Tiger head shoes are one of the traditional Handicrafts in China, because the toe of the shoes is in the shape of a tiger's head, so it is called tiger head shoes. It has both practical value and ornamental value, and at the same time it is a mascot, and people give it the function of driving away ghosts and evil spirits.
On January 25, the reporter came to Ma Junguo in Xipang Village, Pangcun Town, Yibin District, and saw different styles of tiger head shoes, tiger head tiger brain, full of cuteness. Ma Junguo is an art teacher at Dongpangcun Primary School in Pangcun Town and a member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association. In 2009, he began to collect the folk art heritage of the western Henan region. At present, more than 50 pairs of tiger head shoes have been collected.
"Soon the Year of the Tiger, I wish you all the tigers and tigers, dragons and tigers." Ma Junguo said.
(Photo by Liu Bing, reporter of Luoyang News)