Influenced by the custom of the ancestors to make shoes by whittling wood, the Qi shoes worn by the Manchu women were called“clogs”(Qi shoes).The clogs were characteristic of 10cm hige soles in the middle, whose shape was like flowerpot or horse heel. Accordingly, the clogs were called pot-sole shoe or horse-heel shoes. The embroidered shoes or pearl-embroidered shoes paried with the white-fine cloth sole.

　　Qixie (Manchu shoes): ancestors of the Manchu had a convention of "making shoes out of wood". By the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), their shoes had developed into the high-heeled female shoes of wooden treads: those in the shape of a flowerpot were called "flowerpot shoes", and those in shape of a horse's hoof were called "horse hoof-tread" shoes. The Manchu shoes for aged women had a piece of flat wood as the tread, called "flat-tread shoes ". Usually, there were colorized brims or bead string patterns on both the upper and the vamp. The Manchu had a custom of females wearing Qixie (Manchu shoes) and males wearing boots. Officials wore square-toed boots, and commoners wore pointed-toed boots. Materials of the boots include satin, woven silks, cloth and leather, etc.