Hanfu
''Hanfu'' () is the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese. There are several representative styles of ''hanfu'', such as the (an upper-body garment with a long outer skirt), the (an upper-body garment with a long underskirt ...
also includes accessories, such as footwear. There were many etiquette which rule people's daily lives, and this included the use and etiquette of shoes and socks wearing.
Shoes
Collectively, shoes are typically called ''lü'' (履) since the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...
.
In the
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin state (modern Gansu and Shaanxi), ...
, shoes were referred as ''ju'' (屦)''.
'' The word ''xie'' (鞋) eventually replaced the word ''lü'' to become a general name for shoes.
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).''
'' Han Chinese typically wore ''lü'' (regular shoes)'','' ''xi'' (shoes with thick soles), and ''ji'' (wooden
clogs
Clogs are a type of footwear made in part or completely from wood. Used in many parts of the world, their forms can vary by culture, but often remained unchanged for centuries within a culture.
Traditional clogs remain in use as protective ...
).
Different shoes were worn based on their appropriateness for specific occasions; shoes also denoted the social ranks of its wearers. Lü (履) were worn for formal occasions whereas ''ji'' (屐) was used for informal occasions.
Gallery
File:Mawangdui Han Socks (10113150686).jpg, Han socks, Mawangdui Tomb, Han dynasty.
File:Shoes (unidentified) - Yunnan Provincial Museum - DSC02170.JPG, Yuntouxie
See also
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Hanfu
''Hanfu'' () is the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese. There are several representative styles of ''hanfu'', such as the (an upper-body garment with a long outer skirt), the (an upper-body garment with a long underskirt ...
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List of Hanfu
A list of Hanfu, the historical clothing of the Han Chinese, in category of different clothing style. This page also addresses provides a list of garments. Informal wear
Types include tops and bottoms, long skirt, and one-piece robes that wrap a ...
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Lotus shoes
Lotus shoes () are footwear that were worn by women in China who had bound feet.
Design
The shoes are cone or sheath-shaped, intended to resemble a lotus bud.. The size of lotus shoes were between 5.25 and 5.5 inches in length and 1.75-2 inche ...
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Xiuhuaxie
References
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Hanfu
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