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clogs

straw sandal
Clothing takes the first place in people's basic needs of "clothing, food, housing and transportation". We can see clothing's 1 for ancient people from it. Shoes, in turn, hold a high position in clothing.
For the common people in ancient times, clogs and straw sandals cost much 2 than shoes made of cloth or leather, so they were highly popular for quite a long time. In fact, they both had their disadvantages—straw sandals could hurt people's 3 after long walks, while clogs were inconvenient for travels.
Liu Bei, a great ruler in the Three Kingdoms Period, made a living by selling straw sandals at 4. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao laughed at Liu as "nobody who just makes straw sandals". It 5 straw sandals were really worthless then, and that those who sold them were looked down upon.
The ancient people mostly 6 walking, so owning comfortable, cheap and durable(耐磨的) shoes was their dream. Ideas about other possible(可能的) 7 for shoes were come up with one after another in history. And you can always believe in our ancestors' final 8—cloth. Cloth shoes were breathable, 9 and cheap. So, they were accepted by the public soon.
The most fascinating part of cloth shoes is their thousand-layer soles(千层底). Tangchang, a town in Chengdu, is well-known for 10 cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles. In 2018, the government even added Tangchang cloth shoes to the intangible cultural heritage list of Sichuan Province.
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