< p > tiger head shoes are a kind of folk traditional handicraft made by < a href= "//m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp" > children's shoes < /a >, not only beautiful and practical, but also have the spirit of driving away evil spirits and protecting peace.

It is the custom of the older generation to make a pair of tiger shoes for children's grandchildren.

However, with the change of the times, these old skills are dying away. Most of the young people pay for their children's shoes.

Grandma yuan, who is 68 years old, is one of the few street vendors who sell tiger shoes.

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< p > "now my eyes are not good. These shoes have been made in summer, or I can't keep up with them in winter."

"I can't stop, I just want to do some needlework and kill time."

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< p > according to grandma yuan, to do "a href=" //m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp > tiger head shoes < /a >, the first step is to play the best.

These are not finished products, they are manually glued together the rags and paste.

Then cut out the shape of the sole and upper, and then sew a nice "a href=" //m.pmae.cn/news/index_c.asp "> /a", then stitch the upper and sole together with cotton thread, so that the prototype of tiger shoe is better.

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< p > "the soles are also exquisite. If you are not sticky or uneven, the children will not be comfortable when they wear them. It will affect children's growth for a long time."

Grandma yuan also sells various sizes of insoles, which are stitched by herself at home.

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< p > tiger head shoes, the most important thing is this tiger face.

Grandma Yuan said that before the tiger's head was embroidered on its own pins and needles, it was the most skilled shoe maker's skill, not to mention the collocation of all kinds of coloured lines and the design of the shoe face. It was simply the needling method on the tiger's head. There were many kinds of needles, such as embroidery, flowers, seeds, and so on.

So it takes three or four days to make a pair of shoes by hand.

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< p > now, grandma yuan is very old. Her eyes are not so good. She can only do some rest, and she still stalls outside, so she will make ten or twenty pairs in the summer.

It means practicing hands and not thinking about making money.

These are old crafts. Nowadays, young people are not doing these jobs.

As long as I can get the needle, I will continue to do it. I am very happy to see the child wearing my shoes.

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