Interesting Shoes
This is a copy of ancient Chinese shoes. Tens of thousands of years ago, ancient people had learned to use fur and plants to protect their feet from getting hurt, in particular fur left over from hunting. They were used as socks and shoes because of their durability and warmth. These were the first shoes by human beings.
This picture shows a pair of ancient clogs. There are five holes in the board for wrapping cords. They were found in Zhejiang Province in 1989, in the Liangzhu Site from the New Stone Age. One clog had fallen apart and the other was whole when excavated. Through carbon dating, archaeologists determined that they had been made more than 5,000 years ago. Although this picture is just a copy, it still shows the design of the ancient clogs.
This pair is a handicraft. The Panli decoration on the boots is a typical pattern from the Warring States (475–221 BC). This kind of shoe was introduced to the State of Zhao from the Hu ethnic group, which was the first great innovation in shoe culture in Chinese history. During the Warring States, the king of Zhao introduced the Hu ethnic group’s shoes and clothes into his country so that the army could move more quickly in battle. Therefore, the State of Zhao became one of the seven strongest states at that time. The appearance of boots radically changed military life, political life and even Chinese society. From then on, boots were martial shoes as well as everyday shoes which spread all over the country.
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