The Cultural Imprint On Shoes

Shoe - making is an important collection in my bronzes family collection hall.

Shoeshine, commonly known as "shoeshine", "shoes slide", "shoe support", "shoe prying", "shoe climbing" and so on, is a tool for pulling shoes. Most of the petals of a magnolia like a bloom are usually 12 to 13 centimeters long, 3 to 4 centimeters wide, concave, and the upper end is small, easy to handle, and the handle is worn through the eyes and can be hung. When you wear tight shoes, put them in the heel of your shoes and lift them up so that shoes can be put on smoothly.

According to legend, Chinese shoes have a history of more than 4000 years. The shoe was born with shoes and shoes, and shoes are the auxiliary tools for shoes. It originated from cloth, cloth and fingers. At first, people put their fingers into the heel of shoes when they wear shoes, forcing them to enter the shoes. Later, it was invented to stitch cloth and cloth into the back of cloth shoes (including children's shoes and embroidered shoes), and lift them up with their hands when wearing shoes. This is the prototype of the shoe boot. Before liberation, shoes were widely used in almost every household or hotel or inn. After liberation, to date, it is difficult to see its appearance due to the lack of cloth shoes and embroidered shoes. At present, a shoe and professional shop is not found in Shanghai. It is only occasionally seen at the dispenser store or on the stalls of old goods that its gaunt face is not attractive. In addition, some large hotels are also equipped with plastic shoes for use by passengers. It is reported that many countries such as the United States, France, Japan, Russia, Pakistan, Vietnam and other countries are still using shoes and shoes extensively, and I have been collecting shoes and shoes for more than 10 years. In the old society, the family had no money to buy shoes. One day, I went to the suburbs of Jiangwan railway station to collect cinder. My right wrist was punctured by a piece of glass head. Later, my father made a pair of special straw sandals for the safety of my feet. Shanghai was liberated, and my poor child turned over to be the master of the family, and gradually sprouted the idea of collecting shoes in order to bear in mind the hardships of childhood. One day, on a stall, I found a white copper engraved shoe and shoe, which was very popular and bought it. It enlightens me: shoes and shoes are like twin brothers. There are so many shoes left behind in history that they are small and light, and easy to collect and store. From then on, I started my shoe collecting career.

Today, I have collected hundreds of various kinds of shoes and shoes, mostly antiques in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. These sentimental objects are the proof of these historical periods, and let us know how our predecessors lived, and what their living environment and way of life looked like. In a sense, collection is the restoration of history and culture. Although the shoe is small, it is also an important part of the shoe culture.

Shoemaker, generally have shoe Zhuang shoe shop shoe shop imprint, also have shoemaker production workshop, copper shop's mark, is textual research on shoemaker culture and related culture development history rare evidence. Before liberation, shoemaker was the tool of the shoe store salesperson, and also the food guy who depended on the family to support their families and earn their living. When you work, you must grasp the shoes and shoes, smile to greet the customers, help the customers select the favorite styles, and try out the shoes for the customers. The customer bought a pair of high quality shoes, and the shopkeepers sent out exquisite shoes and shoes, and engraved shop signs on the shoes. This is not only a rule of attracting customers, but also an advertising function. At that time, popular men wore small round mouth cloth shoes, female guests wore embroidered shoes, and shoes were relatively tight and shoes were rather popular. The most prosperous shoe market in Shanghai is known as "small garden" at the intersection of Zhejiang road and Guangxi. It is famous at home and abroad. There are 54 shoe farms in Chai, which include "Tian Lu", "Bai Lu", "Zhong Yuan Xiang", "the most beautiful" and "big champagne", etc., specializing in selling cloth shoes and embroidered shoes.

My shoes are mostly copper, ivory, animal bones, tortoise shells, horns, iron, aluminum, stainless steel, bamboo, wood, saunluo Luo, plastic and other materials. These materials are not easy to wear, durable, and easy to maintain for a long time. The work of shoe making is very exquisite, the shape is peculiar, the design is ingenious, has the unique day alone type, also has two pairs of pairs which intersect to intersect, pairs of pairs of combinations, also has the mirror, the brush, the shoe drawing Trinity many combinations. In addition, there are high-heeled leather shoes, long handle, horse head oar and so on. My shoe making family is marked by the "four big companies" in Shanghai (i.e. "Yongan company", "Shi Shi company", "Daxing company" and "Xinxin company"), "Shanghai shoe Zhuang", "Shanghai Wanxing shoes and hat Zhuang", "Shanghai Zhengda Chang shoe Zhuang", "Shanghai basin soup Ping Hua Sheng Deng shoe Zhuang". There are also "shape Eagle", "Ma Tou" and "long handle" shoes, such as Beijing, Tianjin, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, as well as the United States, Germany, France, Russia, Pakistan, Japan and Vietnam. A group of Hua Ting Hotel And Towers, guesu Kokusai Hotel and other star rated hotel plastic shoes and shoes, showing a metropolitan scenery.

The pattern on the shoe is colorful and colorful. There are "Three Yang Kai Tai", "Golden Jade full hall", "double carp pine Crane", "hehe Erxian", "Liu Hai opera golden frog", "double happiness", "Fu Shou more than 3", "three more than nine", "three links" and so on. The most vivid one is the "butterfly play Golden Chicken" shoehorn, and the carving of an unyielding arrogant rooster on the top of the tongue. Suddenly, he looks back and glances at his eyes and stare at the butterfly that swirls on the top of his head. He picks the right peck, which means that he can not catch the prey that is coming to the mouth, showing a helpless manner. The exquisite skill of the bronze carving is amazing. There is also a pair of bone shoes and shoes at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The handle is carved into a child's head and a horse's head. It is full of charm and lifelike. It is originated from the double happiness shoes and shoes of the famous song of Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty. These shoes and shoes blend in calligraphy and painting as a whole, including carving, carving, inserting, blending, ironing and other eighteen traditional handicrafts. After the ingenious carving of clever and skillful craftsmen of the past dynasties, it is an art antique.

In June 1992, in view of the monotonous situation of commercial windows in Shanghai, the idea of marriage between collectibles and business was sprouted and displayed in the window display of shopping malls in bazaar. The manager of Shanghai Meier Deng shoe market, Wang Yuqi, failed to think of a match. I invited the famous collectors, calligraphers, photographers Zhuang Su Yuan, Liu Yi and Mr. Wang Zhihao to carry out the overall planning and design. The whole layout is elegant and solemn, novel and unique, reflecting the cultural charm. The passers-by stopped to admire and produced a strong response. Some customers asked whether the shoemaker was on sale or not. At a time when customers were busy, the shoe store business became better. Meier Deng is the largest shoe store in North Sichuan Road commercial street in Shanghai. This time I tried to show the shoe culture with me in the window, creating a new way of marriage between business and collection culture for Shanghai business window culture. Practice has proved that shoe shop window display shoes culture can not only change the monotonous layout pattern of commercial windows, increase the market culture atmosphere, but also disseminate knowledge. In this way, elegant window culture will surely become a new sight of Shanghai Street attracting Chinese and foreign tourists. This success even encouraged me. In June 1994, he was invited to Beijing to take part in the commemoration of the Centennial Chinese sports collection exhibition of the International Olympic movement. He also participated in the collection and appreciation of Shanghai Friendship Society, the 10th Anniversary Collection of folk collections, the first collection of art collections in Pudong New Area and the exhibition of public security culture and art in Pudong New Area.