Characteristics of Miao costumes

Characteristics of Miao costumes: Silver ornaments, Miao Xiu and batik are the main characteristics of Miao costumes. Miao men's clothing is short and big-chested, with the front opening to the right, and the color is mostly blue and black. There are two main headscarves for Miao women: one is a black cloth pointed hat with a cushion under it and exquisite patterns embroidered on it. Make a chic dark blue pointed scarf, embroidered with lace, and put it on the outside. A red ribbon hangs from the back of the hat to the trouser leg. Miao women seldom wear earrings, only when dressing up, and there are few hand ornaments and foot ornaments, so they have no habit of wearing collars.

Miao costumes, called "Ou Qian" in Miao language, are mainly composed of children's clothes, casual clothes and costumes. Dressing is called "Ou Qian Ga Gai Xi" in Miao language, that is, "Topcoat", and "Ou Tao Qian" is called "Silver Dress" in Miao language, with pleated skirts and waist. Xiangxi dialect and eastern Guizhou dialect Miao areas like silver ornaments, while some areas in southern Guizhou like shellfish ornaments, while Miao costumes in western dialect areas are less silvery ornaments.

Leishan Miao costumes are colorful. These colorful costumes reflect the bitter historical changes of our nation, our yearning for a better life and the concentrated living environment from ancient times to the present. Historians call it "a history book to wear." There are 100 kinds of Miao costumes in western Hunan.

Embroidered garment with protruding bottom is the most representative pattern in Bai-washed Miao costumes, which consists of the word "Ouqian" and the flash "Ouqian", namely "red embroidery" and "dark embroidered garment with black background" by Hanze. There is no embroidery on the back of the two pieces, and other patterns are the same as "Ou Qian Ge Ge Xi". However, the most varied clothing pattern is the "throwing force dial"-sleeve flower, which is mainly arranged in various geometric figures. Embroider various patterns on different geometric figures to form many "throwing disks" with different names-sleeve flowers.