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What is the significance of the pattern on the 'waistband' of the Qiang costume?

Waist style. The decorative patterns of Qiang embroidery mainly include full flower, cluster flower, corner flower, banded flower, stuffed flower and cluster flower. The waist is usually covered with floral patterns. A full pattern sample fills the whole mind. With most of the flowers as the main motif, a full pattern sample can be made up with several banded motifs. On the waist and half placket, patterns are most often used, and in the picking technique patterns are widely used. These flowers are circular, oval, square, octagonal, radial, diamond, and so on. The patterns are balanced, regular, symmetrical, rigorous and varied. Double wrapped cross stitch is the most common pattern for Qiang women. Corner patterns are mainly used together with cluster patterns. In the lower corners of the waistband, most of them are triangles. The corners and flower clusters complement each other.

Patterns and colors around the waist. The half and full lapels are based on spreading the waistband, with a sky blue or black base and white lines as highlights and hooks. The color design pays a lot of attention to the right treatment of black, white and grey. And the patterns and colors are distinct, giving people a noble and elegant feeling. The color patterns are bright and colorful, with sharp and strong color contrast and no gradation. They have strong and unrestrained national characteristics. The color of the waist is bold and jumping, occupying a prominent position in the whole set of clothes and becoming the focus of the lower half of the body and even the whole body of the Qiang clothing.

Qiang clothing raw materials. Qiang textile has been around since ancient times, with hemp and cotton as raw materials. Qiang people, men and women, young and old, like to wear their own linen or cotton clothes. The waist is mainly made of linen and cotton. However, with the development of social economy, the raw materials of modern Qiang clothing are mostly modern finished fabrics, such as cotton, satin, chemical fiber, tweed and so on. It is more comfortable to wear.

The cultural connotation of waist tattoos. As a kind of folk dress, Qiang dress is a product of social material production and a carrier of social concepts. The themes of waist stripes are mostly flowers, plants, insects, fish and other natural landscapes. It reflects the Qiang people's worship of nature, totem and animism, as well as their pursuit of harmony with nature and the concept of unity of heaven and man.

The allegory of the theme reflects the psychological tendency of the Qiang people to seek good fortune and avoid bad luck, and from one side it shows the ability of the Qiang people to adapt to the natural society. The bold and bright colors of the Qiang girdle garments reflect the unique and distinctive aesthetic interests formed by the Qiang people in their long-term contact with the natural environment, as well as the concepts of the Qiang people's love of nature and reverence for nature. With its unique charm, the Qiang costume stands out among many ethnic costumes, representing the unique ethnic culture and beliefs of the Qiang people, and is a wonder among ethnic costumes.

The Qiang costume art is a unique representative of China's national costumes. It is skillful and has unique aesthetic and cultural connotations, and plays a positive role in the in-depth understanding and research of Qiang costume art and culture. It belongs to the world. We must strive to continuously inherit and develop the national costume culture.