Horse Hair Boots Are Becoming A Fashionable Piece Of "Concave Style" For Young People

On the streets of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in the bustling bazaar of the post Baikal town in Russia, and in the folk activities of various sizes on the streets of Inner Mongolia and other places in China, horse hair boots are becoming a fashionable piece of "concave style" for young people.

Ilena from Russia will go to Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, as a performer to participate in local ice and snow activities every winter. This year, she also "shouldered a heavy responsibility", and was entrusted by her friends to purchase the popular snow boots this winter - Mongolian horse hair boots.

The horse hair boots purchased by Elaine are produced in Hulunbeier, Xilingol and other places. The lowest temperature in winter here can fall below - 40 ℃. In the past few centuries, the cold proof, wear-resistant and comfortable high leather boots with wool lining are essential for herdsmen's production and life.

On December 6, in Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, tourists were selecting horse hair boots. Photographed by Aolan

"On this basis, we changed the material to horse hair and combined with modern technology to make horse hair boots." Bai Wenrui, the successor of horse hair boots manufacturing technology, runs a workshop in Hulunbeier.

"Our horse hair boots are all self-developed and self-designed. We are constantly improving the design and material, adding various fashionable elements with the flavor of the times," said Bai Wenrui.

In recent years, with the popularity of activities such as Nadam in Inner Mongolia in winter, horse hair boots have also entered the vision of Chinese and foreign tourists. The warm and fashionable horse hair boots are no longer exclusive to "grass fellow townsmen", but are sought after by more young people.

On December 6, in Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, the workshop of Bai Wenrui, the successor of the horsehair boot making technique, was filled with horsehair boots of different styles. Photographed by Aolan

Walking in the streets of Hulunbeier City, the reporter from China News Agency found that there were many people wearing horse hair boots and many stores selling horse hair boots.

In one of the horse hair boots stores, there were many young girls, but the shoe sizes here were not complete. According to the clerk, since the beginning of winter, the shop has not been able to close at the original closing time for a long time.

Horse hair boots are often sold for hundreds of yuan (RMB, the same below), and special models for more than a thousand yuan are not cheap for consumers, but labels such as purely handmade, unique, nomadic charm, etc. make horse hair boots popular. The reporter found in the communication with young consumers that this coincides with the current young people's mentality of "you can buy expensive, but you can't buy expensive".

"Each pair of style is unique, which is worth hundreds of yuan." Yu Xiuxiu, a tourist from Guangzhou, loved his carefully selected horse hair boots and put them on after paying the bill.

The reporter found in the interview that in order to meet the market demand, the horsehair boots have developed from the original high boots to dozens of types such as Martin and Birken.

Open social media, there are many "Amway" wearing horse hair boots, whether it is daily commuting clothes or delicate lady style, horse hair boots can be "mastered".

On the online sales platform, a black and white panda horsehair boot was the best seller this winter. The online buyer "A * * r" commented that he had not got the shoes in the correct size, so he could only buy the shoes in a larger size.

"Tourists who come to Hulunbeier in winter will almost buy a pair of horse hair boots. In the ice and snow folk activities, wearing horse hair boots seems to be more able to integrate into the local environment and atmosphere." Tian Baoliang, the sales of horse hair boots, told reporters that this is a promising business. "Traditional crafts can continue, and products with national characteristics can also be promoted.". (Author: Ao Lan, Zhang Wei)

(Source: China News Network)