Neiliansheng thousand layer sole cloth shoes manufacturing technology

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: neiliansheng thousand layer sole cloth shoes manufacturing technology

Applicant: Beijing

Project No.: 898

Project No.: VIII - 115

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Beijing

Type: new item

Applicant: Beijing

Protection unit: Beijing neiliansheng Shoes Co., Ltd

Brief introduction of neiliansheng thousand layer sole cloth shoes manufacturing technology:

Applicant: Beijing

Neiliansheng shoe shop was founded in 1853, Xianfeng, Qing Dynasty. At first, it specialized in making thousand layer sole Dynasty shoes for royal families and officials at all levels. The earliest store was located in Mixiang, Dongjiang, Beijing (now Taiji factory), and its founder was Zhao ting. "Nei" in the name of the shop refers to the Imperial Palace, while "Liansheng" means that the court boots made in the shop can be used by officials to upgrade three levels in a row. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, neiliansheng used the skill of making official boots to make thousand layer soled cloth shoes. Its finished products are of excellent quality and well-known in the capital.

Neiliansheng thousand layer sole cloth shoes manufacturing technology has been using the traditional hand-made method, strict technology, unique technology, exquisite material selection, fine workmanship. Its technical characteristics can be summarized as "one high and four more", "one high" means high technological requirements, "four more" means more production processes, more patterns, more methods of shoe making and more varieties of cloth shoes. It often takes four or five days to make a pair of thousand layer soled cloth shoes, which can be completed through more than 90 processes. Each process has strict requirements, such as accurate size, skillful technique, appropriate strength and careful attention. Among them, there are three different techniques of shoemaking: direct shoemaking, reverse shoemaking and clear shoemaking. There are nearly 40 kinds of tools used in the whole shoemaking process. In addition to the continuous improvement of production process, neiliansheng also has high requirements for the quality of raw materials, accessories and accessories.

Neiliansheng has created more than 1500 kinds and styles of cloth shoes according to different seasons, ages, genders and customs, and has carried out a comprehensive and effective excavation and collation of the folk traditional shoe culture in northern China. Its thousand layer soled cloth shoes mainly include men's shoes, women's shoes, children's shoes, slippers four series of products, with the advantages of foot care, comfort and so on, which are welcomed by the majority of consumers.

Neiliansheng thousand layer sole cloth shoes manufacturing technology is inherited in the traditional mode of master leading apprentice. However, due to the complexity of this technology, the difficulty of learning and the long time of apprenticeship, it takes more than three years for apprentices to complete their apprenticeship. Therefore, fewer and fewer people learn this technology, and the inheritance is facing a great crisis, which needs to be paid attention to by relevant parties.