Analysis Of The Historical Significance Of The Miao Embroidery Clothing

Most of the embroidery patterns of Miao people in Xiangxi are images and abstract expressions of objects. They are analyzed and reconstructed decorative patterns, reflecting the most primitive spiritual needs and aspirations of mankind.

Its patterns are rich and varied.

Worship of gods and animals

Dragon and phoenix pattern: in the Miao nationality, the red seedling is a symbol of dragon clan symbol, mainly distributed in Xiangxi and Qiandongnan area. The dragon pattern is used freely by the Miao people to dress and become popular and civilian.

It is not fixed in the Miao costumes as the dragon pattern of Han nationality, but evolved with the imagination of Miao people.

If it fits into a turtle like a turtle, it becomes a "ox dragon" with a cow, and becomes a chicken head dragon with chickens.

In the West Miao embroidery, the Phoenix and the natural things are combined to symbolize the auspicious composition. The common are: Phoenix wears peony, dragon and Phoenix, and so on.

It usually highlights the head, tail and wings, and usually combines the tail with the stem, showing the unique charm and temperament of the "female emperor".

Niu Wen: the Miao people regard cattle as the embodiment of their ancestors, Chi You, on the one hand, they are the embodiment of ancestor worship, and on the other hand, they are grateful and worshiped to the animal.

In the Miao costumes, the shapes of cattle stripe and ox horn are commonly seen, mostly based on realism, and some combine the cattle lines and dragon patterns, giving them great strength and surpassing nature.

Dog stripe: dog stripe is used more in the embroidery pattern of Miao nationality. On the one hand, the Miao nationality lives in the deep mountains, and the dog is a loyal life partner of Miao people, helping Miao people hunting, watching homes and nursing homes. On the other hand, it is also an ancestor worship Totem of the god dog pan Hu.

The gourd is the image of the head of the dog, the combination of the ancestors and the gods in the concept of the Miao nationality, and its divine power is exaggerated and extended indefinitely, making the head of the dog the auspicious sign of the Miao.

Butterfly pattern: butterfly pattern has special significance in Miao costumes embroidery. Its shape is beautiful and its shape is changeable. It is used more in Miao embroidery.

On the one hand, the butterfly's graceful appearance and dancing style in nature are, on the other hand, the embodiment of the Miao myth "butterfly mother" because of its strong reproductive ability.

Butterfly pattern is widely used in Miao costumes embroidery. After the Miao women's imagination, the butterfly patterns are colorful and colorful.

Most of the butterfly patterns are based on realism. They are decorated with jigsaw techniques. Usually they are decorated with threads on butterfly wings and wings, and butterfly threads are displayed in a variety of embroidered threads.

Natural plants highlight vitality

From the real life, the plant pattern extracted from the source of the plant is often combined with the animal pattern in the seedling clothing. It is drawn from natural flowers and trees, such as pomegranate, peony, lotus, lotus leaf, peach blossom, and unknown plants in nature.

These decorative patterns are mainly used for skirts, aprons, cuffs, etc., and cross stitch with animal patterns.

After composition, the animals and plants are deified and personified, giving them the thoughts and feelings of people, forming the super natural image of Miao embroidery.

Abstract geometry expresses specific connotations

Geometric pattern is an art form rich in Hmong culture characteristics. Each pattern has its own meaning, and multiple pattern combinations also have the symbolic meaning of the whole.

In the embroidery of Miao nationality, the geometric patterns include wrinkles, well pattern, long pattern, cross stripe, star pattern and so on.

These geometric patterns are unique in Miao costumes, and each pattern is endowed with specific historical connotations.

Words symbolizes happiness and auspicious wishes.

In Miao embroidery, there is a pattern with characters as material.

Written patterns are mainly used for children's hats, women's sleeves or trouser legs. There are mainly words such as blissful, lucky, longevity and so on.

In the central position of the pattern, embroidery is written on both sides of the text, embroidering the relevant patterns to form an auspicious pattern.

The implied meaning of this writing pattern clearly reflects the parents' desire for their children to grow up healthily and hope for their children to become prosperous and their good wishes for happy and auspicious life.