"Gorgeous China" Chinese White Costume Exhibition Opens

Dress is an important part of national culture. It is the most direct and significant symbol of a nation. It embodies the cultural mentality of a nation's production, life, aesthetic taste and religious beliefs. In September 26, 2014, following the Hani costumes exhibition, the seventh major exhibition of "China's ethnic costume series", "Splendid China - Chinese White Costume Culture Exhibition" was opened at the Shanghai Textile Museum. The exhibition is from the Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali. Museum Jointly organized by the Shanghai Textile Museum, the ethnic costumes and traditional culture of Bai ethnic group are displayed.

Bai people call themselves "Bai Zi", "Bai Ni", "Bai Huo", and Chinese means "white". He called "people's home", "Na Ma", "Le Mo" and so on. In 1956, according to national will, the official name is collectively known as the Bai nationality. Bai nationality is distributed in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan province. Besides, Yunnan, Kunming, Lijiang, Nu River, Diqing, Baoshan, Yuxi, Chuxiong, Wenshan, Lincang and other cities all have white people living together. Hunan, Zhangjiajie, Xiangxi, Guizhou, Bijie, Anshun, Sichuan, Liangshan and other places also have Bai nationality distribution. Among them, Yunnan Lanping, Hunan Sangzhi county and Guizhou Bijie are outside the Dali state, where Bai population is more concentrated.

Bai nationality is an ancient farming nation. The Bai nationality's clothing culture has a long history and a wide variety. According to its living environment, Bai people can be divided into two main types: the Bai People's clothing in the dam area and the Bai nationality clothing in the mountain area. According to their living areas, they can be divided into Dali, Heqing, Jianchuan, Yunlong and so on. Bai costume is an important part of Bai culture, and is one of the most significant cultural symbols of Bai nationality. Different natural environment and living conditions make the Bai ethnic costumes of various regions rich and varied.

The basic styles of Bai Men's dress men's wear are made up of Baotou, jacket, gown, crotch, trousers and scissors. The basic style of women's wear is made up of Baotou, small collar or collar without collar, underwear, gown, ribbon waist, straight crotch pants and embroidered cloth shoes. Women's clothing also includes handkerchiefs, purse strings, and string bags. Jewelry has gold, silver, copper, jade earrings, bracelets, rings, three or five chain chains. Women of the Bai nationality are ingenious and clever. They often take flowers, grass, trees, fruits, insects, fish, birds, animals, days, months, stars, clouds, immortals and abstract lines as subjects, embroidered on costumes, and are filled with auspiciousness and happiness. They are colorful and beautiful.

Bai ethnic costumes are the result of long-term accumulation of labor by the Bai people. Bai nationality The development of history has evolved into a unique clothing culture, condensing the cultural mentality of the Bai People's production, life, aesthetic taste and religious beliefs. The formation and development of Bai costumes are constantly changing along with the economic and cultural development of the Bai nationality society. On the basis of inheriting tradition, they are constantly absorbing the essence of the foreign dress culture due to the influence of the surrounding ethnic cultures, forming a colorful and regional prominent white costume.

Shanghai Textile Museum hopes to adopt "Chinese minority costume" Series exhibition "To enable more people to see and contact different ethnic cultures and to enhance understanding and communication between national cultures. It is also hoped that while the" Chinese Bai costumes Exhibition "brings you beauty appreciation, it will give you more attention and support to the protection of the Bai People's cultural heritage, and work hand in hand to make more efforts for the inheritance and development of the national culture and continue to go on.