A Pair Of Embroidered Shoes That Have Been Handed Down For Centuries

The external structure and decoration of ancient shoes are very particular. Unfortunately, in addition to the fact that there are some physical objects in the past hundred years, some of the ancient times can only be seen from the remains of murals and archaeological excavations.

Embroidered shoes often harbor the good wishes of embroiders.

Before the Song Dynasty, most of the embroidered shoes were used by wealthy aristocrats.

Wang Guanqin focused on the arrangement, excavation and duplication of embroidered shoes, which is a Chinese aristocratic court.

"At the very beginning, I was interested in it. I just made the embroidered shoes in my concept.

At that time, it did not understand its history, but later it became more aware of its historical origins, and the more it understood, the more it discovered its profound culture.

The furniture of Wang Guanqin's old man is pure red mahogany, which is antique. Every room cabinet has her own embroidered shoes neatly placed.

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Wang Guanqin's embroidered shoes Technology

The craft history of embroidered shoes in China can be pushed back to the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (around 700 B.C.).

Before 1950s, embroidered shoes had spread throughout China's urban and rural areas and ethnic minority areas.

Inheritance history of family craft

The first generation of descendants, Tai Mei grandmother Qi (1855 - 1926), second generation of descendants, grandma Zhao Liu (1878 - 1959), third generation mother Zhao Yulan (1907 - 2002), fourth generation successor Wang Guanqin, has been in the history of more than 100 years, and has the essentials of "shoes not bad, clothes not bad inch, nought bottom must be solid, embroider help to charm".

Wang Guanqin embroidered shoes

The works of embroidered shoes inherited and developed by Wang Guanqin include dragon boots, hooks, hooks, embroidered shoes, square shoes, high walls, five shoes, butterfly shoes, Ruyi shoes, women's palace shoes in the Tang Dynasty, rabbit's lip shoes, longevity shoes, longevity shoes, wedding shoes, minority style shoes, four seasons lotus shoes and twelve lunar New Year's children's shoes.