Jipsin
Korean name
Hangul	짚신
Revised Romanization	jipsin
McCune–Reischauer	chipsin

Jipsin (Korean: 짚신) are Korean traditional sandals made of straw. Koreans have worn straw sandals since ancient times. They are categorized as 이; 履; yi, shoes with a short height, and the specific name can vary according to the materials used, as with samsin, wanggolsin, cheongol jisin, and budeulsin.^[1][2]

In the Joseon period, jipsin were worn mostly by commoners, working farmers. The shoes were meant for walking, and wore down quickly. A full day's worth of walking would often wear out a pair. As such, most people knew how to make the shoes themselves. This was even true of middle and even upper-class women; it was not "considered lowering for her to engage in making of straw shoes".^[3]

They are very similar, especially in form, to mituri, which are also traditional Korean woven shoes. The difference lies primarily in materials; jipsin are typically made of straw, while mituri are made from hemp,^[4] Cyperus exaltatus (왕골), or cattail.^[5]

See also

• Hwa
• Saekki
• Waraji

References

External links

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• 풀짚 짚신만들기 on YouTube – How to make them (in Korean)

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