A Pair Of Tiger Shoes Has Been Used For Fifty Or Sixty Years.

A year old baby, wearing a tiger shoe and toddler, was once a very common picture in Henan.

In addition to practical functions, tiger shoes have been given a better vision since ancient times: the tiger of the king of animals can drive disaster and ward off evil spirits, and children passing tiger shoes are far away from disaster, safety and health.

Xu Ruqin, 74, is a very conservative old lady. She eats noodles made by herself, cooks in the pot, refuses to use cell phones, refuses to go to the buildings in the city.

Xu Ruqin did not have time to sit in the sun like a village old man. She would rather pick up needlework and make a pair of tiger shoes if she had leisure.

This is the skill she has been guarding for fifty or sixty years.

Xu Ruqin was dressed in a dark blue coat and silver white hair. He was very hearty and walked very fast. When he greeted people, he didn't speak and laughed first. His lips were chested and his eyes narrowed.

This is the old age of comfort and contentment of the elderly, will have some eyes.

She took us to our home. This is a very common farmyard in the rural areas of Luyi, Zhoukou. There are two simple houses in the countryside. There is a row of newly harvested corn in front of the door. Some chickens in the chicken cage are cooing, and the fields next to them are planted with vegetables.

The courtyard has no walls, it can see that the host is not defenseless to the outside world.

In the eyes of the outsider, the yard was too shabby, but Xu Ruqin felt it was much more comfortable than the building in the city.

She also worked in this courtyard for many years.

The craft was learned by Xu Ruqin in her girlhood.

That's the era when young daughter-in-law can make shoes. No one has specially taught them.

She sat next to her mother and watched her mother stitch.

For a long time, you will find yourself groping.

The original purpose is very simple.

It was just for the children to wear, but later, no one wore it, and she was willing to do it. Sometimes she did it all day, and when she was free, she wanted to do it. If she didn't do it, she would feel empty and scratched.

She squinted and smiled.

Relying on the idea of "want to do", she became the Song River town of Luyi County, Zhoukou. This ancient place has the best place to do tiger shoes and shoes.

A pair of tiger shoes is made up of soles, upper and toe. It is complicated and complicated to do through dozens of processes such as cutting, sticking, inserting, pricking, sewing and so on.

A thick piece made of coarse cloth and paste.

The main materials.

In order to keep the soles warm and soft, a layer of sack is specially added between the two layers of cloth.

When making sole, there will be just 3 layers of fabric, and a white cloth will be wrapped outside.

There are not many numbers of them. They can not be less. They will be heavier when they wear them.

The shoe sole is also a technical activity. The strength of the stitch is just right. It is comfortable to wear and can not be tight. It can not be loosened. The distance between the stitches is even, and the sole can be beautiful.

All these depend on experience.

The toe with tiger head pattern looks small, but it is the most time-consuming.

Different parts of tiger's head need to be colored with different colors, embroidering little by little, and not a pin will look good.

And the line's color matching is not good, it will "draw the tiger into an anti dog".

For Xu Ruqin, it takes four days to make a pair of tiger shoes. It takes at least two days to make tiger heads.

"Sitting there for a day is gone.

A pair of shoes comes down, not more than 1000 needles.

She said.