Simple vamp, thick white background and boat-shaped appearance, the traditional thousand-layer cloth shoes gradually withdrew from people's field of vision. But in our county, there is an old woman who holds a needle and thread in her hand and a thimble on her finger every day, holding thousands of layers one by one. For decades, she has been busy with thousands of shoes. She is 73-year-old Wu Shunqin and a famous "cloth shoes grandmother" nearby. Walking through the section of Sipailou, people can always see Wu Manshun Qin, an old woman with cloth shoes, burying her head and wearing reading glasses, one holding only small cloth shoes. Elegant vamp, thick sole and exquisite workmanship. The experience of "grandma with cloth shoes" has to start from her childhood. As early as more than 60 years ago, "Grandma Cloth Shoes" followed her mother to learn to collect shoes, and was praised as "a little girl with quick hands and feet" by her neighbor aunt. From then on, she went to see her neighbors, lick the shoes, to collect shoes whenever she was free, and kept the whole work and process in mind silently. After returning home, she cut old cloth like an adult, pasted uppers and quilted lines ... After several tests, the shoes she made were actually passable. Speaking of cloth shoes, before 1980s, almost everyone in China had a pair, mostly black, with the same style. But now the cloth shoes are familiar, but they are brand-new. Today's cloth shoes and traditional old cloth shoes have undergone revolutionary changes in style and color. According to research, handmade cloth shoes have a history of more than 3,000 years in China. The earliest hand-made cloth shoes are the hand-made sole cloth shoes worn by the kneeling statues of Western Zhou warriors unearthed in Houma, Shanxi. "Grandma Cloth Shoes" told reporters: "Look at the foundation of this shoe, you can't make the sole in one day. After being pasted layer by layer, it will dry, and then it will be pasted into the sole after drying. There are many processes, all of which are taken out by traditional indigenous methods. The technology of a pair of shoes is mainly on this sole. " It seems that accepting soles is really not a simple matter. The old man said that this kind of sole is called Melaleuca because it has many layers. Although there are not thousands of layers, each sole has at least 50 layers. They are all filled with cotton cloth layer by layer. Not only does it take a lot of effort to make soles, but it also takes more than a dozen processes to make uppers. There is no need to pleat, cut the upper and fit the lining along the mouth of the shoe. Nowadays, nostalgia and simplicity have become the trend pursued by modern people. Although it takes time and effort to make these handmade cloth shoes, they are favored by the public because of their breathability, comfort and portability. When the reporter interviewed grandma Wu Shunqin, a customer happened to find her home to buy cloth shoes. A customer told reporters: "Some leather shoes have athlete's foot after wearing them. If the glue used for shoes is not good enough, it is definitely not environmentally friendly. This kind of handmade cloth shoes is particularly comfortable, warm and environmentally friendly for children to wear, so I went to my grandmother's house to have a look and prepared to buy two pairs for my children. " Warm, dry and comfortable have become the biggest advantages of hand-made Melaleuca shoes. Wu Shunqin said that although cloth shoes are not easy to make, she is happy to engage in this kind of handicraft because she thinks it is good for children. At the same time, the elderly also hope that more people can pick up needle and thread and cloth shoes, so that this traditional handicraft can be passed down.