Laid-Off Workers, "Tiger Shoe Studio" College Students To Join

However, people who are familiar with tiger head shoes and their exquisite practices are few and far between. The establishment of the Changzhou South Street Street Guanghua bridge community "tiger shoe business studio" has undoubtedly become a beautiful landscape in the inheritance of folk traditional handicrafts.

Under the guidance of a mother-in-law named Qian Pingjuan, more than 40 unemployed laid-off workers have joined the ranks of learning to make tiger shoes, and a small "tiger shoe business studio" has made some unemployed workers taste the sweetness of starting a business. Now more than 10 college students have joined the team of learning tiger shoes, which has injected new vitality into this folk art.

　　社区婆婆沉醉传统手工艺

Wearing a tiger's head hat and wearing tiger's head shoes, when the child passes "100 days", the female relatives in the family will give tiger shoes. It has both practical value and ornamental value, and is also a symbol of good luck.

Qian Pingjuan, a senior citizen in Guanghua bridge community, has been studying tiger shoes since he was thirteen or four years old. So far, he has made thousands of pairs and has high attainments in making shoes.

Reporters at the scene saw that red, yellow, black, blue, white and other colors of small cloth head in the mother-in-law's hands like magic tricks.

However, it can be seen that the work of this tiger shoe is very complicated. The mother-in-law told reporters that tiger shoes should be hit first.

When making this shoe, rabbit hair is often used to trim the edges of shoes, tiger ears, tiger eyes, and so on.

After wearing the tiger's shoes, the rabbit's hair fluttered in the wind, and the tiger's head was moved.

Because of the time and trouble, almost no one has been engaged in the handicraft of tiger head shoes, but Qian Pingjuan is still keen on this folk traditional handicraft. She also added her own ideas in the process of making her shoes.

Stimulating laid-off workers' entrepreneurial enthusiasm

Now tiger shoes are included in the intangible cultural heritage of Jiangsu province. Qian Pingjuan's handicraft is not just personal.

Guanghua bridge community Secretary Liu Yawan told reporters that she had always wanted to find a master in the community who would make tiger shoes, and passed on this folk art. However, she had been looking for no success. Until last February, secretary Liu visited the district to pay New Year's notice, and unwittingly discovered that a mother-in-law named Qian Pingjuan could make tiger shoes and had superb skills.

Considering that there were still more than 40 unemployed and laid-off workers in the community at that time, they had been preparing for a month.

Since the establishment of the studio, we have seen the exquisite skills of the mother-in-law in making tiger shoes. Many people have come to fame. Now, there are more than 40 people who have formally signed up.

Secretary Liu said, "there were only two teachers in the studio, and Qian Pingjuan and her niece Pan Sanyuan, who had the skills to teach their skills, now have three students."

Although the studio is small, it makes some unemployed workers taste the sweetness of starting a business. He Wenjuan, 50 years old, is one of the three apprentices. She has been unemployed for more than 10 years. Now she takes tiger shoes as the starting point of her own business. After learning this craft, she soon made money.

She told reporters that the first batch of 30 pairs of tiger head shoes were all bought by a wedding photography shop on the South Street Pedestrian Street. Then, at the recommended meeting of the Changzhou project, the three hundred pairs of tiger shoes sold by her were sold out, and the site earned nearly 2000 yuan.

He Wenjuan told reporters that she wanted to register her trademark for tiger shoes, creating her own brand, but needed a certain amount of money and more energy.

At present, it is better to accumulate these tiger shoes first.

Although He Wenjuan has not yet had a special shop, there are more and more people who come to buy tiger shoes.

"I used to do some scattered lines before. Now I think of it as my career, and I will go outside to feed and come back and sew."

There are so many people coming home to buy them now that I have no time to do so.

He Wenjuan is very happy to talk about his "entrepreneurial experience".

　　大学生也来”加盟”工作室

The traditional "tiger shoe" pattern is simple and the style is single. The students in the studio think more and more beautiful graphics.

Now, tiger head shoes have a new variety of tiger head boots under everyone's brainstorming. They are not only beautiful but also warmer and fashionable.

More and more stores are calling and community contact to order tiger shoes.

"Tiger shoes business studio" will also be contacted with regional jewelry stores. With the help of their creative design, they will give more fashionable elements to the ancient folk handicrafts such as tiger shoes, enhance the artistic level, enhance business value and expand market space, so as to provide a platform for more unemployed people to learn skills and create jobs.

Secretary Liu told reporters: "they plan to display a display cabinet in the community office and display all kinds of tiger shoes in the showcase. They can not only give people the appreciation of exquisite traditional folk arts, but also attract more people to learn this craft, and those who come to appreciate can find their favorite styles in the showcase if they want to order."

　　就在前两天，江苏工业学院法学与公共管理学院的10多名大一学生来到广化桥社区，表示对虎头鞋这个民间工艺品很感兴趣，想要学习。在经过短时间的培训后，有几个小姑娘已经绣得有模有样了。柳书记表示，社区将为正式报名做虎头鞋的学员们半个月开一次课，希望更多的人来学习这项民间手艺，将民间的传统工艺传承下去。