Tujia People's "Grass Cutting Boots"

(photos from Zhou Guangmin) is located in Xuan 'en County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the mountainous area of western Hubei Province. Straw sandals are a necessity for local farmers during their work in the era of scarcity of supplies and are made of raw materials such as straw, palm silk, and cloth strips.

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站图片位置(Photos from Zhou Guangmin) Tujia grass boots are also a traditional culture of the Tujia people. Grass boots are very comfortable to wear on your feet and are convenient to work on the ground. Due to the development of society, many beautiful and comfortable boots have replaced grass boots, so few people in the people now use manual weaving grass boots.

(pictures are from Zhou Guangmin)

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(Photos from Zhou Guangmin) With the development of the times and the improvement of people's living standards, straw sandals have faded out of daily life.

(Photos from Zhou Guangmin)

(Photos from Zhou Guangmin)"Making straw sandals" means the skill of making straw sandals by hand has also been included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of Xuan 'en County.

(Photos from Zhou Guangmin) At present, only a few elderly people in the area still insist on making straw sandals and are sold to tourists as tourism products for people's nostalgia only.​