One of a pair of giant hand-stitched leather shoes in Pingyao
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2012-10-11
One of a pair of giant hand-stitched leather shoes in Pingyao, Shanxi province. Each shoe is 2.33 meters long, 0.68 meters wide, 0.68 meters high and weighs about 60 kg. A local leather shoe workshop spent three months and used 14 head of cattle to create the shoes. Wei Liang / for China Daily |