According to a certain document, there is at least 3,000 years’ history of Chinese people wearing wooden clogs. "Historical Records", written by Sima Qian, recorded that Duke Wen of Jin, one of five hegemon...According to a certain document, there is at least 3,000 years’ history of Chinese people wearing wooden clogs. "Historical Records", written by Sima Qian, recorded that Duke Wen of Jin, one of five hegemonies during the Spring and Autumn period, had once worn a pair of clogs to commemorate the death of Jie Zitui, a loyal minister of his. As a result, we have a phrase "zu xia" (under feet). In today’s world, however, we can see that Japanese people wear wooden clogs or getas so often that many of us think wooden clogs are traditional Japanese attire. But, dating back to the hoary past and harking back to the remotest clomping sounds of getas, we will be surprised to find that wooden clogs were actually brought back to Japan by Japanese students who studied in Tang China.展开更多
文摘According to a certain document, there is at least 3,000 years’ history of Chinese people wearing wooden clogs. "Historical Records", written by Sima Qian, recorded that Duke Wen of Jin, one of five hegemonies during the Spring and Autumn period, had once worn a pair of clogs to commemorate the death of Jie Zitui, a loyal minister of his. As a result, we have a phrase "zu xia" (under feet). In today’s world, however, we can see that Japanese people wear wooden clogs or getas so often that many of us think wooden clogs are traditional Japanese attire. But, dating back to the hoary past and harking back to the remotest clomping sounds of getas, we will be surprised to find that wooden clogs were actually brought back to Japan by Japanese students who studied in Tang China.
