Cultural Characteristics of Hakka Dress

In the concepts and customs gradually formed over a long period of time, the color of the dress, as a symbol, has its own set of rules. Such as golden yellow, in feudal society as the emperor's uniform of the special color, the people if used to do clothing, there will want to "yellow robe" of the great crime, who do not want to go to mess with the Hakka clothing in this color: dark purple, is the official "purple robe and jade belt" of the special color, the Hakka civilians do not use; black, white, black, white, white, white, white, purple, purple and jade belt, the Hakka people. Hakka civilians also do not use; black, white, Xuan, green, red, blue has become the common color of Hakka civilians. In the Hakka custom, red symbolizes joy, red and green with symbols of good luck and wealth, black and blue symbolizes the seriousness and solemnity, white and green symbolizes the elegance and purity.

The Hakka dress is a manifestation of Hakka culture and a mirror reflecting its history. The style and structure of Hakka costumes, jewelry and decorative patterns all have certain meanings and origins, and carry the history of the nation in a figurative and subtle way. Hakka costumes are simple, practical, spacious and easy to wear. In terms of color throughout the happy to wear plain colors, especially blue, black, gray (a white) is the most popular, the texture is mostly coarse cloth, bleached blue satin Wu into clothes, weaving summer cloth to do the tent. Also useful summer cloth to do summer clothes to wear. This may be the embodiment of the Hakka people hard-working, diligent and thrifty.