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  1. China's national clothing is colorful, exquisite in craftsmanship, rich decoration, and the emphasis on clothing details is often related to its ethnic history history. Those patterns, patterns, and accessories that have been passed down from generation to generation are not only craftsmanship made by fine work, but also a continuation of a national cultural tradition. People can also discover the customs and taboos behind them from the rich social connotation.

    The ancient Deion people in the southwestern Chinese borders. The most noticeable thing in the Dion clothing is several laps or dozens of vine hoops between women's waist. Legend has it that the ancestors of the Dang people came out of the gourd. The men's appearance was exactly the same. Women came out of the sky when they came out of the gourd. Can't fly anymore, since then lived with men, reproduced from generation to generation.

    The waist hoop is made of rattan, and some of them are used in the front half of the body, and the second half is a spiral silver wire. The waist holes are wide and narrow and thick, and are used to paint red, yellow, black, green and other colors, and there are various patterns or silver skin on it. The more wearing the waist hoop, the more particular the workmanship is, the more glorious it is. Those carefully made waistbands during love can show the cleverness of the heart and sincere love for the girl; the more adult women wear the waist hoop, the higher the material used, the stronger the economic strength of her husband and her at home at home High status.

    The waist decoration of the Yi women is unique, not only not to be beautiful and gentle, but even rough. Yi Girls traditionally wearing a large black waist ring, which is generally made of elm bark. Here is a legend that when the ancient Yi people encountered enemy battles, women also went to the battlefield with men. They were brave and warned. Later, the Yi women did not participate in the war, but they still insisted on using the black waist ring as a amulet and mascot.

    The girl girls also pay attention to wearing waist hoop. In the past, it was made of bamboo and rattan. The waist hoop with a pattern on it. They are decorated with silver bracelets on their upper arms and wrists, and they wear several bamboo rings or vine circles on their thighs and calves.

    The silver belt of the Dai girl is very precious, and some were passed down from the mother and passed down from generation to generation. However, in daily life, the silver belt is often used as a love token. If the girl gives the silver belt to which little guy, it means that she has fallen in love with him.

    Mo Mongolian in the north also has unique waist accessories. Whenever a grassland party, during the most national characteristic horse race and wrestling competitions, the young man must be surrounded by a special wide belt or silk belt on the waist. In the usual dress, the belt is also indispensable. Some are made of leather. More often, they use cotton and satin, about three or four meters long. Because the Mongolians are based on animal husbandry, and they are located in the severe cold area of ​​wind and sand. The belt can not only prevent wind and cold, but also maintain the stability of the lumbar spine when riding a horse. When the man tied his belt, in order to ride the ride, he lifted the robe more. The Mongolian knife, fire sickle and smoke purse were hung on the belt. When a woman tie her belt, she always likes to pull the robe down to make it wear a flat show, the waist is prominent, to show up her figure and handsomeness.

    The belt outside the Ewenka herdsmen's robe also has its own cultural connotation. If a man does not tie the belt, it will be considered an impolite behavior. Women can usually do not tie the belt, but the labor must be tied during labor. superior. The Yugu people who are also engaged in animal husbandry are also very particular about the wearables of the belt. Men use them with red and blue colors, and hang on the belt with waist knife, fire sickle, firestone, small hits, snuff bottle, or dry smoke bag. The women are mostly red. , Green, purple belt, often tied a few bright colors on it. Russians, located in the northwest of China, like to have thin belts. Some of these waist bands use leather, some use cloth, and more are woven with silk threads on the right side of the waist. The tassel sags naturally. The Dai people are good at picking flowers and embroidery. In addition to using the brocade belt directly, they also love to pick and embroidery various colorful patterns on the cloth belt.

    The various waist accessories attract modern human scholars and fashion designers with their rich cultural content and unique decorative effects. Touring the roots, waist ornaments have primitive life worship; and in the eyes of modern people who pursue changes and the aesthetics of clothing and aesthetics, waist ornaments are an indispensable popular element.

    The people who have been to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places in China, if they see the local Dai girl, they will be attracted by their strange headdress- "Phoenix Crown". It was a rounded headgear from the back of the head to the forehead, because the red head rope was connected to the braid, and it was also possible to say that it was. The hairstyle of married women is different. They combed their hair from the back to grow up buns, covering a cock -shaped hat on the rear brain, and there is a red velvet ring beam between the hair. There is also a small bamboo tube of 5 cm or smaller on the top of the head, and the hair is combed on the bamboo tube into a snail shape. When combing your hair, you should not only apply tea oil and water, but also mix with wigs, so it looks tall, fluffy, and bright.

