Folk Crafts: Tiger Cap And Tiger Shoe.

Tiger is an extremely important part of Chinese cultural tradition. It has long been regarded as a symbol of power and strength and has always been feared.

Tiger is a very masculine animal. Legend has it that it can drive away all evil.

People living in Yimeng area are wearing children.

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I am familiar with it.

It brings joy to families and brings hope to their parents.

It has both practical value and ornamental value. At the same time, it is also a mascot. People give it the function of exorcism and evil spirits.

Tiger cap

Tiger head hat, with tiger as its image, is a Chinese folk child.

A typical child cap style.

For hundreds of years, it is an important part of traditional children's clothing.

Tiger head cap is usually made of dark blue or blue cloth. The hat is wide and the hat ears can cover half of the cheek. Behind it, there is a cap with a large shawl, which can cover the collar.

The front of the hat is a complete tiger head, with ears, nose, eyes and mouth. The front of the forehead is embroidered with a yellow "King" character. Two ears are added, decorated with rabbit hair, two ears falling down with a pair of small bells and drip lines, and the whole hat is also lined with rabbit fur and white.

All the children wear tiger heads and caps.

Because tiger is the king of animals, wearing tiger head cap can drive away all harm, and represent children's bravery.

Tiger shoe

Tiger shoes are tiger head shoes because of the appearance of tiger heads.

Tiger head shoes are complex in work. Only needles, embroidery, seeds and other needles are needed on tiger heads.

The color of shoe upper is red and yellow, and tiger mouth, eyebrows, nose and eyes are often outlined by rough lines, exaggerating the strength of the tiger.

When making folk shoes, they often use rabbit hair to make shoes.

Tigers, tiger eyes and other edges, red and yellow.

White and mixed, clear outline.

The child put on tiger's shoes and lips, and rabbit hair floated in the wind.

Tiger shoe shoes have a large sole, and nine hollow flowers are called nine circles, meaning "nine sons ten Cheng".

The time to wear tiger shoes is about one year old.

At this time children eager to try, want to walk, but also can not do without the help of adults.

At this time, parents wear children's shoes to their children.

Help the child to be down to the ground.

A more important reason is that people think that tiger is the king of animals.

Tiger shoes can resist evil, protect peace, protect children and healthy adults.

Now people still think that tiger shoes can protect the children from evil, so they should wear their tiger shoes.

In our Yimeng mountain area, we should also pay attention to wearing three pairs of tiger shoes, and keep the custom of letting my aunt do three pairs of tiger shoes with different colors.

There are common saying: "head double blue (take homophonic stop, that is, stop not aborting"), two pairs of red (red can ward off evil, can avoid disaster), two pairs of purple completed (meaning children grow up in their own homes).

With blue, red and purple three pairs of different colors of tiger shoes, the child will be safe and sound.

Shoes and hats are an important part of dress custom. It changes with the development of production and the progress of society. The traditional tiger cap and tiger shoes will be passed down as a folk handicraft.