Hanfu footwear

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Hanfu also includes accessories, such as footwear. There were many etiquettes which rule people's daily lives, and this included the use and etiquettes of shoes and socks wearing.[1]

Shoes[]

Collectively, shoes are typically called lü (履) since the Han dynasty.[2] In the Qin dynasty, shoes were referred as ju (屦).[2] The word xie (鞋) eventually replaced the word lü to become a general name for shoes.[3]

Since the ancient times, Chinese shoes came in various kinds; there were leather shoes (made of tanbark and pelt), cloth shoes (made of silk, hemp, damask, brocade, and crepe), and straw shoes (made of leaves and stems of cattail, corn leaves, and kudzu), ji (屐; wooden clogs).[2][4] Han Chinese typically wore lü (regular shoes), xi (shoes with thick soles), and ji (wooden clogs).[5][6] Different shoes were worn based on their appropriateness for specific occasions; shoes also denoted the social ranks of its wearers.[7] Lü (履) were worn for formal occasions whereas ji (屐) was used for informal occasions.[6]

Types of Footwear
Name Definition Description Period Images
Ju (屦) Shoes Some shoes worn in Qin were square-headed; they were generally worn by archers.[8] Qin dynasty Replica of terracotta warriors shoes.jpg
Lü (履) or Xie

(鞋)

Xieqiao (鞋翘)

or Yuntouxie(云头鞋)

Curled up Shoe Some ancient Chinese shoes had curled up-shoes, i.e. shoes with rising toe caps, and could come in different shapes, such as tiger heads and phoenixes.[2] Han - Unknown Mawangdui Han Shoes (10113056864).jpg 寶相花錦履.jpg Fresco of a Young Girl, early T'ang dynasty.jpg
Cailu (草履)

or caixie (草鞋)

Straw shoes, or straw sandals.[9] Straw shoes were worn by almost all people in ancient China regardless of social ranks; nomadic tribes were the exception.[4] Different types of leaves and leaves would be woven together to create these types of shoes.[4] Ancient-modern 唐代麻線鞋.jpg 三年游击战时期 红军游击队员 穿过的草鞋 20191016 104040.jpg
Lianlü (蓮履) Lotus shoes Lotus shoes were worn by women who had bounded feet. Exact date of origin is unknown. Based on folk stories, it may have appeared in the Five dynasties period or in the Sui dynasty.[10] Unknown - Modern Chinese Ladies Footbinding Shoes QM r.jpg Shoes for bound feet.jpg Chaussure chinoise Saverne 02 05 2012 1.jpg
Hutou xie

(虎头鞋)

Tiger-head shoes Also known as "tiger shoes".[11] These shoes were worn by Han Chinese Chinese children to scare off bad spirits.[12][13] They are usually worn along with the tiger head hat.[14][13] They vary in styles depending on regional culture.[11] Unknown - present day Child's shoes, China, Shanghai, Qing dynasty, 1800s AD - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09539
Ji (屐) Wooden Clogs were shoes with two bars running perpendicular under the sole.[2] In Han dynasty, clogs were used on women's wedding day; they were decorated with colourful designs and ribbons.[7][2]
In the Jin dynasty, a new type of clogs were made. The sole, upper and bars were made with a single, whole piece of wood.[2] 棕木屐.JPG
A clog with removable bars, called "Lord Xie Shoe"; it was called after the Southern dynasties period poet Xie Lingyun whose creation of the shoe is attributed to.[2]
Xueji (靴屐) Boot-like clogs The clogs which were worn in Southern China gradually became more boot-like after the Tang dynasty.[5]
Xue (靴) Leather boots Leather boots was introduced by King Wuling of Zhao.[4] They were generally worn by generals and calvarymen in Qin dynasty.[8] The Han Chinese also made women's boots.[5] In the Northerners wore leather boots when horseback riding in the Northern and Southern dynasties.[5] Zhou-Present day Qin Terracotta Warrior Boots 01.jpg Figures in a cortege, tomb of Li Xian, Tang Dynasty.jpg

Gallery[]

  • Han socks, Mawangdui Tomb, Han dynasty.

  • Unidentified Chinese traditional shoes

  • Yuntouxie

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Yang, Shaorong (2004). Traditional Chinese clothing : costumes, adornments & culture (1st ed.). San Francisco: Long River Press. p. 53. ISBN 1-59265-019-8. OCLC 52775158.
  3. ^ "History of Traditional Chinese Hanfu Shoes - 2021". www.newhanfu.com. 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. ^ a b c d Hsu, Cho-yun (2012). China: A New Cultural History. Masters of Chinese Studies (illustrated ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0231528184.
  6. ^ a b Dien, Albert E. (2007). Six dynasties civilization. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-300-07404-8. OCLC 72868060.
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  14. ^ China National Silk Museum. "中国丝绸博物馆". www.chinasilkmuseum.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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