Chinese National Costume Culture -- The Dress Culture Of Brown Nationality

The Brown nationality is located in the mountain area along the middle and lower reaches of the Lancangjiang River in the western part of Yunnan province.

Nearly 30 thousand of them are concentrated in the mountains of Brown, xilding, Bada and dailo on the edge of Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. There are also a few of the mountains in Jinghong and Mengla counties.

The rest are distributed in Lahu, WA, Brown, Dai Autonomous County and Baoshan, Zhenkang, Yun County, Yongde, Gengma, Lancang, Mojiang and other cities and counties.

The Brown people in Shuang Jiang county mainly live in big Wen village. They are busy with clams and fat products. They are very busy in the south of Shahe.

There are about 85000 Brown people living in the Xishuangbanna area of Western China. They live closely with the Dai people. Therefore, housing and clothing are similar to Dai people.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Brown people had weaving.

The dyeing process is also relatively high.

The "Qing Po Luo TSE" woven by Brown women is popular among the people on both sides of the Lancang river.

On the both sides of Nu River, Brown's "Tung Wah cloth", which is used for kapok textile, is famous for its soft white fur.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Brown's men and women were all tied up as bun.

The woman wore a blouse and a long black skirt; her legs tied up the black cane rattan made of rattan, and wore a bamboo hat with big silver rings or brass rings on her ears, a brass bracelet on her neck, a string of blue or green beads around her neck, and necklace hung with five colored pearls and seashells.

In the Lincang area, Brown's men's wear is simple, with only two pieces of cloth stitched into it, with no sleeves and no arms and bare arms.

The dress of modern Brown is basically the same, but there are some differences.

The costumes of Brown people in Lincang and Simao are worn by men in black big face blouses, wearing baggy trousers, head wrapped in green or black Baotou, and some wearing bracelets and barefoot.

A woman's head wrapped in a long cloth in Baotou.

Shidian women also folded Baotou into a triangle, close to their forehead, lined with colored glass beads lined with thread, wearing a blue cloth high collar collar coat, embroidered with patterns on the side, and three patterns of color on the left side, with red, black and green stripes on the cuffs, and a pair of breasted jacket on top of the coat, with fifteen pairs or twenty pairs of cloth buckles.

Women wear skirts at the lower part, waist belts, girdle cloth on their legs, silver rings and silver bracelets, and their teeth are black and red.

The Brown nationality in Xishuangbanna is wearing a black or blue round neck long sleeved breasted blouse, with cloth twisting at the front of the chest, a black wide crotch trousers, a head wrapped in white, a black or a green Baotou towel, and a general custom of tattoos; a black dress, a Zhi Youhong, white and black line on the upper skirt, and some young girls wearing white, red and green coloured jackets; legs with white legged cloth; black heads, blue Baotou towels, earrings with silver ears, drooping to shoulders and silver bracelets; young women like to wear all kinds of glass beads, and their teeth are black and black.

Brown wore simple clothes. Men and women like to wear blue and black clothes. Women's dresses are similar to those of Dai people. They wear tight short clothes, wear a bun on top of their heads, wear a scarf around their heads, and wear large earrings and silver bracelets.

Girls love wild flowers or self made colored flowers, and they dye their cheeks red.

Men usually wear black or blue trousers and a scarf without collar coat.

Adult men love tattoos.

Both men and women love to drink, dye their teeth and smoke.

The Brown nationality has a unique custom "dyed teeth".

They believe that only darken teeth are the strongest and most beautiful.

Young men and women who have dyed teeth have the right to fall in love.

Brown men have tattoos, and their limbs, chest and abdomen are stabbed with all kinds of geometric figures and birds and beasts. Then they are coated with carbon ashes and snake bile, so that they will not disappear.

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The Brown nationality in Lincang and Simao

The man wore a large black top jacket and wore a pair of long trousers. His head was green or black Baotou. Some wore bracelets and bare feet.

A woman's head wrapped in a long cloth in Baotou.

Shidian women also folded Baotou into a triangle, close to their forehead, lined with colored glass beads lined with thread, covered with blue collar high collar coat, embroidered with patterns on the side, and three patterns of color on the left side, with red, black and green stripes on the cuffs, a pair of short sleeves on the upper coat, and 15 pairs or 20 pairs of cloth buttons.

Women are wearing skirts, belts, and leggings on their legs, silver rings and silver bracelets, and their teeth are black and barefoot.

Xishuangbanna area of Brown clothing: the men wear black or green collar long sleeved shirt, with cloth buttons on the chest, under the black crotch trousers; the head is white, black or blue Baotou towel.

The women's blouse is a black, no collar tight blouse with a size of about two knots. It is tied under the left armpit, underwears the black uniform skirt, and the upper part of the skirt is red, white and black. The young girls wear white, red and green coloured jackets. The legs are covered with white leggings, the head is wrapped in black, the green Baotou towel is worn, the silver earrings are hung, and the pendant shoulders are worn with silver bracelets.

Young women like to wear coloured glass beads, and their teeth are black and beautiful. (dyed with iron pan, black smoke is used, or areca leaves are wrapped in grass, lime, areca fruit in the entrance to chew).

Besides,

Brown's men also have tattoos.

General tattoo in two arms, legs, chest, back and so on.

The patterns are all kinds of geometric patterns, birds and beasts, and Dai characters.

Brown's men's tattoos are mainly aimed at successfully getting married to their wives, but the Brown people themselves can't tattooed. They usually invite Dai people in the dam area to come to tattoo and pay a certain reward.

Brown was dressed simply, and the girl loved wild flowers or her own colored flowers and dyed her cheeks.

The two women wore the black sleeves with narrow sleeves and narrow sleeves. They were round necks, tight waist, wide pendulum, short and buttocks, tied under the left ribs, married women were in black cloth, and the unmarried girls enjoyed light blue or white.

The shirt is a sleeveless jacket. It is worn under two skirts. The inner skirt is white, the outer skirt has two colors, the Red Cross is above the buttocks, the legs are green or black, and they are decorated with cloth or lace.

Unmarried women use black or blue cloth Baotou; married women comb their bun, insert silver hairpin, top with 3 prismatic glass beads, next to silver chain, entangling Baotou.

Women wear silver earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and other accessories.

Unique dyeing and weaving

Weaving and dyeing occupy an important position in Brown's clothing culture.

Brown's dyeing has a long history. Their unique dyeing technology is unique in our national dyeing and weaving industry.

The Brown nationality can not only dye it with indigo, but also know how to dye it in red with the skin of "plum tree", and use the root of "yellow flower" to crush and crush it with stone.

Cotton bag

Embroidery and silver ornaments are also indispensable ornaments in Brown's costumes.

Embroidery patterns are mostly flowers, birds, animals and geometric figures.

Embroidery is unique in terms of "cotton bags."

In the wedding custom of Brown's family, when the wedding ceremony was held for the climbing pole competition, the bride had to take out the "cotton bag" that was carefully embroidered before marriage, which contained five grains, silver ornaments and other objects hanging on the bamboo pole.