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Continue to follow our special program "Year of the Tiger Says Tiger". The neighborhood is singing such a nursery rhyme: put on tiger head shoes, put on the tiger head hat, run fast, jump high, healthy and auspicious and do not wrestle. Yes, today's Year of the Tiger says tiger, what we want to introduce to you is the tiger head shoes, in Bengbu City, it is still a municipal intangible cultural heritage.
The Year of the Tiger says tiger: Bengbu: non-heritage tiger head shoes, passed down for more than 100 years
Tiger head shoes are traditional Chinese handicrafts, belonging to a kind of children's shoes, because the toe is a tiger head shape, so called tiger head shoes, it has both practical value, but also ornamental value, but also a mascot, people give it a beautiful meaning of exorcising evil spirits.
When we came to this showroom, we saw that the stage was full of all kinds of tiger head shoes, dozens of hundreds of pairs. The pattern of these tiger head shoes is even more exquisite, and the workmanship is also very exquisite. It is understood that the inheritance of this Ding's tiger head shoes has been around for many years.
Ding Yuan, a municipal non-hereditary heir of the Ding family's tiger head shoes in Bengbu, said that the Ding family tiger head shoes were passed down to him and were already the fourth generation of heirs, and their Ding family genealogy records are during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Master Ding is 64 years old this year, is the ding's tiger head shoes municipal non-hereditary heirs, pinch your fingers, Ding's tiger head shoes have been passed down for more than 150 years now, as can be seen from their family's ancestral spinning tools.
Moreover, Master Ding's spinning tool is also very special, looking like a bone and feeling particularly smooth. So what exactly is the origin of this tool?
Ding Yuan, a municipal non-hereditary heir of Bengbu Ding's tiger head shoes, introduced that this tool is made of cow bones, which has a history of 140 or 50 years, and was used by his great-grandfather and great-grandmother.
After understanding the long history of Ding's tiger head shoes, let's get back to the truth and see how tiger head shoes are made. Tiger head shoes are complex, not to mention the sole, upper and other large pieces, just tiger eyes, tiger eyebrows, tiger mouth, tiger nose these toe parts, all rely on needle and thread hand sewn, if carefully calculated, the process is quite complicated.
Ding Yuan said that through the three main techniques of sewing, embroidery and acceptance, there are about fifty processes, and the tiger head shoes must first be framed, that is, several layers of cotton cloth are framed together with paste, and then, according to the size of the shoes cut in advance and different styles, the plating is cut off.
Ding Yuan said that the cloth on the sole of the shoe is 4 layers of cotton cloth, because the 4 layers are relatively thick and strong.
After these 4 layers of cloth are cut, they should be wrapped in cotton. In order to wear shoes, it is also necessary to cut another piece of the same size plating, and then sew a total of 8 layers of two pieces of plating together, which is what we call "na sole", then use thick cotton thread to make the sole as tight as possible, which is of course for the shoes to be thick and durable, but also has a beautiful meaning.
How many stitches does this shoe have to take? Ding Yuan's wife, Luo Jihua, said that there were probably hundreds of stitches, which were very laborious.
Ding Yuan said that it means that the grain is full, which means that there are many children and many blessings.
After the sole is done, and then the pre-made upper and embroidered tiger head, tiger eye, tiger whiskers and other materials sewn together, a pair of traditional tiger head shoes are ready, the upper of the shoe is made of big red cotton. Red means festive and auspicious.
The Year of the Tiger says tiger: non-heritage tiger head shoes, tiger tiger vitality
Big red tiger head shoes look festive, don't look at the production of tiger head shoes we just introduced only a few words, in fact, the production of a pair of tiger head shoes is very laborious, and Master Ding said that the color of their tiger head shoes is exquisite.
Because tiger head shoes are artificially sewn, Master Ding said that the cycle of making a pair of tiger head shoes is long.
Ding Yuan said that their Ding family tiger head shoes are purely handmade, no mechanization or sewing mechanism, its production time, like Ding Yuan himself is more skilled, it takes about two and a half days to make a pair of shoes
Because of the skilled craftsmanship, the tiger head shoes made by Master Ding are extremely exquisite, which can be seen from some details, for example, a few yellow cotton threads will be embroidered as nose hairs in the tiger's nose, and in the tiger's mouth, two white cotton threads will be embroidered as the tiger's teeth, which makes the tiger's head look lifelike. On such a small cloth surface, it is really admirable to be able to make such a delicate handiwork in a snail shell.
Master Ding said that the production of a pair of tiger head shoes should use 7 colors of cotton thread such as red orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, and the collocation of these colors is also exquisite.
Master Ding said that their Ding tiger head shoes have a whole set of song tips, for example, two of them are like this: "Red eyes, white ears, green nose, scare away ghosts, cats and monkeys", what do these two song tips mean?
Ding Yuan said that cats and monkeys in the Huai River Valley mean demons and ghosts. In the dialect of the Huai River Valley, the meaning of this sentence is that wearing tiger shoes can drive away disasters and evil spirits, and children can grow up healthy and healthy.
There are also a few songs that describe the color of tiger head shoes at the same time, but also have the meaning of praying for longevity, such as: red mouth, white teeth, black eyes, yellow beard to get rid of the disease. Red to eighty green to old age, driving away evil and bringing away evil and peace.
In addition to the exquisite color, tiger head shoes also have a beautiful meaning in the production process and style. For example, the soles are two layers, and the lines of the soles are four strands.
Ding Yuan said that two layers is a good thing into a pair, the line of Na is four shares, that is, everything is as expected, I hope that the children's life will be stable and stable in the future, and their careers will be successful.
A pair of small tiger head shoes are worn on the feet of children, and they also pin people's good wishes for life. There are many auspicious sayings in nursery rhymes: touch the tiger's head, eat and drink without worry; touch the tiger's mouth, drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts, touch the tiger's body, step by step; touch the tiger's back, glory and wealth.
Because Master Ding's two sons usually have other jobs, not full-time to do tiger head shoes, so the sales of tiger head shoes are by word of mouth, some people want to buy, they will sew, now about a year to sell more than a hundred pairs.
Ding Yuan said that their price is about one hundred and fifty yuan, because it is purely handmade, so large orders can not be picked up, even ordinary small orders are in short supply.
The villagers also said that wearing this means good and auspicious to ward off evil spirits.
Master Ding said that there are not many young people who come to learn to make tiger shoes now, but some big sisters and aunts in the village will come to learn with their two sons in their spare time.
Villagers say that young people have gone to earn money, and they come to learn from their children at home without doing anything.
Master Ding said that whether it is as an intangible cultural heritage item or an ancestral craft, he will not throw away the tiger's head shoes, and now his wife, son and daughter-in-law have learned this craft.
Ding Yuan said that his sons and daughters-in-law are young and young, they are also studying, and they have also obtained non-genetic heirs at the district level.
The Year of the Tiger has arrived, and together with Master Ding, with the help of tiger head shoes, I wish the lives of the audiences in the province a prosperous and prosperous life.
Anhui Jingshi reporter Jiang Lei jiang Dawei reported
Editor: Shen Xian
Editor-in-charge: Zuo Kaixun, Chen Yu
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