Characteristics Of Costumes In Ruyuan

I. men

Headscarf: made of white or blue cloth with a length of 200 centimeters and 30 centimeters wide, with patterns embroidered at ends and center.

Coat: for blue cloth, big waist is short, and patterns are in front and behind.

Waistband: it is a white cloth. Its position and pattern are basically the same as those of the headscarves. The difference is that the waist belt sometimes does not embroider the middle design, or the four corners of the middle design and the middle side embroider a pattern of about one centimeter square. The second layers have two patterns of "Shou" on each side.

Feet tied: made of white cloth or blue cloth, embroidered with woollen embroidery and embroidered with patterns.

Umbrella bag: it looks like a pig cage, ends with a strap, and is decorated with silk thread on the foot of the bag.

Two. Women's clothing

Headscarf: Women covered

The headgear is also called embroidered napkin. It is made of general blue cloth. It is generally 74 centimeters long and 41 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters wide. It also has 60 centimeters long and 35 centimeters wide.

Coat: blue cloth, no collar big (right), long knee, pattern pattern is the same as men's coat.

Waistband: the production and pattern patterns are exactly the same as those of men, but in some places, women's belts are colored with both ends.

Feet binding: production and pattern patterns are exactly the same as men's.

Satchel: usually made of colored cloth, with safety straps on both sides of the bag. Patterns are often embroidered in the pockets, middle and bag legs.

The cap of young women and children (also called circle cap): the patterns are embroidered around the cap, and three layers are arranged from top to bottom.

Three, master's and teacher's table clothes.

Master's hat: a pattern that is often embroidered around the cap and on the top of the hat.

Master's coat: made of white cloth or colored cloth, 80 centimeters long, short collar, long sleeves, and a button on the chest button. The pattern pattern is the same as that of the men's jacket, but the embroidery patterns are different.

Master Chang PA: on the apron, the patterns are unique, but they are all embroidered in the hem.

The styles and patterns of master's clothing are much the same as those of master Shi, but only a small white flying crane flying on the chest and behind.

Four.

This dress is usually a round collar. When the button is buttoned up, it is longer than the knees. The patterns are embroidered on the sides and back of the close buttons.

The embroidery patterns of Ruyuan Yao costumes are very bright. When the men and women wear their costumes, they often try to show their colorful patterns of their scarves, headbands and belts, and match the patterns of their shoulders, shoulders and satchel. They wear silver triangular earrings, bracelets and tie up with feet. They are beautiful and harmonious, with significant regional characteristics and strong national style. At a glance, they can be seen as a branch of the Yao nationality.

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Five. Embroidery pattern of Yao nationality in Ruyuan

The embroidery patterns of Yao nationality in Ruyuan can be subdivided into five categories: human pattern, animal pattern, plant pattern, graphic pattern and symbolic pattern.

These five kinds of patterns contain rich contents of Yao's social history and social life.

(1) human figure: the realistic shape of human figure is the shape of a man and a woman with opposite sides.

This kind of human figure, hat, face, hands, body and feet, are all on the opposite side of the hand, with both hands on the hips.

(two) animal tattoo: the image of animals in embroidered designs includes deer (a dog), flying birds, tortoises, fishbone, spiders, etc.

(three) plant pattern: these patterns occupy a dominant position in embroidery patterns of Dongshan Yao.

There are: Phoenix flower, ginger flower, star anise, lotus, big lotus, osmanthus, bitter cauliflower, Ya flower and so on.

(four) graphic pattern: these geometric patterns are divided into two types, one is the form of women, the other refers to the common buildings and living utensils in daily life, such as sawtooth flower, city flower, flag flower, tofu flower, street brick flower, sky star flower, door flower, Osmanthus fragrans, etc.

(five) Symbolism: most of them represent the ancestors of men and women in the myths and legends of the Yao nationality.