Xibo Dress: The Nomadic Spirit Of Xibo Dress

The Xibes' robes are in the majority.

In the Qing Dynasty, Xibo men's clothing liked to use green, grey, blue, brown and other colors. The costumes were basically the same as those of the Manchu nationality.

In order to facilitate riding, labor and operation, wearing a long gown and a pair of short sleeves on the left and right cardigan, putting on the back of the waistcoat, pulling leg girdle and girdle the waist, hanging on the belt, pouch, wearing cloth boots, wearing a hat (summer), felt hat (winter) or a hat.

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In addition to their usual costumes, shamans in the Xibe shamans have their own special clothes. They wear six helmets, chest hanging hearts, and waist embroidered skirts.

Shaman put on this dress to jump up Shaman Dance, imitating various animal forms and chasing, fighting and killing actions, reflecting not only the spirit of primitive clan era and the breath of hunting and nomadic life, but also the characteristics of mountain forest culture and grassland culture.

Women should dress more carefully, wear long and foot cheongsam, stick to lace or embroidered broadsides, cover the back of the shoulders, have a pair of shoulders on the shoulders, and have big buttons and lace.

Skirts, cuffs, necklines and hem are lined with trimming.

Black leg strap, white socks and embroidered shoes.

Maidens and unmarried girls, a long braid, braided their roots with all kinds of "wool", without hair curtains, heads, plaits, flowers, ears, gold (silver) earrings, and elegant elegant cheongsam.

A colorful handkerchief is hidden in the pocket of the right waist, and half of it is outside the pocket.

Feet embroidered cloth shoes, showing youthful vitality.

At the wedding ceremony, the bride Day Gio Thakura (Xibo headwear, that is, cloth hair ring), has shells, jewels and gold and silver ornaments, and the next row of silver chains or beads adorn on the eyebrows.

In the year after marriage, you will still have to wear the tower library to participate in the larger celebration activities.

The dress of a daughter-in-law is not different from that of a girl, but it is brighter than that of a girl.

Hairstyles are also different. The daughter-in-law combs "Panlong bun", with "bangs" in front of the forehead, "swallowtail" on the back of the head, black hair on the top, and a bun shape. In daily life, it will be braided into double plaits or two "bun". It will become a big "lump bun".

Face can be powdered, mouth can be coated with lipstick, can dye nails.

A gold hairpin is placed on the head and a gold (silver, jade) bracelet is worn on the wrist.

Married women have wings on their heads.

Women wear earrings, bracelets, rings, etc.

The legs of both men and women are tied with black leg belts, young women wear red and pink leg belts, and white legs are worn when they are mourning.

The Xibe dress, which is scattered in the northeast, is the same as the local Han and Manchu people.

Although Xibo women in Xinjiang still like to wear cheongsam, the big, lower, and cuffs are lined with long lines and long legs, but their clothing has changed significantly, especially when young people have already put on more dresses.

Men wear breasted blouses, their trouser legs tighten at their ankles, and winter gowns.

When an elderly woman goes out, she has to take a pouch in her hand.

Xibo women are good at embroidery. As men can shoot, women will be despised if they can not embroider.

Embroidery patterns are mostly flowers, birds, fish and worms.

The Xibo nationality first lived in the area of Xingan and Hulun Buir Grassland, and later moved to Nenjiang and Songhua River. They lived in hunting and hunting, eating meat skin, and ice fishing without water.

According to historical records and folklore, hunting and fishing still occupy an important position in the economic life of the Xibe people until the late sixteenth Century.

There are no direct and explicit records in the history of the Xibe people and the earlier stage of the costumes.

However, according to the characteristics of the local environment at that time and their living characteristics of hunting, riding and shooting, and the surrounding ethnic groups, we could infer that the early clothing of Xibo people was mainly made of deer, hide and other animal skins.

The Xibes' Robe is a large robe. The bottom edge is half a foot below the knee. The cuffs are horseshoe shaped, which can be rolled up, can be lowered, the trousers underneath, and the "Leggings" (only two trouser legs, no crotch and back waist). In the spring and Autumn Period, they are "sandwiched trousers" and winter wear "cotton pants".

In the Qing Dynasty, Xibo men's clothing liked to use green, grey, blue, brown and other colors. The costumes were basically the same as those of the Manchu nationality.

In order to facilitate riding, labor and operation, wearing a long gown and a pair of short sleeves on the left and right cardigan, putting on the back of the waistcoat, pulling leg girdle and girdle the waist, hanging on the belt, pouch, wearing cloth boots, wearing a hat (summer), felt hat (winter) or a hat.

Xibo people mostly live in the counties of Xinjiang, Gongliu, and Shenyang, Kaiyuan, Yixian, Beizhen, Xinmin, Fengcheng, Fuyu, Inner Mongolia and the Nenjiang basin of Heilongjiang province. They live in the northeast and are descendants of the ancient Xianbei people.

In the early seventeenth Century, the Sibo tribe, who lived in Fuyu and Jilin for fishing and hunting, was born in Manchuria in the northeast.

In 1636, it was put into eight banners. After that, it was moved southward to Manchuria with eight banners to live in a stable agricultural economy.

In the middle of eighteenth Century, the Qing government moved some of the Xibe people to Xinjiang in order to consolidate the northwest frontier defense. After that, Xibo people settled down in the Yili Valley and opened up their second home.

Since then, the Xibo nationality has separated from the northeast and Xinjiang. The Xibe people used to believe in many gods, but also believed in Shamanism and Lamaism.

The 18th day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is a festival for the Xibe ancestors to move westward.

The Xibe Nationality is a Manchu branch of the Manchu tongus language family in the Altai language family. It is very close to Manchu.

Xibo nationality uses Han, Uygur and Kazakh language.

Xibo was changed in the 36 years of the Republic of China (1947) on the basis of Manchu language.

Xibo people love riding and archery.

Therefore, Xibo people enjoy the reputation of "archery peoples".

The folk festivals of the Xibe Nationality are the same as the Han nationality.

Such as: Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and so on.

The Xibo people in Xinjiang regard the year the 18th day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar as the westward migration Festival. The Xibo language is called "Du Yin Bai Zhan Kun". During the westward migration, every family eats fish and every household steamed meat.

In the past, every household had to make flour paste (Mi Shun), and put it into a vat for seasoning.

This is a traditional festival of the Xibe people over the past two hundred years. It commemorated the Yili area where some Xibe people moved westward to the northwestern border of the motherland.

Every the 18th day of the fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, in Xibo village, they have to set up a kitchen in the temple, kill pigs, eat sorghum rice, and every family goes to the family to feast, to commemorate the historical feats of the Xibe people moving westward.

In addition, the festival is also a traditional festival of the Xibe people. It is held on the 27th day of the twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year.

On the day of the festival, each family chose a fat ram and washed it with water. After slaughtering, put a table in the courtyard, put the slaughtered sheep at the table, put a small Kang Table in the corner of the western house, put seven candles on it, and put it into the look of the Big Dipper, then ignite it.

On the northwest wall of the courtyard, according to the position of the Big Dipper, the seven pieces of wood pits beforehand were cut, and a candle was lit on each stake.

The lamb leg that night was cooked for one night, and seven stars were blessed.