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1、Shoes ornaments - a tender patronUsually, shoes ornaments are located at the bottom of human body where people seldom notice them. They keep watch for their master, linking human beings with the earth while warming the master. Although they the last part to be seen, the ethnic groups in China do not
2、 give up their feeling on shoes. How about the story of shoes?It is a surprising part for us to understand the mark and history represented by the shoes.The Oroqen and Ewenki ethnic groups in Northeast China are accustomed to make shoes with roe hide. The front uppers of the shoes are dotted with th
3、e design of little deer, baby bear and flower, and the patterns are simple and bright. The leather boots accompany their masters all the life, even after the death of them, the worn boots would be buried in the coffin with the dead.The Daur people like wearing a kind of leather boots called Qikami,
4、which is made of the hide of squirrel or lynx embroidered with various geometric figures. It looks artistic, light and handy. The Aitege sheepskin boot used by the Uzbek people looks very portable and warm. The leather boot has a close relationship with the etiquette and customs of the Xibe. The Xib
5、e people use colourful leather, such as red, blue and green, to make front uppers, which are embroidered with flower. When the Chinese traditional New Year - the Spring Festival - draws near, local people often hang the boots outside the house until the second day of a lunar new year. That costume m
6、eans jubilancy and fortunate.With hard sole and soft upper, the high boot of the Tibetan people is often made of the hide of horse or yak. The bootleg is put a piece of woolen fabric underneath, and at the back of the bootleg there is 10-centimeter-long opening for dressing and undressing. With some
7、thing rustic and primitive, the style is in good taste and comfortable. Some ethnic groups, such as the Li, Dai and Gin in Southwest and South china and the Korean in Changbai Mountain in Northeast China are very good at making wooden sandal. And also the Zhuang people have a long history in wearing
8、 wooden sandal, which has become the articles of everyday use. Local people extend it into traditional sports by forming a very popular sandal dancing. Some Japanese scholars found it astonishing that there is nearly the same between the wooden sandal in the Hani villages and that used by the modern
9、 Japanese. In various shoes ornaments of the ethnic groups in China, cloth shoes with splendid decoration have many uses and the richest cultural information. With style, design of embroidery and practical use blending into one, cloth shoes are one of the handcrafts and commodities of the ethnic gro
10、ups. More than 20 ethnic groups in China, including the Primi, Bouye, Miao, Tujia, She, Maonan and Yi, often wear embroidered shoes.With hard sole and soft upper, the high boot of the Tibetan people is often made of the hide of horse or yak. The bootleg is put a piece of woolen fabric underneath, an
11、d at the back of the bootleg there is 10-centimeter-long opening for dressing and undressing. With something rustic and primitive, the style is in good taste and comfortable.Some ethnic groups, such as the Li, Dai and Gin in Southwest and South china and the Korean in Changbai Mountain in Northeast
12、China are very good at making wooden sandal. And also the Zhuang people have a long history in wearing wooden sandal, which has become the articles of everyday use. Local people extend it into traditional sports by forming a very popular sandal dancing. Some Japanese scholars found it astonishing th
13、at there is nearly the same between the wooden sandal in the Hani villages and that used by the modern Japanese.In various shoes ornaments of the ethnic groups in China, cloth shoes with splendid decoration have many uses and the richest cultural information. With style, design of embroidery and pra
14、ctical use blending into one, cloth shoes are one of the handcrafts and commodities of the ethnic groups. More than 20 ethnic groups in China, including the Primi, Bouye, Miao, Tujia, She, Maonan and Yi, often wear embroidered shoes.These embroidered shoes contain the ethnic groups aesthetic concept
15、ion, regional habits and customs and rich social information.1) The Ethnic Zhuangs shoesSuch shoes follow the convention of a kind of shoes during the Sui (581-618) and Tang dynasties (618-907). Its front uppers is black and the design of flower and plants is handed down from forefathers, as the Zhu
16、ang people advocate the black colour. According to a popular legend, the Zhuang Creator Goddess Miluojia was born among flowers. That is why the design of flower is always embroidered respectfully on the front uppers. Meanwhile, the pattern of flying butterfly and flower not only convey lucky and jubilation, but also implies meaning of all things on the earth are vibrant with life.2) The Ethnic Dongs shoesThe Dong women often embroider a flying colourful
