What is national costume? Do you know what form it has been passed down from?

What is ethnic dress Clothing with traditional ethnic forms. Also known as folk clothing. It is a reflection of national politics, economy, ideology and culture, and embodies the psychological quality of the nation. National costumes in a particular social life and the formation of the natural environment, in line with the habits of the nation

The product of historical development since Pangu opened up the world, the three emperors to the present day, in the long process of history, human society through thousands of years, the development of today's material abundance, the progress of society, for human beings in the field of material and spiritual life to provide an unprecedented space for development. Along with the development of human society, the clothing and decoration of various groups of people have also evolved from low to high, from covering the body and keeping it warm to adapting to the requirements of social development. This kind of development is gradual and progressive in terms of the long process, with its relative stabilization period and its mutation period. Both the period of stabilization and the period of mutation are directly related to the evolution of social forms and the change of dynasties and political changes. Although this "evolution," "turnover," and "change" have their unity, throughout Chinese history, due to the vastness of the country and the large number of nationalities, there is also disunity in unity, resulting in a diverse pattern of development. The pattern of development is one of diversity. The ancestors of various ethnic groups follow the development of their own ethnic lineage and heritage, in clothing and costumes, some ethnic groups in the quality and shape with other ethnic groups are no difference, but there are also some differences in fine taste. This is a true reflection of the national costume and clothing ethnicity. In this sense, we must look at the past, present and future of clothing and costumes with a historical perspective, the only way to "wear on the body of the national history" explained clearly, through clothing and costumes to understand the historical changes and development of the nation.

The crystallization of a unique culture

Chinese national costumes are not only the product of the development of national history. And it is the crystallization of the unique cultural traditions of the nation. Each nation has its own unique national traditional culture, this culture is not only one of the main signs of difference from other nations, at the same time, more importantly, the fundamental support for the reproduction of the nation, habitat development, is the root and soul of a nation. It is not difficult to imagine that a nation without culture cannot stand alone in the forest of nations, let alone surviving and developing. No matter whether this part of the population is large or small, it can only divide and disintegrate on its own in the course of history and go its own way, merging into other nations. The unique national culture is the inner temperament and spiritual power of the nation, which will certainly be reflected in all aspects of the production and life of the nation through various forms, and tenaciously express its national characteristics to distinguish the differences among the nations. National costume is the external expression of national culture, image display. This kind of clothing with cultural connotation shows the vivid personality of the ethnic group, which is different from the spiritual outlook of other ethnic groups. It not only has practical characteristics, easy to dress, easy to work, but also more ornamental characteristics, holiday dress, beautify life, some also has the characteristics of the collection, such as wedding dress and so on. Some costumes and clothing value, become the treasure of the dress. These costumes, mostly by the working people themselves, from spinning to weaving, to embroidery to clothing. And this handmade skills are mostly ancestral, without any traces of forgery, imitation. Some ethnic groups have formed a series of clothing and apparel with multiple styles, layers and body types, suitable for many types of people to wear. This is the summary of their rich practical experience groped out in the long process of historical development. A picture and a case, a flower and a leaf are all carefully designed and crafted. And in the context of the national trait culture, each piece has its own unusual artistic characteristics, can be called a unique style of art treasures.

Symbol of harmony with the natural ecology

Chinese national costumes have strong regional characteristics. This is because China's 56 ethnic groups are distributed in the four corners of the motherland, presenting a "large scattered, small settlement" trend. Due to the vastness of China, east and west, north and south of the natural ecological environment of the big differences, unbalanced economic development, living in different parts of the country to adapt to the natural environment, seeking their own development, created a different ethnic groups, different regions of the clothing and costumes. Along the rivers, lakes and seas and live, the same is with the water as neighbors, but also has its different characteristics, the sea of the waves and the quiet of the water town, the sea fishing and river netting is a completely different realm, and therefore their costumes are not the same; with the same live in the mountains, some in the mountains in the depth of the dense forests, some in the foothills of the flat dam land, there is also a difference; the same is based on animal husbandry, but the Northeast, North China pasture with the Northwest and plateau pastures are not the same Grassland is also not quite the same; plains of the nation due to different climatic conditions, dress is also very different. Nonetheless, one thing is the same, that is, it embodies the "unity of man and nature", that is, the characteristic of adapting to the natural ecological conditions. In the process of adapting to the natural environment, the characteristics of the national cultural connotations into which the various ethnic groups have gradually formed and the natural environment in harmony with a beautiful clothing landscape.