Sunday, September 15, 2013

Amazing Chinese Children's Shoes


Amazing Chinese Children's Shoes

Chinese children's clothing and accessories in the Qing dynasty and the early twentieth century were decorated with auspicious symbols to protect the child from harm.
Fierce animals like the tiger or the dog were featured on the shoes to frighten away evil spirits which mothers believed were hovering in the air all around, ready to whisk their precious child away. Most of the shoes were made to be worn by boys however, since girls were seldom valued in the family except to produce more boys.




















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