Qiang People'S Culture "Cloud Shoes"

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1. the Qiang people explained the reasons for wearing "Yun Yun shoes" according to two historical legends.

At the beginning of Dayu's water control, he was beset with difficulties. Later, Yu's wife, Tu Shan, made shoes for him, embroidered the patterns of clouds, and when Yu walked on the clouds, he succeeded in running the water successfully.

"Yun Yun shoes" has also been named as one of the traditional costumes of Qiang people.

Two, Qiang Nationality's historical legend "Qiang Ge war".

In the early days when the Qiang people moved to today's settlements, they broke out a war with the local people of the ghetchi. After repeated defeats, they were guided by the gods, embroidered with Moire on their shoes, and then strenched and strenched.

Though it is a legend, we can understand the simple life attitude of the Qiang people and the yearning for a better life.

2. the tradition of sheep worship: the decorative patterns of "Yun Yun shoes" are mostly the deformation of sheep's horns or clouds. The appearance of this pattern stems from its worship of sheep. There are two reasons for this: first, the Qiang people do not have words. According to Qiang people's words, the early Qiang characters were written on bark. As the Han nationality called the dugong, namely the wizard, the link between Qiang people and gods, the incarnation of Qiang people's culture and the spiritual support of the Qiang people, the bark was eaten by the sheep.

This legend shows that sheep are a carrier of Qiang culture.

Two, sheep are close friends of Qiang people. Qiang people's clothing and food are closely related to sheep.

The creative inspiration of Qiang decorative patterns mostly originates from sheep, and the decorative patterns, murals, sculptures and so on, which are based on the motif of sheep, can be seen everywhere.

The most typical sheep ear shaped double ears can be used in Qiang archaeology.

3. the symbolic meaning of color: "Yun Yun shoes" ornamentation is mainly red, blue and white.

These three colors are directly related to their survival and living environment: red is the symbol of the sun and fire in the eyes of the Qiang people.

Yan Qiang, the legendary ancestor of the Qiang nationality, was "emperor of fire" and "Yan Di". "Yan Emperor is the master of fire, and Jiang's surname is also later" ("Zuo Chuan AI Gong nine years").

Due to the worship of ancestors and the importance of fire in life, the custom of keeping fire continues to this day.

Red symbolizes fire and has been favored by the Qiang people in decoration.

Qiang people are good at drawing materials from nature, and blue is the symbol of the sky.

The Qiang people live in the mountains, and the purity of the blue sky and white clouds has created the broad mind of the Qiang people. The use of blue in decorations can be understood as the worship of the Qiang people to heaven and the embodiment of the simple and bold character of the Qiang people.

Qiang people are still white.

The Qiang nationality has the tradition of Bai Shi worship. Bai Shi has played a decisive role in the survival of Qiang people in the legend of Qiang people, and is a totem of Qiang people.

White is also a symbol of purity, but also the color of the clouds, and white Shi Ke fire, closely related to survival, and become the main element of the Qiang people's decorative color.

4. the symbolic expression of historical experience: the Qiang people claim to be "clouds".