Yunnan Dai ethnic dress characteristics and uniqueness

Chinese culture has a long history and a vast territory. Because of the regional differences in the clothing and costumes of various ethnic groups are also distinctive, reflecting the richness and colorfulness of national culture. The beautiful Dai dress advocates the national personality of the beauty of harmony, in the national costume is quite characteristic, especially the Dai girl's dress is more graceful and elegant. So, the following together into the Dai culture to understand the uniqueness of the Dai dress it.

The Dai costumes are elegant and beautiful, not only practical, but also highly decorative, reflecting the love of life and the beauty of the national personality. There is not much difference in the costumes of men in different places, and they usually wear collarless lapel or large lapel and small-sleeved short shirts, with long pants underneath, and their heads are wrapped in white cloth, water-red cloth or blue cloth. The dress of Dai women varies from region to region.

Men's Clothing

Dai men generally do not wear jewelry, and occasionally you will find a shiny silver bracelet on their wrists. Setting gold and silver teeth is their preference. They usually pull out their good incisors and replace them with false teeth made of gold or silver. In the past, there is the custom of tattooing, in the chest, back, abdomen, limbs and other places in the text symbols or lions and tigers, unicorns, peacocks and other patterns, to show courage or pray for good luck.

Dai men's clothing varies little from place to place, generally more simple and generous, the upper body for the collarless lapel or lapel small-sleeved shirts, under the wide waist without pockets pants, more white, green cloth head, some wear tweed bowler hat, when it is cold, like to cloak the blanket, the four seasons often barefoot. This kind of clothing is light and comfortable in farming and labor, and the wearer looks fit and dashing when dancing.

Retained the ancient "clothes on the lapel", "head wrapped in cloth scarf, like hanging backpacks, with a short knife" features, but the material has rarely used self-woven "soil cloth". Zhongshan suit and suit, has become the Dai young men's fashion. 20 years of collared lapel or lapel small-sleeved shirts, headscarves changed to aqua, green, pink silk, pants remain the same.

Women's clothing

Dai women pay attention to clothing, the pursuit of light, beautiful, elegant attire, coordinated clothing colors, extremely excellent. Young women will have their long hair coiled on top of their heads, which is a remarkable feature of the Dai dress. Dai women wear tight underwear of various colors on the upper body, jacket light-colored lapel or lapel narrow-sleeved shirt, lower body with a flower-colored tube skirt, skirt woven with a variety of patterns, Dai women like to pull their long hair into a bun, in the bun oblique insert comb, hairpin or flowers for decoration.

Dai women like to wear jewelry, jewelry is usually made of gold and silver, hollow mostly, above the engraved with exquisite patterns and designs Dai women generally grow up with a slim figure, the face of the pure and delicate, looks Pavilion, generous manner, so there is a "golden peacock" of the name. They are not only beautiful, but also good at dressing up, with unique clothing to dress themselves up as a flower like jade.

Dai women generally like to wear narrow-sleeved short clothes and tube skirts, their long and slender body fully displayed. Above wearing a white or scarlet underwear, outside is a tight short blouse, garden round neck and narrow sleeves, there is a large lapel, there is also a lapel, there are water red, light yellow, light green, snow white, sky blue and other colors.

By 2000 is mostly sewn with georgette, silk, indeed, and other materials. Narrow-sleeved short shirt tightly over the arm, almost no gap, a lot of people also like to use flesh-colored clothing sewing, if not carefully look at the sleeve tube, before and after the lapel just waist, tightly wrapped around the body, and then a silver belt tied to the short-sleeved shirt and tube skirt mouth, under the ankle-length unity skirt, waist slim and small, wide hemline.

The Dai women's attire, fully displaying the female chest, waist, hip "three" beauty, plus the fabric used by the soft, bright and colorful, whether walking or doing things, all give a graceful, elegant feeling. Today's Dai women, wearing a light color collarless, sleeveless corset (town Dai women wear bra), wearing a collarless, thin-sleeved tight-fitting short clothes, wearing a tube skirt, short clothes and waist, long skirts and the ground.

The long skirt folded, more silver belt tied at the waist, the show is obvious, when the convergence of the convergence, so that women's curves are clear, the lower limbs are long, showing Pavilion Yulin's slim posture. Town women have very few scarves, more buns on the top, flowers, hairpins, card comb for decoration, more visible style. Dress color to peacock green, light green, flesh pink, yellow, yellow for the masses.

Clothing materials are mostly thin and soft georgette, indeed or brocade silk sewing. When you go out to participate in rallies or rush to the swing, foot on the fashionable shoes, sandals, elbow hanging bags, hand-held umbrellas to shield the sun, everywhere showing a beautiful and moving style. Dress style in the absorption of traditional clothing "essence" on the basis of the beautiful, gentle, bright, elegant direction. Further show the peacock feathers of the peacock township like colorful features.