Manchu platform shoes refers to the traditional high platform shoes worn by Manchu women which appeared in the early Qing dynasty and continued to be worn even in the late Qing dynasty.[1][2] It is a type of Qixie (Chinese: 旗鞋; lit. 'Manchu shoes'), Manchu shoes,[1] which forms part of the Qizhuang, the traditional attire of the Manchu people. Depending on its styles of its, the Manchu platform shoes could be classified as gaodixie (Chinese: 高底鞋), which were high-heeled shoes, and yuanbaodi (Chinese: 元宝底), which were typically low-heeled shoes.
The gaodixie could be further divided into the huapenxie (Chinese: 花盆鞋; pinyin: huāpénxié; lit. 'flowerpot shoes'), also known as huapendi (Chinese: 花盆底; pinyin: huāpéndǐ), huapendixie (Chinese: 花盆底鞋)[2] or commonly referred as flowerpot shoes in English,[1] and the matixie (Chinese: 馬蹄鞋; pinyin: mǎtí xié; lit. 'horsehoof shoes'), also known as matidixie (Chinese: 馬蹄底鞋),[2] which is commonly referred as horse hoof-tread shoes[1] or horse-hoof shoes[3] in English.
^ abcd"Manchu Shoes and Chromatic Plumes on the Head". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
^ abcShepherd, John Robert (2018). Footbinding as fashion : ethnicity, labor, and status in traditional China (First ed.). Seattle, Washington. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-295-74442-1. OCLC 1040076055.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media (2011-05-26). "Manchu horse-hoof shoes: Footwear and cultural identity". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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