Guilin Tourism Fashion Life - Dong Girl Skillfully Makes Love Tokens Shoes

When a Dong young man of the Longsheng, Guilin tourist city proposes to a girl, if he can get a pair of beautiful new cloth shoes carefully handmade by the girl herself, it means that he has got the girl's sincere heart. Because cloth shoes are the most precious betrothal gifts from the girl to the boy.

Dong girls start to learn embroidery and making cloth shoes since childhood. When they are 17 or 18 years old, they become proficient in all kinds of needlework such as flower embroidery and shoemaking. Every night, they dress up and gather together in groups of three or five, either in wooden building or drum tower, to make shoes or weave Dong brocade. Naturally, young men take this opportunity to come for "sitting with sisters" (a way of dating) and propose. If the girl does not like the boy after multiple dates, she will tactfully decline; if the girl likes the boy, she will express her willingness to be his partner face-to-face. After the girl makes it clear, the boy immediately gives her a silver ring engraved with peach blossom pattern as their betrothal token. After receiving the ring, the girl promises to make a pair of cloth shoes for the boy.