What are the distinctive costumes of the Tujia?

The cloth of the upper garment:

One, the big lapel, the left open sleeve is big and short, no collar, piping, the lapel and the cuffs have two different green edges, but not set with lace.

Second, silver hook, this garment is short collar, lapel and cuffs set wide green edge, cuffs green edge followed by three five-color plum blossom lace, placket green edge is embroidered with colored thread.

Three, three-stranded tendons, large sleeves, cuffs set 16.5 cm wide edge, collar height 1.65 cm, set three thin edge. Fourth, the wedding clothes, the bride likes to wear "dew clothes" (i.e., red clothes), the clothes long and big.　Women's shoes are more elaborate, in addition to the mouth of the shoes rolled edge pick "dog's teeth", the upper more green, blue, pink silk. Toe front with five-color silk thread embroidered flowers, grass, butterflies, bees.

Embroidered shoe inserts are the most precious gift a girl can give to her lover.

Expanded

With the colors green, red, yellow or for yellow, green, red, this shape with color, not change the shape but change the color of the method, prompting the dull, single continuous pattern rich, colorful, giving people the enjoyment of beauty. These exquisite costumes, can be said to be the wisdom of the Tujia people, is a national costume treasures.

The traditional Tujia costumes have basically disappeared due to the early sinicization of the Tujia people in history. Due to the needs of performance, most of the modern Tujia costumes are developed in different styles individually and are very diverse. Some places keep borrowing from Guizhou, Hunan and other places of the Miao silver jewelry as well as the Miao dress improved into the Tujia dress. Often people often confuse the Miao costume. Generally speaking, the traditional silver jewelry of the Tujia people is not as much as that of the Miao people, and it occupies an inconspicuous part. Moreover, the Tujia clothing is generally characterized by simplicity. Not as fancy as the Miao costumes.

References

Tujia dress_Baidu Encyclopedia?