Brief introduction of Dongxiang nationality costumes

Dongxiang costumes are similar to Hui costumes, but their characteristics are quite obvious. Dongxiang women wear "fake sleeves" tops, "too beautiful" flowered skirts and embroidered shoes with wooden soles. Men wear wide robes, girdles and waist knives, which are similar to Mongolian men's costumes. In recent decades, some changes have taken place in the costumes of Dongxiang nationality, which are mainly manifested in headdresses, that is, young women wear green hijab, middle-aged women wear blue hijab and elderly women wear white hijab. Men like to wear "No.1 hat", which is a soft hat with flat top and no eaves. It has black and white colors and is made of cloth. Marriage is an important event in life, so the symbolic features of bride's dress are particularly eye-catching. Dongxiang women change from girls to brides, and the changes in their costumes are often very obvious. For example, the color of "hijab" is an important symbol to distinguish the age and marriage of Dongxiang women.

Dongxiang men usually wear long robes, girdles, waist knives and cigarette purses. Women often wear embroidered tops with round neck, big waist and wide sleeves. Wear a pair of trousers, with a small slit at the back of the trousers tube, and embroidered lace on the trousers tube and trousers leg. Embroidered skirts and embroidered shoes are worn on festive occasions. Men wear flat-topped white and black soft hats without eaves. Women wear patterned caps at home and silk veils to cover all their hair when they go out. Girls and newlyweds wear green, married and middle-aged women wear black, and elderly women wear white. Women's jewelry is mainly made of silver earrings, bracelets and agate beads.

Dongxiang nationality is a mixture of many nationalities, and its costumes are bound to be influenced by many sources. Dongxiang nationality still retains many traditions and living habits of ancient nomadic people, and its clothing also retains the hat called "brain hat" worn by old women in the past. Its style is a Mongolian Aobao-like tall tube with the top closed and a round fan at the back. Dongxiang young men like to wear an embroidered waist ornament with narrow sides and wide middle, and a bag to hold money and things. This kind of waist ornament is called "Tartars Flower Belt" or "Tartars Flower Pant Belt", which also originated from Mongolians.

Dongxiang costumes also reflect the class differences and some special property concepts after entering the class society. One of the most important provisions of Islam's numerous social ethics norms is that everyone is equal. Islam opposes people to show their identity and status and show their nobility by wearing luxurious and expensive clothes. Therefore, Dongxiang costumes do not advocate expensive and gorgeous costumes, are not vain and show off, and should be as common and popular as possible, which is a manifestation of the concept of equality in costumes.