What is the artistic form of old tiger-headed shoes?

Old tiger-headed shoes, also known as tiger-headed shoes, are one of the traditional handicrafts of the Han nationality. There is a kind of children's shoes, because the toe is a tiger-headed shoe, so it is called an old tiger-headed shoe. It has both practical value and ornamental value. At the same time, it is also a mascot, and people give it the function of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits. Tiger-headed shoes are complicated in workmanship, just embroider the tiger's head, pluck the hair and remove the seeds. A kind of children's shoes, in the early days, were mostly made into tiger heads by the children's elders with exquisite embroidery. In Han areas, when a boy is one year old, his family will dress him in tiger's head shoes.

The color of the upper is mainly red and yellow, and the tiger's mouth, eyebrows, nose and eyes are often outlined with thick lines, exaggerating the ferocity of the tiger. When folk make this kind of shoes, rabbit hair is often used as the shoe mouth. Tiger ears, tiger eyes and other edges, red and yellow. White mixed with clear outline. Children wear tiger-headed shoes, rabbit hair flutters with the wind, and the tiger's head has a sense of movement. Tiger-headed shoes have large soles with nine diamond-shaped broken flowers inserted in them. Nine broken flowers are called nine balls, which means "nine points."

When the child is about one year old, the elders will wear tiger-headed shoes for the child. People think that the tiger is the king of all animals. Wearing it can ward off evil spirits and protect children's healthy growth.

The old customs of Han nationality's child-rearing spread all over the country. Hope for healthy activities. Shoes are made of yellow cloth. There is a tiger head in Xietou Township. Because the tiger is the "king of beasts", the word "king" is embroidered in the middle of its head. Usually, children will wear new tiger-headed shoes on their first birthday or birthday. Folk believe that this can give children courage and ward off evil spirits. I also wish the children a long life.

People think that tiger-headed shoes can keep the devil safe, so everyone should make a pair of tiger-headed shoes for children to wear. Some areas also pay attention to wearing three pairs of tiger-headed shoes, and keep the custom of letting my aunt make three pairs of tiger-headed shoes of different colors for my nephew. As the saying goes; "The head is double blue (homophonic, it is not very favorable), two pairs of red (red can ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters), and two pairs of purple are completed (meaning that children grow up at home)." With blue, red and purple tiger-headed shoes, children will be safe and sound. This is an old custom of Han people's parenting, and it marches all over the country. Hope for healthy activities. Shoes are made of yellow cloth. There is a tiger head in Xietou Township. Because the tiger is the "king of beasts", the word "king" is embroidered in the middle of its head. Usually, children will wear new tiger-headed shoes on their first birthday or birthday. Folk believe that this can give children courage and ward off evil spirits. I also wish the children a long life.