Dongxiang: "Put enough embroidered shoes," leading the wave of national characteristics

Dongxiang is ancient and forth, and integration as the main Semu the Mongolian, Han and form, is endemic to China, ethnic minorities, mainly living in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. Shoes and the Dongxiang back, security, shoe ornaments, like Sala, mainly shoes mainly, men mostly melanin surface, compared with women in embroidered Nike Air Max 90 shoes. Dongxiang embroidered shoes are mainly two: First, the soft end of embroidered shoes, suitable for tents or inside the carpet wear, shoe soles, uppers are embroidered with flowers, birds, the main techniques in flat embroidery; the second is the high end wood with the embroidered shoes, black cloth wrapped wooden soles, embroidered on the upper, which clogs worn not only in the festive day, or one of the bride's dowry when married, to bring her husband's family.

In the various ethnic minorities in the northwest, Dongxiang to "put feet", "full liberation," the said, but still sharp enough to foot-binding. Embroidered shoes the typical "three-inch golden lotus" big thing, shape than the "lotus feet" has evolved to help the waist with lace eyes, thick soles, plus a large second floor under the leather. Its shape, technology and popular women's Republic of China "put feet shoes" ("Jiefang Xie") is similar. This pair on display here, "put enough shoes" as the late Qing Dynasty old objects, these Shoes is now basically extinct.