Tibetan dress what to pay attention to

Tibetan clothing is a long stretch of the Tibetan plateau, a bright cultural landscape, and contains its craft technology, lifestyle, aesthetic concepts, moral ethics, religious beliefs can become a living fossil for the study of Tibetan culture. Because of the differences in geography, climate and products, it can be said that there are "a hundred miles of different customs and a thousand miles of different styles" in the Tibetan region, with different regions dressing differently and presenting a colorful outlook. The Tibetan robe is the main garment of the Tibetans, with a large lapel and wide sleeves, sewn from serge, tweed, animal skins and other fabrics, with a wide body and long torso, and tied at the waist with a belt. Tibetan accessories are made of gold, silver, coral, agate, etc., and have been passed down from generation to generation as very precious. Because of the Tibetan people from ancient times to the nomadic state of life, so they are accustomed to property made of valuable accessories to carry on the body, in order to save and migrate. The eastern Tibetan kangba dress atmosphere and rugged, in the head, neck, ears, hands and other places to wear gold, silver, ivory, coral, onyx, jade and other jewelry, hanging Tibetan knife, fire scythe, wallet, snuff bottle, needle and thread box and other household utensils, both convenient and practical, but also rich in decorative effect, the whole set of attire bold, show the kangba people unruly and untamed national character. The north of Tibet is a vast grassland and gravel Gobi, where the sheepskin is the main raw material for making Tibetan robe. This sheepskin robe is wide and heavy, day as clothes, night as a quilt, it is with this Tibetan robe, people withstand the harsh cold climate on the plateau of northern Tibet. Most of the sheepskin robe is light leather, some in the cuffs, lapel, hem, etc. Sewn black flat velvet edging. Summer herdsmen wear red tasseled felt hat, waist hanging beautifully crafted fire scythe, snuff bottle and belt knife, musket, expanding the body talisman and so on. These items are not only their survival tools, but also their decorations and the embodiment of wealth. Sheepskin robes are also the main clothing of the shepherdesses in northern Tibet. Their sheepskin robes also sewed red, blue, green three-color velvet strips as decoration, usually hanging around the waist full of milk bucket hooks, needle and thread box and the pastoral whip and other objects, encountered festivals and celebrations, but also hung up strings of necklaces and gold and silver ornaments, hair combed into a multi-stranded braid, wearing tweed or serge long cape adorned with turquoise, shells, silver coins, and so on. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the whole set of costumes are bright and colorful, very rich in national characteristics. Lhasa area has a pleasant climate and has long been the center of politics, religion, economy and culture in Tibet. The attire of the region is known for its strict standardization. Lhasa folk women to wool or cloth and silk production of short-sleeved summer dress, inside wear Tibetan shirt, married women around the waist of various colors of wool or silk thread woven into the colorful gang Dian. Winter wear lambskin long-sleeved Tibetan clothes, head wear "Yang Xia cap". Decorations have pearl, coral, turquoise and other made of "Ba Zhu" crown and a variety of earrings, necklaces, rings. Hereditary aristocratic lady head wear "human" shaped pearl BaZhu and pearl crown, general noble lady can only wear coral BaZhu, as for turquoise big earrings, chest ornaments and all kinds of texture of the necklace is according to the family's financial strength and wear. Lhasa region of the noble lady, dress up beads, ornaments delicate and small. Men in summer wear wool or cloth made of robes, inside wear Tibetan shirt, head bowler hat, foot leather boots. Noble clothing from the style, and ordinary Tibetan robes no big difference, but the texture and pattern have a strict hierarchical provisions, from the dress can be seen on the social status of the high and low. Tibetan monks because of their sects are different, the attire is also different, but the dress color is more or less the same, in addition to the Kagyu sect wear white dress, the rest of the sects are yellow and red monks.