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Vietnamese wooden clogs
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16/07/2018
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It is difficult to clearly mark the birth as well as the employer has created simple cultural heritage, this rustic but sure that cultural products created by the Vietnamese people from ancient times. Folk legends "Princess Nine paintings throne" of Cao Bang or Register ancient Chinese Jiaozhou (third century) mentions clogs.
Prior to the footwear, plastic, leather like today, the Vietnamese often use bamboo, wooden clogs to go. Picture the clothes, turbans, wooden clogs became familiar with Vietnamese people. On cold days, when women and men attend to the crowd often clogs or latency, even in the wooden clogs they go crooked nose, rattan plaited straps.
From original clogs with bamboo, rattan core straps to protect the feet from the sun was the early rain, to the type of wood in the garden as de, fat, easy access and jackfruit, indigo, rubber, bead, the information ... talented workers has not been improved designs and materials to durable clogs increasingly more compact and more aesthetic.
Shoe straps to change from rattan and fabric and rubber pads to get a complete, hands the worker had a period, from the stage to the side of the pig hooves to shape the wood handle, to that sanding, painting, polishing, painting, soles, straps ...
Clogs simple wooden structure, anyone, no matter what circumstances may choose for yourself a pair of clogs fit. The oval wooden clogs poor, fat, easy access with a rustic buffalo leather straps squeezed from side to side and trimmed body only clogs simple to fit feet. What is your level of wealth clogs right not merely to protect animals legs that it actually became a religious costume to add style, aesthetic expression of the owner. They often use jackfruit wood clogs, sandal wood, pine wood or gilded, pearl, silk covered straps, thin rubber coasters to walk more noble, bar scene ...
Loc docked across the alley below the village, wooden clogs have a divine imprint unforgettable in the hearts of generations of Vietnamese. From colorful clogs few swipes of the elderly poor vision; brandishing clogs even rhythm, his poise map; walked to the clicking sound, blush of her, she then clogs the wine excitement, hoopla of hyperactive children ... all make familiar breath of village life including life itself.
From traditional to modern
From the late nineteenth century, new wooden clogs became popular and began to make significant changes in designs and materials. Wooden clogs were whittling more elegant by talented craftsmen. Shoe straps to change from rattan and fabric rubber, thin rubber soles should buffer the footsteps of sister softly, dreamily over. Approximately 40 years of the twentieth century, began to appear clogs colorful paint, especially for women and have come after 1975, real wooden clogs entering a revolution in style and substance data, asserted preference for fashionable ladies, with dresses. Wooden clogs have crossed the framework of the "rustic" and the monotony of style with the advent of plastic ...
From product "subsistence" to commercial products, wooden clogs have come a long way in history, led to the birth of the craft of making clogs, the famous village of Binh Nham (Thuan An, Binh Duong ), Village Bronze (Tan Trieu, Thanh Tri, Hanoi), shoe racks (Union Central, Dan Phuong District, Hanoi). Clogs is small but is the convergence of the village elite carpentry, lacquer, silk, hand beaded embroidery ... Sometimes sisters shimmering feet, more coddled because of the flexibility of the shoe change .
Entering the twenty-first century, clogs up the house with the explosion of styles, colors and materials. The production process is designed model clogs with slope how to ensure clogs hand curve fit in the recess of the feet, gravity is not reasonable to spinal damage and can also cool - far graving of the bearing pads. Mumps is all kinds, ranging from single to dual strap or flip-flops, all shapes, colors and materials, from plastic, simili to velvet, canvas, nylon, embroidered and beaded, stone care, silver ... clogs were approached with sandals and shoes have more straps at rear. With diverse designs nose clogs square, tapered, prison ...; base is sufficient enough shape form, characteristics, or empty, or fontanel waist but is often left heel, from low to high. More Fun, Vietnamese wooden clogs with integrated fashion world, participated in the fierce competition of market economy so rich design, more beautiful, especially to ensure international quality standards.
Wooden clogs whispered Coast
Along with cultural production is used with the wood clogs imprinted proud of clogs in the form of art, poetry, painting, the beautiful memories of childhood and home of many generations of people Vietnam. Clogs for women made more feminine, more charming by going clogs, gently, skillfully, can not rush headlong, not matches sloppy pear. Skip indoor slippers, wipe feet pretty stylish white hair, outfit, what was much more sisters with wooden clogs. Wooden clogs increasingly rich, diverse types should also easier for choice when wearing different types of clothing her, or if her sisters today.
From the village, wooden clogs Vietnam was crowned with presence across the roads, on the catwalk, in a gift bag of expatriates. Along with long sleeves, conical hats, wooden clogs Vietnam, from the neck to the metal creates a Vietnamese beauty of the fair sex, the beauty of gentleness, grace, charm remains silent not only in the eyes, but also in the comments.
Clogs is an object associated with the activities of the Vietnamese had taken its persistence throughout thousands of years of cultural baggage nation. Is it time to use clogs (clogs entail production) that was deposited and will increasingly seemed a go tomorrow. Thankfully, instead of clogs renaissance in recent years demonstrates the concept of beauty is increasingly more diverse, and also partly reflects the preserve and cherish the simple things of youth today .
Hoai Thu -- http://www.coviet.vn/
