In February, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Zhanqi Village in southwest China's Sichuan Province as part of a poverty alleviation tour. In his visit to a store selling handmade shoes, the president was offered a pair of shoes by the vendor. Xi insisted on paying for them, telling the seller he could never take kindness for granted.

　　2018年2月12日上午，習近平在成都市郫都區(qū)唐昌街道戰(zhàn)旗村調(diào)研，一位村民熱情地拿起一雙布鞋想送給總書記。習近平笑著說：“送我就不好穿了，買一雙可以！”

　　這一視頻發(fā)出后立刻在網(wǎng)上熱傳，人們紛紛為習總書記買鞋的這個細節(jié)點贊。

　　Backgrounder：What shoes did Xi Jinping buy?

　　作為南派布鞋的代表，唐昌布鞋是我國千層底布鞋的一個分支流派，距今已有700多年歷史，其制作工藝極為繁瑣，從備料到總檢要經(jīng)過30余道大工序和100余道小工序。2016年，唐昌布鞋獲得“成都市非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)”稱號。

　　The handmade shoes that President Xi Jinping bought are known as “shoes with a sole of a thousand layers” in Chinese. A version of the style was first made more than 700 years ago. In 2016, the manufacturing technique was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Chengdu City, and the ancient craft is slated for greater preservation.