What do the ethnic minorities in Guizhou pay attention to in dressing?

Many ethnic minorities in Guizhou like to wear silver ornaments. Silver ornaments occupy a very prominent position in Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Shui and other ethnic groups, and become an indispensable ornament for women to dress up. Among them, Miao silver ornaments are the most exquisite, and Qiandongnan Miao silver ornaments have the most styles.

Miao silver ornaments can be divided into headdress, neck ornaments, chest and back ornaments, waist ornaments, hand ornaments and foot ornaments. The headdress includes a silver crown, a silver hairpin, a silver comb and silver earrings. The neck is decorated with collars and necklaces; The chest and back are decorated with pressure collars, silver chains and silver labels. The mobile phone is decorated with bracelets and rings; The anklet is an ankle bracelet. Miao silver ornaments are exquisite in craftsmanship, exquisite in production and beautiful in finished products. The silversmith makes molten silver into pieces, strips or wires, and then presses, punches, engraves and engraves them into exquisite patterns, and then welds or weaves them into shapes. Many silversmiths are farmers in the village, and all silverware is handmade by family workshops. Wugao and Gaobai Village of Xijiang River in Leishan County are very famous. "There are more than 400 families in this silversmith village, 1500 people, and no less than 500 people make silverware. Their silverware skills have been passed down from generation to generation, and even some 13-or 14-year-old boys have mastered some silverware making techniques.

Brocade is mainly popular among Miao, Buyi, Dong and Yao. Brocade can be divided into plain brocade and colorful brocade. Plain brocade is popular in Danzhai Miao and Congjiang Dong, while colorful brocade is popular in all ethnic groups. Plain brocade is mostly black and white, which belongs to warp and weft knitting. The method is to take white thread as warp, black thread as weft, and brocade surface as the back of black flower (positive flower) with black background and white flower (negative flower). It has a unique and simple geometric pattern. Colored brocade is a kind of reverse pick weaving with warp and weft fractures, and its technology is more complicated than plain brocade. When weaving, each row of pattern weft and ground weft is woven into a plain weft. The warp and weft are interwoven, and the plain weft is not exposed. The pattern weft is woven upward according to the color requirements of the pattern, which is called "warp break" because the ground weft and plain weft interweave back and forth. Purple, black, white, etc. Most of them are mainly warm colors, emphasizing the brightness and contrast of colors, so they are both gorgeous and gorgeous but not vulgar. In terms of design, it is basically the same as plain brocade. Bouyei brocade in Xingyi, Anshun and Taijiang in Qiandongnan Prefecture is dominated by various dragon patterns, which are covered with bird (phoenix) patterns and fish patterns, making the brocade patterns prominent and colorful.