Eight Days Old People Are Crazy About Craft Shoes, Crazy Collection More Than 2000 Pairs.

Walking into Xiao Lao's home is like walking into a world of craft shoes: the living room, the study room and the bedroom wall are all made of glass cabinets, which are full of various kinds of craft shoes. In a waking place in the study, the reporter noticed a pair of very old shoes, about 14 centimeters in length.

This is a pair of shoes found in the collectible market more than 10 years ago, that is, this pair of three inch gold lotus, probably three inches / / one thousand years ago, when women were all packs of small feet, but we have discovered through these years' research that although it has caused great harm to women, it also reflects its other side, namely beauty, because this beauty has different understanding and different pursuits in different times.

Xiao Lao takes great care of his craft shoes. Whenever he has time, he collate these shoes and scours the dust with special brushes. So how does Shaw always have an indissoluble bond with craft shoes?

Xiao Renjie: once, about 86 years ago, I went to Guangzhou on business and saw a shoe in a shop. Hey, let me take a look. I think this shoe is beautiful and bright. It is also convenient for cleaning. Is it possible to take this shoe as its object of collection?

Xiao Lao said that at that time he had only a few dozen yuan a month's wages. Although the collection of craft shoes requires some money and energy, it has persisted since then.

Xiao Renjie: collecting these things, I feel that we have brought a lot of happiness. It is a variety of colors, all kinds of forms, to us from the sensory point of view, it has a sense of beauty, texture.

Over the years, Xiao Lao has been collecting shoes and materials. In terms of materials, there are more than 30 kinds of gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, aluminum, lead, bamboo, crystal, pearl, agate and so on. And in the process of collecting, he has a great harvest, that is, he has made many friends.

Xiao Renjie: there are many writers, painters, craftsmen, artists, sculptors, and all kinds of friends. So, like some friends, he has done many crafts with me with his technical skills, and every handicraft is related to shoes.

In the collection room of Xiao Lao, there are famous CAD experts, "Liu mud" made of clogs, and Han Embroidery successors, Ren Benrong, the old man's hand embroidered work "shoes" and so on, each of which is regarded as a treasure by Xiao Lao.

Xiao Renjie: Actually I remember now that I have collected more than 2000 collections, and I have been close to thirty years in more than 20 years. So I collect so many collections. Besides playing with my hands, I want to leave something to our posterity except for some research. That is to leave behind its culture, because by learning and consulting some experts and scholars at home and abroad, they get many teachings from their conversation.

Xiao Lao told reporters that he not only liked collecting craft shoes, but also willing to share his collections with others. For many years, he held many craft shoes exhibitions in Wuhan, Jingzhou, Kunshan, Luoyang and other places. He said he would like to hold a craft shoe exhibition in Xiaogan if he had the chance.

Xiao Renjie: I had a comrade in arms the year before last. He worked in Xiaogan and later retired. He asked me to go. After I went to see it, I felt that Xiaogan had a good cultural atmosphere. If I had the chance, I would like to take a few collections with my comrades in arms and comrades in arms to share our happiness.