Chinese National Costume Culture -- The Clothing Culture Of Yao Nationality

Yao is one of the minority nationalities in China, with a population of 2637421.

Mainly engaged in mountain agriculture.

They call themselves "mian", "Jinmen", "Bu Nu", "Bing du you", "black Yu Meng", "La Jia" and so on.

Traditional costumes of Yao nationality

The Yao people used to maintain their traditional characteristics in terms of customs and habits, especially in men's and women's clothing.

Yao women are good at embroidery, embroidered with exquisite patterns on the skirts, cuffs and trouser legs.

The knot is tied around the top of the head, surrounded by five colored beads, embroidered with decorative patterns from the neck of the neck to the chest.

Men like to wear hair plates, and wear red cloth or blue cloth in Baotou, wear long sleeves without collar, wear slacks of white cloth on the outer side of the shirt, and trousers with big trousers.

Yao men and women grow to fifteen or six years old to replace their flower caps and change their heads, indicating that the body has matured.

The Yao nationality has many branches and a wide range of clothing.

So in the past, Yao nationality was once a cause.

The colors, styles of trousers and dressing of headwear are different.

Yao men in Nandan, Guangxi, wear a jacket and wear white crotch legs and short legs, so they are called "white pants Yao". Yao people in Longsheng are called "red Yao" because they wear red embroidered clothes. This reflects the rich color and style of Yao costumes from one aspect.

Colorful

The Yao nationality's headwear is quite characteristic. They create colorful headwear: "dragon plate" shape, "A" shape, "crescent moon" shape, "Flying Swallow" shape, etc. some wore bamboo arrows, some vertical roof plates, some wore pointed caps, others wore bamboo shells.

Yao women in He county of Guangxi are wearing a ten - tier pyramid hat, which is quite spectacular.

The women of Yao nationality in Hunan are painted with beeswax, and the top of the spine is at the top. No matter the weather is cold or hot, they are wrapped in flower pads in a trapezoid shape, covered with a crown shaped cloak, and sheltered from wind and shading. They are elegant and generous, like "Bachelor cap" and palace embroidered crowns. After marriage, they take off the moth crown, indicating that they have married and started their new life.

Exquisite indigo printing and dyeing

Yao nationality women are still skilled in indigo dyeing and printing, so far they still have a complete set of printing and dyeing technology.

After soaking and processing the Bluegrass grown by themselves, they extract the indigo, add the liquor, filter it through the plant ash, and dye it after being fermented yellow.

After dyeing and dyeing, it can be dyed and dried several times until the cloth is dark blue and dark red.

In order to make the cloth durable and deep in color, the dyed cloth was put into a steamed cowhide solution or pig blood solution for steaming and drying.

Embroidered clothes of many gods

The beauty of Yao's clothing is still reflected in the composition of cross stitching.

To some extent, the characteristics of the cross stitch pattern and clothing are religious reflection.

The Yao nationality in Xilin County of Guangxi has retained a hundred years of "Shi Gong" (religious) costumes, embroidering many gods, mountain gods, thunder gods, Apollo, etc., expressing the psychological characteristics of the Yao people's various worship.

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Traditional costumes of Yao nationality

Characteristic culture

The Yao people are hospitable and hospitable, and those who enter the Yao family will be treated with respect and hospitality.

The "hanging bag" and "melon wine" are the typical etiquette for Yao family to entertain guests.

When guests come to the Yao family, they just hang up the bags they carry with them on the hooks on the upright post of the main room, indicating that they will eat at this restaurant.

Without prior explanation, the host will naturally leave a guest at home.

If you do not understand this rule, always put bags and other things beside you, and the owner thinks you have to go elsewhere.

Yao is very respectful to their ancestors. They used to think about their ancestors' names before eating, indicating that their ancestors could eat after their offspring.

Festivals, such as pork, chicken, duck and wine, are also required to pay respects to their ancestors.

When guests meet, they should be treated with wine and meat. Some places should be dedicated to guests.

When the Yao people toast their guests, they usually raise their glasses and eyebrow to show their respect for their guests. Others also toast the guests with a respectable old man.

Yao's hospitality is generous and courteous.

Bacon, mountain game and local specialties are the most common dishes for Yao family to entertain guests.

On the guest's seat, golden and thick bacon served as a top grade, and the host would enthusiastically bring the bacon to the guests.

Whether guests like it or not, they should accept it so that they will be happy.

Clothing features

Yao nationality has always maintained its traditional characteristics in terms of customs and habits, especially in men's and women's clothing.

In the past, because of the different characteristics of their residence and clothing, there were such names as "over Mountain Yao", "red head Yao", "big plate Yao", "Ping tou Yao", "blue indigo Yao", "Sha Yao" and "Baitou Yao" and so on.

The Yao people are skilled in weaving, dyeing, embroidery and clothing.

Fangcheng flower head Yao woman wore a pair of long collar, long sleeves, sleeves, and sleeves.

Under the shorts, leggings, with red ears wrapped around the head, the top side pick embroidered geometrically striped head.

The women of Hua Lan Yao in the big Yao mountain wear a pair of cross style long coat, with slits on the sides of their clothes, and red embroidered decorations on the collar, clothes and sleeves, and under the green cloth shorts, brocade leggings, clog, green PABA, white PAS Baotou, and the ornaments with silver rings on the neck.

Jinping red headed Yao woman wore a long dress with green cloth and a red embroidered dress and a silver medal.

Waist waist green belt, with the end of embroidery geometric pattern, under the embroidered exquisite broad pants, its pants can be called precious art.

The dog Yao woman wears a dog's tail shirt, the front of her coat is long under the clothes, and the two ends are carefully stitched. If the dog tail is worn, when the two buttons are crossed on the front of the chest and tied around the waist, "dog tail" naturally falls down.

This dress is related to the worship of "Pan Hu" (dog) by the Yao people.

Shi panghu "its five colors", "dog head man", Nan man and his descendants all imitate the color and shape of Pan Hu to make clothes. Yao people still wear five colors and dog tail shirts so as not to forget their ancestors.

The common Yao men's clothing includes a pair of buttons, a left big coat or a long gown, a girdle, trousers and trousers and shorts.

What is more special is the white trousers of Nandan white trousers Yao men, whose wide buttock and tight legs are peculiar in shape.

Yao's headwear is very rich, white trousers Yao men long combs to identify the top of the head; the big row Yao men save their bun, head wrapped red cloth, insert the pheasant tail; lonie men prefer to make a beautiful ponytail hat.

The women of Tea Mountain Yao wore three pairs of large silver plates with large wings, while the flower Yao women wore dog heads and the embroidered caps of the women were gorgeous.

The Yao people are good at Lonicera dyeing and dyeing. They are dyed with blue indigo cloth, and have two ways of batik dyeing and sewing.

The Yao people produced famous domestic and foreign "Yao plaques" with skillful indigo printing and dyeing technology.

There are great differences in the clothing of the Yao ethnic groups. The men's clothing is mainly blue and blue, and is mainly made up of breasted, oblique lapel and Pipa shorts. Some of them wear long neckties, with short trousers, scarves and leggings.

Women's clothing was worn with a large coat, waist tied with trousers, wearing a round collar and a pleated skirt, and a long gown and trousers.

The style of the cross stitch of Yao costumes is unique, and the whole pattern is geometric.

The characteristics of Yao's headwear are more prominent, such as "dragon dish" shape, "A" shape, "Flying Swallow" shape, etc.

The dyeing and weaving industry of Yao nationality is well-developed, and the garments are made of self dyed earth cloth with a complete set of indigo printing and dyeing technology.

Color is often used in five colors: red, green, yellow, white and black.