    The "Phoenix Crown" worn by the bride is a small and sharp hat made of bamboo tube. It is wrapped in yellow cloth with silver medals, silver bells and red cloth strips on it. The red cloth strip has been hanging on the waist, and there is a row of silver villains in front of it, hanging at the forehead, covering the face, and the bride adds mysterious in the pretty. In the festive days, the Dai people want to put on the whole "phoenix costume", which is not only the nostalgia of the ancestors, but also the protection of the ancestors. This is the ancestor worship in the clothing. In China and even all human clothing, the cultural concepts of primitive worship are reflected in various forms, some are the overall clothing image, and some are just a detail.

    The legend that the ancestor of the Dai nationality was named Pan Yan. He was recruited by the tribe leader as a horse because of his achievements when he was fighting for foreign enemies. On the day of Pan Yan Wang Chengjin, the bride's mother gave her daughter a very precious phoenix crown and a phoenix inlaid with jewelry to show her blessings to her daughter. After the marriage of the third princess, she gave birth to three men and one woman, and her life was happy. When her daughter got married, the beautiful and noble phoenix magically flew out of the mountain (the name of Fenghuang Mountain in the back of the mountain, located in Guangdong Province today), mouth There is a colorful phoenix dress. Since then, women of the Dai people have been wearing phoenixes as the most beautiful costumes. It has a sacred meaning and pray for everything.

    The phoenix prefix is ​​embroidered on the clothes with red, pink or yellow patterns, and embroidered with gold and silver threads to represent the gorgeous feathers of Phoenix. The Phoenix crown on his head represents the distinguished phoenix head. Because in the legend, Phoenix understands music and is the musician of the gods. Therefore, this set of phoenixes also need to be hanging on the whole body with a loud silver jewelry, as if it is the tweet of Phoenix.

    The Yi people living in Liangshan, Sichuan and Yunnan, have a long history and unique clothing. The Yi people advocate leather armor because they believe that the skin armor can protect their families and individuals. Legend has it that the ancients were made of rhino leather and elephant leather. Now it is made of yellow cowhide. It uses raw cowhide as a tire. The arrows are surrounded by arrows. The meaning is that the dragon python is the god of the gods who dispatched to the world, and the owner of the Miao clothing who helps the armor to defeat the enemy can prevent spears and swords on swords, protect the armor of the armor and achieve victory. The Yi people divide the armor into male and female. The color of the male armor is mainly red, and the color of female armor is mainly black. In other arts of the Yi people, they also love to use black, red, and yellow. Black indicates noble and solemn, red symbolizes courage and enthusiasm, and yellow represents beauty and light. The Yi people are still dark, respectful, and Shangwu, which has been perfectly reflected on the skin armor.

    women of the Dai people like to embroider peacock on clothing. In addition to expressing their memories of their ancestors, their devotion peacock can bring good luck to the people. In a long poem from the Dai tribe, a beautiful and kind peacock princess was described. One day, she flew to the lake to bathe and was stolen the peacock clothes by the prince who loved her. They fell in love, and they became husband and wife and lived a happy life. The Peacock King did not allow it after learning that he sent troops to conquer, and the prince led his soldiers to fight. However, the prince's father listened to the letter that he wanted to kill Princess Peacock. The princess asked to wear a peacock dress to dance once before death. As a result, the opportunity to fly away. The prince prayed for Shenlong to help, and crossed the mountains and rivers to reunite with the princess. To commemorate the happy lovers, the family of Dai has to put on peacock clothes every festival, or embroider peacock patterns on clothing.

    The Yao people living in Guangxi. Men are wearing white pants, but they are not plain, but sewn five or seven vertical red cloth decorations on their knees, and some are embroidered with red threads. Then decorate small patterns of various shapes. This practice of sewing red cloth on white pants is also a story of a touching ancestor worship. A long time ago, their ancestors lived a life of living in peace, and suddenly a devil came, asking people to dedicate food and girls to him, and to hear him. There is a handsome and brave guy in the tribe who leads men and women to fight and fight, and take the lead in chase to the mountains. When people arrived, they found that the guy had already gone with the devil. He also grabbed the devil's hair, leaving the blood on his clothes to be caught by the devil's paw. In order to remember the hero who drove the demon for the people, people embroidered or sewed red vertical patterns on white pants, symbolizing the scratching blood stains to commemorate the ancestors and inspire themselves.

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