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A shoes museum to be build in Chengdu city

A shoes museum to be build in Chengdu city

Write: Toft [2011-05-20]

A shoes museum seated in Chengdu city, Chinese lady’s capital, is expected to open by the end of month that will be concurrent with opening of International Footwear Purchasing Festival.

The museum will be the showroom for displaying the progress of Chengdu footwear industry and history and culture of Chinese footwear. The tanning industry in Chengdu can trace back to Qing dynasty, in China footwear history Chengdu was well known for its shoemaking skills. So far Chengdu has grown to a national important footwear production base, earned the honor of “Lady’s Shoe Capital in China.”

Visitors to musem can experience the entire processing of shoemaking through on-the-spot demonstration, and see shoes made in different historical periods.