Yun Yun shoes are a kind of homemade cloth shoes worn by the Qiang people in the festive days. The shoes are similar to small boats, shoes are slightly warped, and the soles are thick, and the upper is embroidered with colorful moire and azalea pattern patterns. Therefore, it is known as "cloud shoes", "flower shoes" or "hook shoes".

Qiang embroidery "Yun Yun shoes"

With the dense stitches, the cotton thread is embroidered on the easy worn parts of the shoes, which enhances the wear-resisting performance, and makes the shoes not only of practical value, but also has quite high artistic ornamental value, which not only shows the craft skills of the Qiang people's cloud shoes, but also reflects its artistic characteristics as a part of Qiang culture, which originates from life and is higher than life and rich life.

In the Qiang Folk Literature, oral literature occupies a very important part. Literary materials reflect the Qiang's historical and cultural life from side to side, and there are many and widely spread myths and legends about "Yun Yun shoes", among which the origin of "Yun Yun shoes" is vividly depicted.

Legend has it that a carp fairy living in a lake embroiders a pair of beautiful cloud shoes with a beautiful barefoot shepherd boy with the clouds in the sky and the azalea flowers on the lake.

It also embroidered "love shoes" to young people and embroidered their love on them. They also became a happy couple with a pair of children.

By now,

Some areas retain such a traditional folklore: as long as a young man is in love with a girl, he can not avoid wearing the "cloud shoes" embroidered by his own hand as a token of mutual affection.

The Qiang girls have to sing a series of ancient narrative songs on the day they get married.

There is a love song like this: "I heard that love elder brother wants to travel far away."

There is also a love song: "I send my brother a pair of cloud shoes."

"Don't hide your brother. If you walk along the road, you can't forget it."

These beautiful and sentimental folk songs show that the Qiang girls give away their own "cloud and cloud shoes" to their love brothers, which is regarded as a very precious gift, so as to entrust their hearts with boundless affection and affection.