Ancient Chinese Shoes
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China has diverse customs and styles as regards its traditional dress culture, and the abundance and variety of Chinese footwear justifies its being singled out from other items of apparel to be studied separately as "shoe culture". Footwear is an interesting facet of the many aspects of Chinese culture. |
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- From "Foot Clothing" to Leather Boots
- Ancient Chinese distinguished the main items of dress as "upper clothing", "lower clothing" and "foot clothing", the latter referring to both shoes and socks.
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- Straw Shoes and Wooden Sandals
- While China's northern and northwestern people were sewing hide boots with bone needles and hide thread, people in the east were making straw shoes using bamboo needles and flax thread.
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- Military, Cloth and Silk Shoes
- According to historical records, before military boots were invented, soldiers wrapped pieces of hide and rattan around their shins for protection, and certain scholars believe that military boots...
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- Etiquette
- The ancient Chinese had many rules of etiquette within their daily lives, which included their footwear.
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- Collections of...
- Collections of Embroidered Arched Shoes...
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- Hair Ornaments of...
- Before the Qing Dynasty, both Chinese men and women would wear their hair in a coiled bun and use...
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- Collections of...
- A Bone Hairpin of the Shang Dynasty Unearthed from the Yin Ruins in Anyang Henan Province
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- Hats of Ancient...
- Phoenix coronet with pearls and jade Worn by empresses of the Ming Dynasty
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- Phoenix Coronet
- Among the women coronet decorations used in ritual ceremony, the phoenix coronet enjoyed the...
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- Chinese Neck...
- There are two types of ancient Chinese neck ornaments - circlets and necklaces. The form of a...
Books
A Reader on China (Cultural China)
Intended for general interest readers, this one-volume book provides a basic, introductory guide...
TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE
Professor Zhang Qizhi was born on November 12, 1927 in Nantong City, Zhejiang Province. After...