Wedge-heeled high heels of the Eastern Han Dynasty were called Wanxia.
The earliest record of high heels in China is from the Han Dynasty. Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote "Shi Ming Shi Clothes" and recorded that there was a kind of wedge-heeled high heels called Wanxia at that time. Mi Fu, a calligrapher of the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Huang Wende" It is also recorded in the postscript of "Illustration of the Queen's Remains" that the shoes of Empress Changsun of the Tang Dynasty were woven with red feathers, with gold leaves on the front and back decorated with clouds, long feet, and about three inches upward from the bottom. In addition, the Tang Dynasty also began to have high-heeled bow shoes for women with bound feet.
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A Venetian businessman in the 15th century married a beautiful and charming woman. The businessman often had to go out to do business, and he was worried that his wife would go out to have a romantic affair, which made him very distressed. One rainy day, he was walking on the street. There was a lot of mud on the heels of his shoes, making it difficult for him to walk. The businessman was inspired by this and immediately asked someone to make a pair of shoes with very high heels.
Because Venice is a water city and boats are the main means of transportation, the businessman believed that his wife could not walk on the gangplank in high heels, so he could trap her at home. Unexpectedly, his wife put on these shoes and felt very novel. Accompanied by the servant, she got on and off the boat and played around.