On The Cultural Process Of Shoes Decoration

As early as the Yangshao culture period, the Chinese people were already at the door, or on foot, and there was no obvious difference between men's shoes and decorations.

In the Shang Dynasty, the ritual system was initially established, with all kinds of shoes, leather, cotton, cloth and grass available.

According to "records", "Xia Shang" shoes are all made of leather.

The long barrel boots, which were excavated 3000 years ago from the five Fort cemetery in Hami, are very good proofs.

Its boots are 12.7 centimeters long and 9.4 centimeters wide.

It is made from three parts of boot, boot and waist.

From the bottom of the boot, the waist is about 19.5 centimeters above the waist, and the top of the boot is upturned and attached with a copper clasp on the top and inside and outside sides of the heel and boot.

Shang Dynasty aristocrats, under the belly Pei Pei Wei or Wei, feet wearing a warped boat style shoes, and the Shang Dynasty Warriors are wearing thin bottom warped leather shoes.

Jade merchants from the Shang Dynasty in Anyang, Henan, have also seen shoes and shoes.

In fact, in the Shang Dynasty, people had mastered silk weaving skillfully, and silk fabrics and textiles had become popular.

At that time, in the aristocracy, besides wearing leather shoes, he wore a variety of sneakers and silk shoes.

Zhou Dai, on the basis of the Xia Shang etiquette system, further perfected the ritual system and made it more perfect in the dress system.

At that time, from the emperor and even the Qing Dynasty, the costumes were equally poor, and they also specialized in the position of "imperial service" to take charge of the implementation of clothing.

Shoes decoration is an integral part of clothing, and is also included in the scope of "rule by rites". It has become an indispensable form of expression in etiquette.

In the "Zhou Li Tian Guan", it is recorded that the official in charge of shoes is called "Ren Ren". He is in charge of the service of the emperor and the queen. There are various kinds of clothes, such as Chou, Hei, Su, and Ge. Besides, there are such forms as shoes, shoes, boots, shoes and so on.

Leather shoes are popular in Zhou Dai.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, a pair of leather sewing shoes unearthed at Chu tomb in Changsha, Hunan, has been in existence for more than 2000 years, and this is the earliest leather shoes in our country.

It is made of leather that is simply tanned and used as a sole and made of leather thread.

The upper is made up of three leather parts: front cover, front tip and rear end.

The toe ends are square.

The style is belt free.

Another pair of leather shoes made of the Western Zhou Dynasty from the tombs of the tower of the Tarim Basin are made of leather. The shoes are clear and beautiful, with wrinkles on the toe, and all shoes carefully stitched together.

This shows that the shoemaking design technology had a higher level at that time.

In Zhou Dai, there is a difference between "felt boots".

"Zhou Li Tian Guan palm skin" contains: "it is all wool and sticky, waiting for state affairs."

Felt boots, generally refers to the northern cold area a kind of boots made of wool felt, heat preservation is strong.

Stepping on the ground is light and warm.

In order to prevent cold, there was also a boot type unique legged leather boots.

The boots were excavated from the ancient tomb of Subei Xi Warring States in the hinterland of Turpan.

The whole boot is a high leather tube, which is tightly sleeved on woolen cloth pants, and forms a form with knee trousers, trousers and shoes. It is both warm and durable, and can also wade through water.