What do Miao people wear?

Miao costumes, called "Ou Qian" in Miao language, are mainly composed of children's clothes, casual clothes and costumes. Dressing up is called "Ou Qian Ga Gai Xi" in Miao language, that is, "Topcoat", and "Ou Tao Qian" is called "Silver Dress" in Miao language, with pleated skirts and waist.

Miao costume is one of the most beautiful costumes of all ethnic groups in China. It is not only a wonderful flower in China culture, but also a treasure of history and culture. Xiangxi dialect and eastern Guizhou dialect Miao areas like silver ornaments, while some areas in southern Guizhou like shellfish ornaments, while Miao costumes in western dialect areas are less silvery ornaments. Silver ornaments, Miao Xiu and batik are the main features of Miao costumes.

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Miao costumes are diverse and colorful. There are five streams in the later Han Dynasty. Wuxi: Xiangxi is at the junction with Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei. There are five streams here, hence the name. The record of Miao people's "good five-color clothes"; Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a famous poem "The sky is clothed by five streams".

There are more than 100 styles of Miao women's wear, which is the highest in China. A more representative traditional "dressing up", there are dozens of headdresses only inserted in the bun.

Miao women generally wear narrow sleeves, big collars, double-breasted tops and pleated skirts. The dress is either long to the feet, elegant and colorful, or short to the knees and graceful.

Casual clothes are mostly wrapped in a handkerchief on the head, a blouse on the upper body, a pair of trousers on the lower body, embroidered edges, an embroidered waist and a little delicate silver ornaments as a foil. Miao men's costumes are relatively simple, mostly double-breasted tops or right-handed robes, with wool felt woven with geometric patterns on their shoulders, blue baotou on their heads and leggings on their calves.

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