User1914671027? 20 18-03-04 14:27

Now when it comes to clogs, people often think of Japanese kimonos and clogs, but in fact clogs have been around for a long time in China and used to be very common. Let's take a look at the different styles of clogs in China.

Bandengxie

Because most clogs are made of a wooden board with sharp teeth, as for the system, it is not necessarily fixed on it, and some of them are ok to use, so the bare clogs look like small benches, and some places are also called bench shoes.

Clogs of Dai and Hani nationalities in Yunnan

▲ Hani clogs dance

A netizen from Taiwan Province Province, China took this photo in the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall of Yunnan Provincial Museum. There is also a whole directly made of bamboo radian, which is very interesting

▲ Hani Clogs

In addition, although the photo below is not Hani, it is more like a small bench on the whole.

▲ Clogs, yuan meters for the picture

Dan Yu

Compared with the poor color of the bench shoes, there are more mud bricks, and some related articles mentioned that they are used by the rich.

The shape of the first half of the clogs is similar to that of clogs. You can wear a shoe cover when you wear it. You won't get your shoes dirty when you walk in mud or snow. Take it off when you don't need it. Very convenient.

▲ Dan Yu

This kind of clogs should also be the most like clogs with rain boots in Ming and Qing dynasties, and they are all worn.

▲ People who repair clogs in export paintings.

Maowozi

On the basis of the above mud bricks, there is another one made by a whole gang, which wraps the whole foot. This kind of shoes should not be worn, but should be worn directly as shoes, mainly in the snow in winter, which is warmer.

Until recent years, there was a kind of mud clogs called "Maowozi" in rural areas, which were made of straw on the basis of clogs, and then stuffed with straw, reeds, old cotton and so on. To achieve the purpose of keeping warm. It is simple to manufacture and low in cost.

▲ Maowozi

Chaoshan clogs

Chaoshan clogs are particularly famous, but they look more like slippers, but they don't distinguish between left and right feet. In the past, Chaoshan people almost wore clogs at home. Now it seems that this project will only be preserved in some traditional festivals and customs.

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Qu wrote "Guangdong Wen Lu": "The tide is still dragged into the scattered points, which is heavier and lighter." "Nanyue Note" says: "Loose bricks are elegant with Chaozhou mop."

Chaoshan clogs are generally made of wood such as neem, camphor tree and "mother duck". At first, there were clogs made of brown rope, regardless of left and right feet, commonly known as brown clogs ... In the 1940s, there were clogs made of rubber yarn of automobile tires, which were cut into clogs instead of brown rope, and the shapes were divided into left and right feet. Later, the wasp waist brick was painted in black, orange, blue and red, and painted with floral patterns, which was very beautiful. Features are cool, easy to get out of the water, and can take dirt roads. Every new year's eve, everyone must buy a new pair of clogs; The bride must make a pair of red new houses.

-Chaoshan Folk Records (Puning)

▲ Chaoshan clogs

Red clogs will be used for the special adult ceremony "Going out of the Garden" in Chaoshan area, and there are also clogs for weddings. Compared with some clogs, the clogs in Chaoshan are special.

▲ Chaoshan clogs

The demise of clogs

If you ask the elders at home, some parents are still deeply impressed by the various clogs they wore as children. If my hometown is remote and near the rainy place in the south, it is still in use today.

Many readers also mentioned this point:

Later, clogs became extinct, or less and less common, mainly because of the change of materials.

Wood is a relatively durable, easily available and cheap material, and it is also easy to process. It is a very good choice for shoes with waterproof patchwork soles or sandals that are not durable. Although comfort may be sacrificed a little.

Later, when materials such as plastics and rubber became popular in China, they replaced wood. There is also the comprehensive utilization of wood, such as adding rubber soles to clogs. However, due to historical reasons, the era of popularizing plastics and rubber in China was relatively backward, and clogs were still very popular at that time.

With the iteration of lifestyle and the development of science and technology, some things will eventually become vague impressions in memory. However, the world, with you, is beautiful.