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Yi people in the costumes of ethnic minorities in China

All the men, women and children in Liangshan, big and small, wear selva (cloak) made of white, gray and blue wool all year round, with patterns woven on it, and some have dense long tassels at the bottom. Selva was first used in the Han and Jin dynasties; Keep out the wind and snow during the day and make quilts at night. In addition, women wear large-breasted tops (embroidered or hemmed), multi-section multi-color pleated skirts or trousers, waist-tied, tile-shaped square-headed handkerchiefs or green cloth buns; Yunnan girls wear cockscomb hats and silver bubbles, and wear embroidered clothes at competitions and flower arranging festivals. Men are dressed in double-breasted or double-breasted clothes, pleated trousers (the width of trousers varies, and the width is 1m), blue or blue cloth handkerchiefs (the slender conical "hero knot" protrudes at the right front), and big ear beads and silk tassels are worn on the left ear; Old people wear robes and eat melons.