Folk custom of Miao village (about silver ornaments of Miao girls)

As a cultural phenomenon, silver ornaments have been favored by many nationalities in history and become one of the carriers of multicultural communication. In this carrier, there are the "ear stalls" of southern minorities, the "jumps" of northern minorities, the "stepping" and "five soldiers wearing" inherited from ancient ornaments, and the traditional dragons, phoenixes and scales in China. Miao silver ornaments are characterized by great beauty. It goes without saying that Miao silver horns are almost half the height of the wearer, which is a very convincing example. Miao totem worship is an important form of silver ornaments. Miao totem is several images related to Miao nationality. In the ancient Miao songs, it is said that the maple tree gave birth to a butterfly mother (sister list and sister strategy), and the butterfly mother gave birth to twelve eggs, and the Miao ancestor Jiang Yang and twelve brothers were hatched by magpie birds. It goes without saying that the characteristics of Miao silver ornaments are great beauty.

The processing of Miao silver ornaments is done by hand in family workshops. According to the needs, silversmiths first make molten silver into thin slices, silver bars or silver wires, then make exquisite patterns by pressing, thinning, engraving and hugging, and then weld or weave.

Characteristics of silver ornaments

Become great and beautiful

Miao silver ornaments are characterized by great beauty. It goes without saying that Miao silver horns are almost half the height of the wearer, which is a very convincing example. Piles are mountains, showing majestic beauty; Water is a sea, showing infinite beauty. Miao silver jewelry is very reasonable from the aesthetic point of view because of its unique insight into great beauty. At the same time, it also shows that your family has a good fortune, showing the atmosphere of Miao girls.

Pay attention to beauty

Seeing the importance of beauty, Miao women in Shidong, Guizhou used a round stick that gradually became thicker to enlarge their ears when they were young, so as to ensure that they could wear the local popular round earrings and lengthen their earlobes by using the weight of the earrings. Some women have their earlobes removed because their earrings are too heavy. The local earrings weigh only 200 grams. The heavier the basket of Liping Miao women, the better. The heavier the basket, the more than eight pounds.

More is beauty.

The artistic features of Miao silver ornaments are also amazing. Many Miao areas pay attention to the beauty of wearing silver ornaments. Hang three or four earrings and fold them to your shoulders; Wear three or four collars, no neck cover; Wear Fu Zi ornaments and waist ornaments. Especially in the Qingshui River basin, there are hundreds of combined parts, which overlap and are complicated, presenting a complex beauty. This materialization of showing off consciousness is not difficult to see in other ethnic groups. The tattoo custom of Dai people emphasizes that the larger the tattoo area, the more complex and beautiful the pattern; Hani girls in courtship are covered with dense beads and shells; The "dragon ornaments" of Tibetan women in Qinghai pastoral areas fully embody the aesthetic principle of pursuing greatness and diversity; As many as thirty or forty times, the waist hoop of De 'ang nationality is a typical pursuit of jewelry quantity. It shows that pursuing complexity is better than Miao family. More represents a sense of uniqueness.

Change and invariability

It is worth mentioning that, from the comparison of silver ornaments collected by Guizhou Provincial Museum in different periods, the Miao people's pursuit of large, heavy and multi-silver ornaments has never stopped. Especially after 1980s, the development speed of Miao silver ornaments is unprecedented. This reflects the continuous improvement of the living standards of the Miao people from one side.