Tiger Shoes, Will There Be Anything Else?

"Tiger shoes" are also called eyebrow shoes in Heze, meaning that children can see through their eyebrows and eyebrows when they wear them. Yesterday, the 67 year old Feng Xingyun old man told the peony evening news reporter that tiger head shoes were popular before the 90s of the last century. Children wearing tiger shoes can be seen everywhere. But with the development of economy and the improvement of living standards, this kind of hand-made shoes has been gradually forgotten. Even in rural areas, it is hard to find traces of tiger shoes. Speaking of these, Feng Xingyun, who has made tiger shoes for 53 years, is very sorry.

"We didn't sell shoes at that age. All of them came from mother's hands." Feng Xingyun recalled that she was born in 1948, the elder of her family, and her younger brothers and sisters. To ease her mother's burden, she learned this craft at the age of 13.

First, use old cloth and corn flour to do the cooking. Sole Then cut up the upper and embroidered tiger patterns... " Feng Xingyun told the peony evening news reporter that a pair of genuine tiger shoes must be all sewn by hand, and only in one or two days. "In the past, people's standard of living was poor. The cloth made of tiger shoes was all made of homespun cloth. Now, the standard of living has improved. In order to be beautiful, people will use silk, satin, corduroy and all kinds of nice fabrics."

Tiger shoes are complex in their work. Sew And become. The reporter counted, the tiger head shoes only used thousands of layers of the whole neat row of hundreds of needle holes. Feng Xingyun said that the bottom of a thousand floors is the most time-consuming. Because of the thick sole, she will borrow the wooden thimble and draw a needle. The old man said that it would take about half a day to build a pair of layers. After the completion of the layers, they need to cut cloth sheets to sew upper ones, and the colors of the upper ones are mainly red, yellow, green, and so on, and embroidered tiger patterns on the toe ends. Mao Xianjin's lines are often used in tiger mouths, brows, noses, eyes and so on. After that, the "shoes" are wrapped, and then the soles and the upper sides are sewn together, and a pair of tiger shoes is finished. Sometimes, in order to exaggerate the power of tigers, they also knit a beard to a tiger with wool.

　　 Tiger head shoes The shape of the face is rich and varied, including mother and son tigers, kylin tiger, Wang Zihu, magpie tiger double happiness, etc. This unique shoe is not only beautiful, beautiful and durable, but also contains deep meaning. "Who used to add a baby to be a grandmother to send a few pairs of tiger shoes, in order to express the elders' expectations and wishes for the baby." Feng Xingyun said that the hand-made shoes are not only comfortable, but also "drive away disease" and "ward off evil spirits". Some people still believe this.

Feng Xingyun recalled that there were a lot of attention to tiger shoes. Heze people advocate "good things in pairs". They also send six pairs, eight pairs and twelve pairs of shoes.

Nowadays, fewer and fewer people wear tiger shoes, and people will do less. People plan to save money for children to buy ready-made products, which are usually mass produced by machines. Their quality is not guaranteed and their air permeability is poor. They wear sweat easily and cause foot discomfort in a long time.

"I want to pass this handicraft down, but the children are in trouble. It seems that there will be fewer and fewer people who will make tiger shoes later, "Feng Xingyun said helplessly.