Old Beijing cloth shoes refer to cloth shoes made in Beijing, which is one of Beijing's specialties. Old Beijing cloth shoes are rich in history and culture, represented by Beijing cloth shoes, which is a typical representative of China culture.
Old Beijing cloth shoes bear the popular culture of China, and historical records began in Pingyao, Shanxi. Later, with the help of exquisite craftsmanship, exquisite production technology, excellent service and high-quality cloth shoes in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, combined with the advantages of old Beijing cloth shoes at that time, old Beijing cloth shoes were widely promoted and became famous in Beijing, which was also the predecessor of old Beijing cloth shoes.
Cloth shoes have a long history of more than 3,000 years in China. According to research, the earliest hand-made cloth shoes were those worn by the kneeling statues of Western Zhou warriors unearthed in Houma, Shanxi.
In the history of China, as early as the pre-Qin period and Yangshao culture period, our people were already dead, lying or walking. There was no obvious difference between men's and women's shoes at that time.
By the Shang Dynasty, the ritual system had been initially established, and there were many kinds of shoes, including leather, cotton, cloth and grass. According to records, "shoes in Xia and Shang Dynasties were all made of leather." Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cloth shoes were mainly traditional handmade and embroidered cloth shoes. Because it is hand-made, it is soft and comfortable, breathable and hygroscopic, and is deeply loved by the people of China.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), many cloth shoes factories were established in various parts of China, and a large number of machine-made cloth shoes were produced, which was the heyday of China cloth shoes. After the reform and opening up, cloth shoes gradually faded out of the main stage of the footwear market, but they still maintained a strong vitality. After entering the 2 1 century, people's ideas tend to be natural and healthy, and nostalgia has become a pure feeling in modern people's hearts.
Wearing a pair of suitable cloth shoes has become a fashion trend that many modern young men and women catch up with. Shang dynasty nobles wore stilt shoes with upturned boats, while Shang dynasty warriors wore stilt shoes with thin soles. Jade people of Shang Dynasty unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province, also saw shoes tilted up.
In fact, in Shang Dynasty, people had mastered the silk weaving technology skillfully, and silk products and textiles had become popular. At that time, in the aristocratic class, in addition to wearing leather shoes, Ma Xie and silk shoes were widely worn.