Clothing characteristics of Yi people in different regions

This kind of dress is popular in Zhenxiong, Yiliang and Weixin counties in Zhaotong, Yunnan, and Yi people's settlements in Bijie, Liupanshui, Xuyong and Longlin, Guangxi. Wumeng Mountain is the birthplace of ancient southwest Yi culture. In the past, Yi costumes were basically the same as Liangshan Yi costumes, and clothing styles have changed greatly since Ming and Qing Dynasties.

At present, Yi men and women in Yunnan usually wear blue robes and trousers with big breasts and right breasts, black or white headscarves, white cloth belts and embroidered "kite shoes". Men's clothes have no patterns, and they often wear wool and felt when they go out. The neckline, cuffs, hem, hem and trouser legs of women's wear are decorated with colorful patterns and combination patterns. Commonly known in Chinese as "hanging with four pillars on the back", the head is wrapped in a green handkerchief as a human figure, and silver ornaments such as Dai Lezi, earrings, bracelets and rings are used. After marriage, earrings are replaced by earrings, which are white or embroidered with flowers hanging behind them. In some areas, Yi women wear short skirts and long skirts. Liangshan, large and small, has steep mountains and rivers. In the past, traffic was blocked and there was little contact with the outside world. Its costumes are simple and unique, completely retaining the traditional style of the Yi people, which is in the same strain as the Yi costumes painted on the wall of Huo's tomb in Zhaotong, Eastern Jin Dynasty. Mainly popular in Kunming, Wenshan and parts of Honghe Prefecture adjacent to these two areas.

The main styles of women's wear are right-breasted or double-breasted tops, trousers and skirts. With white, blue and black as the background, decorated with animal and plant patterns and geometric patterns. Its headdress varies greatly from place to place. Some young Yi women in Kunming are wearing "cockscomb hats", which are shaped like cockscombs and embroidered with various silver bubbles, with fine workmanship. Older women usually wear a bun. Hairband, the headdress of unmarried women in Guishan area, is decorated with a pair of triangular embroidered cloth ornaments at the ear, and a string of beads is hung from the back of the head to the chest. Yi women in Maitreya and some areas south of Lu 'an wrap their heads in black with double braids, leaving a bunch of hair hanging behind their heads and decorating them with beads, silver chains, shells and wool. In Wenshan, Xichou, Maguan, Funing and other places, women wear black scarves or top-flowered handkerchiefs with simple headdresses, while in Qiubei, Kaiyuan and Luxi, women's headdresses are rich, including silver bubbles, wool balls, flowers and shells. This type of men usually wear a pair of double-breasted clothes, a coat with vest and wide pants, and some people also wear leggings and a black scarf on their heads.