Bai Li Tang ancient shoes museum

Shanghai Bailutang Ancient Shoe Museum has collections of more than 1,000 pieces of men's shoes, children's shoes, women's shoes and shoe accessories, embroidery appliances, shoe-making appliances, foot-binding appliances, old photos, and old materials from the Northern Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. One of the most famous is the "Three-inch Golden Lotus". Chinese lotus shoes are divided into north and south. The north is represented by Datong, Shanxi, and the south is represented by Zhoushan, Ningbo, Shengzhou and other places in Zhejiang. The styles and embroidery patterns of shoes in each place are slightly changed. For example, according to the style, there are: high-top golden lotus, low-cut golden lotus, raised-headed golden lotus, and flat-headed golden lotus. According to the type, there are: leather golden lotus, rain boots for rainy days, overshoes for indoor and outdoor wear, sedan shoes for getting married and chapel shoes for pilgrimage, birthday shoes, auspicious shoes for birthday birthday, auspicious shoes for filial piety Wearing filial shoes. According to the season, there are: cotton golden lotus, clip golden lotus, sandals. According to shoe decoration, there are: embroidered golden lotus and plain golden lotus. According to the soles, there are: flat-bottomed golden lotus, bow-shaped bottom golden lotus, and high-heeled golden lotus.