Wa costumes What are the characteristics and styles of Wa costumes?

Wa clothing inherits the original dip-dying process and is woven on a waist machine. Thread materials include cotton thread, hemp thread, and colored wool. The cotton thread is made from plant purple stems, yunda, mountain plum juice and millet bark, which are boiled and soaked in water for dyeing. The color is uniform and natural.

Most of the Wa's clothing is mainly black, which is an external manifestation of the Wa's national cultural psychology of advocating black and regarding black as beauty. The Wa costumes are also influenced by foreign culture. They seek to diversify the colors and styles based on the black tone. The Wa costumes are also appropriately matched with exquisite patterns and accessories such as headbands, earrings, bead strings, collars, bracelets, and belts to achieve color. Sharp contrast, smooth lines, simple and elegant visual effects.

The traditional costumes of the Wa people have strong regional characteristics under the background of different national cultures and national aesthetic psychology.

Wearing a bandana on the head and a round hat decorated with flowers, or a dragon suit with colorful threads on the head, a long-sleeved shirt with a slanted button-neck round collar, and a long skirt with a slight hem, this is the style of Yanshuai in Cangyuan County. Characteristics of clothing of women in the village. The silver-white foam decoration on the small coat, the large silver necklace, the colorful flower-arranged headdress and the long skirt with strong horizontal stripes show the exaggerated and enthusiastic style of women's clothing in Yanshuai Dazhai. It outlines the cheerful and generous character of Yanshuai Dazhai women who pursue a better life.

Wearing a long-sleeved shirt with a round neck and diagonal placket, a white seashell ornament "Bulu" tied around the waist, and a tube skirt with exquisitely woven patterns, this is the proud dress of Yanshuai Yanbing women. The clothing characteristics of Yanbing women are mainly reflected in the "Bulu" which symbolizes wealth and has a history of more than 100 years, and the tube skirt pattern which represents mountains and rivers and symbolizes the prosperity of descendants.

The clothing styles of women in Paliangpaqiu in Cangyuan County are similar. Women wrap their heads in square scarves, wear long-sleeved shirts with round collars and diagonal plackets, and wear earrings and necklaces. and other accessories, wearing a tube skirt with horizontal stripes such as blue and earthy red, and a cloth belt around the waist. The beauty of the undulating flow of colors can be seen wherever you move. However, Patchou also has a tube skirt with yellow stripes matching the color strips, which shows a brighter style.

Manlai is the hometown of bee-bucket drum dance, and women like to dress in different styles. Wear a round-neck, slant-breasted cloth button-down long-sleeved dress, available in black and navy blue. Underneath, there are tube skirts made of white cotton or earthy red cotton with red or yellow stripes, or flower tube skirts of blue cotton with cotton woven with baby's breath. What's exquisite is that there are skirt pendants made of colorful wool hanging from the skirt. The pendant moves with the skirt, elegant and charming, and full of charm.

The most attractive aspect of Manlai women's clothing is that they wrap their heads with a turban, add a square scarf, and then wrap it with a white cotton strip to embellish it. There are many strings of beads hanging around the neck, and their legs are wrapped with black or navy blue cotton with a woven base. The cloth is tied with dotted woolen flowers, and the body is worn with a cotton handkerchief on a white or navy blue background with floral decorations. The whole outfit is harmonious in color and integrated. The sentimental Manlai costumes are a colorful and flowing scenery amidst the fanatical bee-barrel drumming.

Wearing a colorful thread dragon suit on his head, a round-neck long-sleeved short-sleeved cloth jacket with a diagonal placket, a long skirt decorated with red lines, a silver sunflower hanging around his neck, and a handkerchief worn by Weng Dingyuan. Clothing favored by women in eco-villages. Wengding women's clothing has a simple and unpretentious style.

The traditional clothing of the Wa people in Banhong, Banlao, Nanla and other places are similar to the clothing of the Dai people. Most middle-aged and elderly women wear black or white buns on their heads, long-sleeved clothes with round collars and buttons, and black tube skirts. Young women generally don't wear a bun, their hair is tied with black thread, and their skirts are colorful.

The traditional clothing of Wa men is mainly black or blue. The top consists of a round-collared button-breasted long-sleeved shirt and a stand-collar button-breasted long-sleeved shirt. He wears black large-crotch pants and a bun on his head. In some places, a long cloth belt is worn around the waist, giving it a solemn and resolute style.

With the development of society, modern Wa clothing has been developed on the basis of absorbing the essence of traditional clothing. Modern decoration is beautiful and elegant. Women's clothing includes triangle-neck short-sleeved pullovers, double-breasted short-sleeved shirts, round-neck and square-neck long-sleeved shirts, with ultra-short or mid-short skirts, long skirts and other skirt styles. They are more casual and changeable, and are practical, fashionable and casual. and other characteristics. Accessories include silver headbands, earrings, various necklaces, hand ornaments and even foot ornaments with cultural and contemporary characteristics. Men's stand-up collared double-breasted long-sleeved shirts, mandarin jackets, etc. are often decorated with cow head patterns or the word "AV" and red Baotou.

Cangyuan Wa costumes integrate the simple idea of ??harmony between man and nature. They are woven with original ecological fabrics and traditional handicrafts. They have profound cultural connotations, rich styles, are beautiful, convenient and comfortable, and can be used as a stage for performances. Clothing can be used as daily clothing for work and home, and can also be used as folk art treasures. It has the value of collection and appreciation and is deeply loved by men, women, old and young. Today, speaking Wa language, singing Wa songs, dancing Wa dances, and eating Wa food have become fashionable, and Wa costumes have broad market prospects.