Cloth shoes are those most widely worn by Chinese minorities. The beautiful decorations on them show their rich culture. Cloth shoes are a national art and craft, an ornament for view and admiration, integrating color with embroidery. These shoes also serve as a practical daily necessity. The Pumi, Puyi, Miao, Tujia, She, Maonan and Yi minorities all wear embroidered shoes that encompass their aesthetic approach, local habit and social information. Cloth shoes of the Dong minority are embroidered with the smooth and fluid lines of botanic, expressing the lively and subtle character of Dong women. While the Naxi like to use bright red, broad-edged shoes which have livelv and colorful embroideries of birds, animals and flowers that relate to their philosophy of “living together with heaven and earth.” The Mongolian minority resides in northern China, where the weather can be severely cold, They wear cloth boots to keep themselves warm. Although the ground is covered with snow, the colorful embroideries of The beautiful decorations on them show their rich culture. Cloth shoes are a national art and craft, an ornament for view and admiration, integrating color with embroidery. These shoes also serve as a practical daily The Pumi, Puyi, Miao, Tujia, She, Maonan and Yi minorities all wear embroidered shoes that encompass their aesthetic approach, local habit and social information. Cloth shoes of the Dong minority are embroidered with the smooth and fluid lines of botanic, expressing the lively and subtle character of Dong women. While the Naxi like to use bright red, broad-edged shoes which have livelv and colorful embroideries of birds, animals and flowers that relate to their philosophy of “living together with heaven and earth. ”The Mongolian minority resides in northern China, where the weather can be severely cold, They wear cloth boots to keep themselves warm. Although the ground is covered with snow, the colo rful embroideries of