Gao Qinying works on a tiger boot in Tancheng County of Linyi City in east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 5, 2011. Gao Qinying, 69, started to make these artworks since 16 years old. The hand-made boots and hats with tiger images, which requires a series of complicated procedures such as stitching and embroidering, are cherished by the people in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. But in nowadays, the hand-made hats and boots are marginalized due to the mass production of mechanization.
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