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Overview of Mongolian clothing

Mongolian clothing includes robes, belts, boots, jewelry and so on. However, there are differences in style depending on the region. To women's robes, for example, horqin, horqin area of mongolians by the Manchu influence, more wear wide straight to the heel of the robe, both sides of the fork, collar and cuffs with more colorful set of flowers appliquéd; Xilingol grassland mongolians are wearing fat, narrow-sleeved set of mongolian robes are not open; Buryat women wear girdle waist skirt type shoulder robes; Ordos women's robes are divided into three, the first for the body suit, the sleeve length of wrist, the second for the outerwear, sleeve length of wrist. The second is a tunic with sleeves up to the elbow, and the third is a collarless placketed kangsha, studded with straight rows of glittering buttons; while the robes worn by the Mongols in Qinghai are more similar to those of the Tibetans. Except for Qinghai, men's dress varies little from place to place. In the spring and fall, they wear a robe, in the summer they wear a single robe, and in the winter they wear a cotton or leather robe. Mongolians usually like to wear fabric clothes, festivals or celebrations generally wear brocade bordered satin clothes. Men's clothes are mostly blue and brown, and women's clothes like to use red, pink, green and sky blue. Belt is an important part of Mongolian dress, with a length of three or four meters of satin or cotton made. Men hang knives, fire scythes, snuffboxes and other ornaments on their belts. Mongolian boots are divided into two kinds of leather boots and cloth boots, Mongolian boots with fine workmanship, boots and other places have exquisite patterns. Hanging jewelry and wearing hats are the habits of Mongolians. Hats in various regions also have local characteristics. Inner Mongolia and Qinghai and other places of Mongolia's hat top high side flat, lining made of white felt, the outer edge of the decorated leather or felt dyed purple and green for decoration, winter thick summer thin. The top of the hat decorated with tassels, hat band for silk, men and women can wear. Hulunbeier's Balkhu, Buryat Mongolia, men with shawl cap, women with turned brim pointed cap. Agate, jadeite, coral, pearls, silver and other precious raw materials to make Mongolia's jewelry rich and luxurious. Men's colors are mostly blue, black and brown, but also some with silk wrapped around the head. Women mostly with red, blue bandana wrapped around the head, winter and men wear the same conical cap.

Mongolian men wear robes and girth, women's sleeves embroidered with lace patterns, tops with high collars, seemingly similar to the tribe. Women like to wear three pieces of clothing of different lengths, the first piece of fitted clothing, sleeve length to the wrist, the second tunic, sleeve length to the elbow, the third piece of collarless lapel kangs, nailed with straight rows of glittering buttons, especially eye-catching.

Mongolian clothing features

Mongolian clothing has a strong grassland style. Because the Mongolian people have long lived in the northern steppe, Mongolians, both men and women, love to wear robes. Pastoral winter clothing is mostly light plate leather, there are also satin, cotton clothes face. Summer clothing more cloth. Long robe body end fat, long sleeves, more red, yellow, dark blue. Men's and women's robes are not slit at the hem. Red and green satin belt.

Men's belts hang knives, fire scythes, snuffboxes and other ornaments. Like to wear soft boots, long to the knee. Peasants wear cloth, slit robe, cotton clothes, etc., more felt boots in winter Ula, high boots rare, retaining the custom of waist tie. Men wear blue, black and brown hat, some with silk wrapped around the head. Women with red, blue bandana wrapped around the head, winter and men wear the same conical cap. Unmarried women separate their hair from the center of the front, tied on two hair roots, hair roots with two large round beads on top, hair slightly down, and decorated with agate, coral, jasper and so on. There are also more distinctive Mongolian wrestling costumes.

Mongolian wrestling clothes are Mongolian costume craft. The wrestling costume includes kangs, pants, overpants, and colored silk belt. The kangaroo bares the chest. The pants are wide. The pants are richly patterned, usually with cloud pattern, plant pattern, life pattern and so on. The patterns are bold and powerful with strong color contrasts. The underpants are fat and specially made from 10 meters of cloth. Facilitate heat dissipation, to avoid sweat and wet paste on the body surface; also adapted to wrestling wrestling sports characteristics, so that the opponent is not easy to use the leg action. Set of pants with tough and sturdy cloth or velvet sewing. Knee with various colors of cloth patchwork combination of sewing patterns, patterns generous and solemn, said auspicious. Clothing all parts of the distribution with appropriate, integrated, with the courage of the national character.