from the sewing machine and began to repair the shoes before putting the "big bed" on the right side of the shoe.

"Three or four pairs a day, a thousand pairs a year?" the reporter swiftly turned his brain.

"Yes, so I don't sell enough every year. I help you with shoes this half year, and the efficiency of Master Li can be doubled."

Hearing the reporter's "murmur", a grandmother with several pairs of new shoes came out and smiled. "Doing this is the time to kill time. We often say" men are women workers, and one is poor. "

Master Li and his brothers and sisters did not do this, so he picked up their parents' class.

Now he lives alone, and he makes a meal the night before. On the second day, the lunch is hot and hot enough to make up. He doesn't have much money to make money. He likes it. "

Li Linsen took the new shoes handed down by his grandmother, and used the wooden shoe last, which was said to be older than him, to hold up the shoes seriously and put them on the shoe cabinet.

After a while, there were two more guests.

Father's hope

Once again, he made a roll to the upper of the sewing machine. Li Linsen proudly said, "this sewing machine is made in West Lake in 1968 and sold in 113 yuan and 7. It has been following me since I was 19 years old."

Speaking of the reasons for doing this business, Li Linsen took a long breath and recalled the past: Li Linsen's parents used to make cloth shoes to support the family.

His father, Li Rugui, was born in Hangzhou's hundred years old shoe store "Bian Mao". In that era, "the top of the sky, feet on the side", this "edge" refers to the "edge and luxuriant", is a symbol of identity, and is also an affirmation of shoe art.

Later, Li Rugui came out from "Mao Mao" and opened a shoe house in Hangzhou. He invited 4 friends and his business was booming.

During the war of resistance against Japan, Li Rugui moved his family to the foot of the Mogan Mountain and continued to make cloth shoes to support the family. "I was born here. At that time, my parents were making shoes in the production team.

Li Linsen recalled the past and completed a pair of shoes at the same time.

In the twinkling of an eye, at the age of 19, my father suddenly had a stroke, and his family's livelihood had to be maintained, but his elder brothers and sisters were unwilling to do so.

Li Linsen knew that his father could not bear this handicraft and took it down.

"The development of tourism here is getting better and better. The newly built Republic of China style street, the original store price increases, I moved to this new store, the old shop is next door, and has been there since 1973."

Li Linsen picked up the good upper and repaired the shoes. "You see, most of these shoe last ones were left from my father, older than me, and there were people who spent money on them, but these are the treasures in our store," he said.

Li Linsen said that his wife had left early. With the skill handed down by his parents, he had sent his son to a famous school, and now he is living a prosperous life in Shanghai.

After getting up at 5 every morning and having a simple meal, Li Linsen began to make shoes.

Paste lining, cutting pattern, sticky shoe upper cloth...

There are so many processes in the shoe upper.

After breakfast, I came to the store and came to the store to start a busy day.

Li Linsen looked at the bottom of his shoes again, and the reporter wondered why the thin layer of rubber had been added to the first floor of the needle.

Li Linsen skillfully used a small knife to mark multiple marks on the soles to increase the wear resistance of the soles. He said, "now 90% of the shoes in the shop are used.

Of course, you don't need rubber bottomed, but now they are not the same. People who will get the bottom of shoes are less and less.

I asked the old ladies in the village to help the shoe bottom, give them 110 yuan, a pair of tools and materials to prepare them, nor urge them, how much they can provide for me, to tell the truth, or that shoes are comfortable to wear.

In order to keep the shop open, from 1992, Li Linsen bought a batch of "thousand layer bottom" from the factory in Shaoxing.

The addition of machine production seems to liberate the hands of the people, but there is much suspicion of Jerry building: "only a thousand layers of the machine produced by this machine can be worn out in a few days.

I made a batch of rubber bases from Yiwu, poured them on their own, glued them up, and put 50 small nails on each sole to save the life of the shoes.

Li Linsen generally explained to the bottom of his shoes, "now these workers who work as rubber bottoms are getting more and more upset. When you look at the sole of the shoes, they are all flat. I have rowed more than ten dozen of them to increase the friction of the soles."

"Can I try and draw a few lines?" but looking at the word "Dao" on the sole, the reporter wanted to help.

The blade was taken to the hand and tried several times, either halfway or broken.

Li Linsen took the soles and went on with his work: "not so simple? You young people can't understand it. They have to practice for a while before they can get started. And you can't afford to make such a day."

It's hard to cut the blade. That's a simple nail on the sole. It's not a hammer.

But when Li Linsen fixed several small nails for reporters, the reporters went up to the nail or ran away, or they didn't completely hit it, and Li Linsen had to go back to work.

The whole pair of shoes is ready, and an hour has passed.

"Grandpa, you have not been thinking of Qing Fu at that age!" after such a day, reporters have deeply realized that this is a grinding job.

"After two months of absence, I went to Shanghai to live with my son. But after a lifetime of being unable to stay, I came back, and I intend to do nothing."

Reporter's notes: the significance of traditional handicraft

Following Li Linsen's shoes for a day, the reporter counted out that the cost of a pair of shoes plus Li Linsen's manual cost would earn up to 15 yuan at the cost of putting aside the cost.

After a lifetime, Li Linsen's hands had already grown thick cocoons.

Why not try some more styles?

Li Linsen told reporters that he had seen many branded old cloth shoes, but he thought it was purely manual technology that could guarantee the quality and original taste of shoes.

Li Linsen said that his son would have a good job and would not come to take over.

The young people in the village go out to do anything more than this income, but his annual shoes are in short supply, indicating that many people still approve of this craft.

He will not know what will happen in the future, but if he can do it, he will do it all the time.

Handmade cloth shoes are Chinese skills that have been handed down for thousands of years. According to textual research, the earliest handmade cloth shoes are cloth shoes worn by the Knights of the Western Zhou Dynasty who were unearthed in Houma, Shanxi.

Although people in modern society prefer to wear leather shoes and sports shoes that are mass-produced, Li Linsen's shoes are in short supply, which proves that Chinese people still have a lingering attachment to this skill.

In 2009, "the technology of handicraft shoes made in thousand layers" was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list by the Ministry of culture, thereby protecting this ancient handicraft.

Nowadays, cloth shoes are becoming the representatives of "Chinese shoes" in fashion, returning to the daily life of every Chinese.

On the vast land of China, there are many people who can make hand-made cloth shoes like Li Linsen. They may not have a shop, nor do they have the reputation of "joining the league". But after the house, the women get the stitches.

The bottom is the completion of the inheritance of Chinese cloth shoes.

It is their perseverance that we can inherit and carry forward the skills of our Chinese shoes.