What kind of straw were used to weave the straw sandals worn by rural people in the past?

Straw sandalsThe history of our country can be said to be very long, and the earliest can be traced back toYellow EmperorPeriod, this kind of grass as a raw material of shoes, cheap, simple to make, played an important role in the history of our country, in fact, the materials used by rural people to weave straw shoes are very simple, mainly straw, wheat straw, corn stover and so on. Of course, because of the geographical environment, in the southern part of our country.

Due to the climate, there are many kinds of plants that appear, and some straw sandals in the south use herbs that are unique to the region.

ActuallyNortheast regionThe materials used by the local people when weaving straw sandals are also more peculiar, such asUla grass。There is a saying in the Northeast that "there are three treasures in the Northeast, ginseng, mink, and ura grass", and the ura grass here can be used as a raw material for weaving straw sandals. Ula grass is a perennial herbaceous plant, with the effect of keeping warm and cold, due to the previous life of poverty, the common people can not afford to wear cloth shoes, so in the northeast countryside will often use Ula grass to make straw shoes, straw mattresses, insoles, etc., at that time, Ula grass is an indispensable must-have at that time.

In fact, in the south, the use of straw sandals is no worse than that in the north, and even in some places now, straw sandals are still worn, and straw sandals are used, especially in some film and television dramas with the main theme, the Red Army often wears straw sandals, during the agrarian revolution.

Straw sandals were the standard equipment of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army units everywhere. Therefore, the technique of playing straw shoes was also a necessary skill for the commanders and fighters of the Red Army and the Red Army soldiers at that time.

Nowadays, after so many years of reform and opening up, the people's living standards have made great progress, and the use of straw sandals has gradually withdrawn from our lives, but in some places, straw sandals still play an important role in rural prosperity. In some "straw sandal villages", every household in the village is making a living of weaving straw shoes, and by selling straw shoes, the farmers' pockets are also bulging. The straw sandal weaving technique is being applied for provincial intangible cultural heritage.

I hope that this craft can be passed on better.

Straw sandals are made from straw, wheat straw, corn stalks, ula grass and other plants, of course, there are some places that are made of local grass, in short, all the materials are relatively simple raw materials, without any processing.

It is made of straw. Growing up in the countryside, I saw my elders use straw straw to wear straw sandals since I was a child, which are particularly strong and wear-resistant.

Using straw and Ula grass in the Northeast to grind your feet lightly, how to make it up has to learn it yourself, and it is impossible to explain it clearly.

There are various weaving materials for straw sandals, including straw, wheat straw, corn stalks, and wula grass in the northeast, and shoes with ties and slippers. The production process of Chinese straw sandals: first weave the corn husk into a braid, then sew the braid into the sole with thick nylon thread, then sew the Chinese knot with cotton rope, and finally, sew the straw sole and foam sole together with cotton rope.

How to make straw sandals is as follows:Paper tubes, scissors, glue, knitting needles, wool, twine, colorless acrylic paint, etc.

1. First of all, it will show how to make paper tubes, you can use old books, waste newspapers or A4 paper, roll them into paper tubes.

2. Start knitting shoes, first use three paper tubes as the foundation, and then add paper tubes to cross up and down and stack them side by side.

3. The last paper tube begins to weave up and down along the intersection of two paper tubes side by side.

4. When the paper tube is about to be knitted, add glue to the paper tube and connect the new paper tube to continue weaving.

5. After the weaving to the fourth circle, the sole is finished.

6. Then put the paper tube up and weave it.

7. After weaving two circles, mark the paper tube in the middle and knit the heel.

8. The front of the straw sandals is one more circle than the heel.

9. The paper tube is imitated in the early base to do the finishing work.

10. Cut off the excess paper tube and brush the paper tube straw shoes with a layer of transparent paint to make the straw shoes look smooth.

The tools used in weaving straw shoes mainly include shoe lasts, scissors, awls, pliers, tapers, needles, etc. The last is divided into large and small models, regardless of left and right, because straw sandals are non-"foot recognition shoes", and the left and right feet can be mixed. Each set of lasts is divided into three pieces, namely the toe, heel and fixing plate.

The heel and toe are connected diagonally, and the nails (bamboo or iron nails) are worn and fixed, which can be mounted and removed. The fixing plate is also an oblique wedge, which is attached to the base of the last with a nail to hold the puff piece at the beginning of the straw sandal.

1. First of all, there must be a tool similar to the straw shoe rake, it is made of wood, a wooden frame, there are 9 teeth on the thick horizontal wood in front, a long tooth in the middle, 4 small teeth on both sides, when playing straw shoes, the rope for making straw shoes is ready, and the tendons and climbing rope for making straw shoes are fixed on a "straw shoe press" tied to the straw shoe rake and waist.

2. In the face of the fixed straw shoe rake, shuttle repeatedly with a rope, start from the toe cap, slowly weave the rope into a pair of straw sandals, put a rope on the woven straw sandals, wear the straw rope on the ankle joint, and you can walk on this handmade straw sandals.

3. When weaving, it is necessary to pay attention to grasp the tightness, etc., and you need to be careful and careful. Woven straw sandals are beautiful and easy to wear.