The origin of shoes

The origin of hats and shoes

A hat and a pair of shoes are very common daily necessities in the eyes of modern people. But in ancient times, humans didn't know how to wear shoes and hats, let alone making them. Huang Di led his people and gained a lot of experience in long-term labor. He made many inventions and creations, which solved a series of problems in human daily life. The invention of hats and shoes is one example. One winter, Huangdi planned to hold a celebration meeting and sent Hu Chao and Yu Ze into the mountains to hunt in advance. Hu Chao and Yu Ze prepared their tools, selected their personnel, and headed into the mountain in two groups. This winter, the climate was extremely cold. All these hunters wore animal skins around their waists and barefooted their heads. They fought with wild beasts in the mountains and forests every day and obtained a large number of prey. When they were preparing to return, the climate suddenly became colder. Although they lit a roaring bonfire, they still could not withstand the severe cold attack. Of the more than 50 hunters led by Hu Chao, more than 20 had their ears frozen off overnight. Yu Ze led more than 30 people, but half of them had their feet frozen to death and were unable to move. In the endless deep mountains and wild forests, how can we prevent more people from getting frostbite? When Hu Chao was worried about this, he found that in the woods in front of him, there were many bird's nests on the tree branches. After winter came, they flew to the warmer The bird's nests on the tree branches are now empty. Hu Chao picked up a stone, targeted a bird's nest on the tree and threw it hard, knocking the bird's nest down in one fell swoop. He picked it up and looked at it carefully, and then touched the inside and outside of the bird's nest with his hands. He found that although the bird's nest was made of firewood, it was soft, soft, and warm. He casually put it on the head of a man next to him whose ears were frozen. After seeing it, other people around also went up the tree to pick the bird's nest. In a short time, everyone had a bird's nest on their head, and they were no longer afraid of losing their ears.

Another hunting team led by Yu Ze encountered a heavy snowstorm. They stood barefoot in the deep snow, numb from the cold and unable to move forward. Yu Ze sat under a big tree, anxious, and his own feet were so cold that he almost lost consciousness. In order to move around and keep warm, he kept pushing his feet toward a big tree, kicking, kicking. He didn't know how long he had been pedaling, but he felt that his feet seemed to be pushing into the tree. At first, he didn't believe it. How could a human foot push into the tree? But when he looked carefully and touched it with his hand, it turned out that this The wood of the tree is soft. Yu Ze had an idea and immediately mobilized everyone to chop down the cork tree and cut it into short sections two feet long. Each person used a knife to hollow out the sections according to the size of their own feet, and then stuffed some hay inside. , worn on the feet, it is soft and warm. Although it is a little inconvenient to walk, it is much better than walking barefoot in the snow. In less than half a day, more than 30 hunters had put on these cork clogs. They are no longer afraid of freezing their feet in the ice and snow.

When the two hunting teams led by Hu Chao and Yu Ze, carrying a large number of prey, returned to the Qiao Kingdom victoriously, the Yellow Emperor personally led his subjects to welcome them from afar. When people found that some of the people who came back from hunting wore bird's nests on their heads, some wore clogs on their feet, and animal skins wrapped around their waists, which made them look particularly powerful, even the Yellow Emperor felt strange. Hu Chao and Yu Ze reported to Huangdi one by one their journey into the mountain. After hearing this, Huangdi praised them greatly and immediately summoned ministers such as Leizu, Aimu, Fenghou, Cangjie, and Changxian. He decided to mark Hu Chao and Yu Ze's merits each, and asked Cangjie to carve their names. From then on, people called the bird's nest on their head a hat and the clogs as shoes. Huangdi said to Leizu: "I hope that during the Daqing day, all the subjects of the Qiao Kingdom will wear hats on their heads and shoes on their feet." From then on, the wearing of shoes and hats by humans began to be passed down.