Shoemakers, who specialize in repairing damaged shoes, are also 72 trades.
For many years, Chinese people wore shoes that were hand-sewn by housewives. From picking linings, pants, soles, uppers, to shoes, each time is completing a series of projects. And it has to be completed according to the time requirements of summer wearing, autumn clipping, and winter cotton, which is really not easy. The problem is that these shoes are made of cloth from the bottom to the top to the surface, which cannot be worn and is extremely fragile, and individual shoes cannot be worn. In order to wear shoes for a longer time, it is necessary to repair them frequently and extend the wearing time as much as possible, which gave rise to an industry - shoe repair, and also produced craftsmen in this industry - shoemakers.
Copper carved shoemaker - spikes Image from the Internet
Shoe repair is not a high-level profession, they make a living repairing broken old shoes. Stalls are often set up at the mouth of the town's alleys or in the corner of the market. Some even go to villages to solicit business. Once the business is in hand, they set up a battlefield in the shade of a tree or by a wall. The burden (or bicycle) is put down, the horse is sitting, and the apron is tied. Or flying needle thread mending upper, or iron cane, small hammer spike shoe palm. It's service, it's hard money.
In the seventies of the last century, after the appearance of plastic soles on the market, shoes and shoe repair showed a new situation. Some buy back plastic soles to do it themselves, at least saving a few processes; Some buy their own soles to make uppers, and find a shoemaker to give them. The shoemakers made fine linen, awls, double steel needles, and stole all the plenary, and the stitches were even and beautiful when they pulled out their shoes. Some shoes are worn out of holes by toes and patched with a patch of skin; Some shoes have open heels and wrapped in leather heels; Some shoes take off the thread and sew them immediately. There are also people who often work with shoes, and the new shoes are nailed to the front and back palms. In short, the shoemakers are not afraid of a lot of work, and they are very happy.
Copper carving shoemaker - sewing shoes The picture comes from the Internet
The most happy thing about the shoemakers was in the early eighties, first, they all bought and used hand-cranked shoe repair machines, got rid of the awl needle and thread, and reduced the labor intensity; Second, there are more leather shoes, and the people generally wear leather shoes that only a few people wore; The third is to set up shoe factories everywhere, and there are many new styles of shoes, but the price is also inferior, which makes the business of the shoemakers prosperous for a time and the income has increased exponentially.
In the nineties, with the rapid development of the national economy, the people's living standards were greatly improved, and people's shoes also underwent earth-shaking changes. New shoes such as leather shoes, sneakers, and rubber-soled shoes that are fashionable and comfortable to wear are constantly being introduced. People are changing shotguns and wearing casual shoes, travel shoes, health shoes. Needless to say, repaired shoes, even if they have just been bought and not worn for a few days, maybe thrown away casually, there are also many people.
Copper carving shoemaker Image from the Internet
The sneaker repair industry has become bleak. Under the impact of the wave of new consumption concepts, the old shoemakers have gone away with the long river of history, and they have seen less and less of them. The shoemakers who are still persevering are not far away, and they have less and less shoe repair work, and they are busy all day changing broken zippers and sewing open bags.
2018.3.16
Source: Spring breeze proud horseshoe disease public number
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