Traditional craft of making cloth shoes thrives in ancient city of Pingyao

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Traditional craft of making cloth shoes thrives in ancient city of Pingyao

STORY: Traditional craft of making cloth shoes thrives in ancient city of Pingyao DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Pingyao City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU TIANLONG, Cloth shoes craftsman 3. various of cloth shoes shops 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Visitor STORYLINE: Pingyao City, north China's Shanxi, is one of the best-preserved ancient walled cities in China and a UNESCO world heritage site. There, visitors not only can buy different kinds of handmade cloth shoes, but also experience the time-honored shoe-making skills. Making a pair of cloth shoes needs many procedures, which are very complicated and labor-consuming. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU TIANLONG, Cloth shoes craftsman "The sole is made with layered cloth. There are 36 layers. To complete a sole, a total of over 2,100 stitches are needed. Traditional skills cannot be lost, absolutely not." In Pingyao, different kinds of cloth shoes with unique cultural characteristics hav

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