Why do people on the Tibetan Plateau wear colorful clothes?

The formation of Tibetan clothing customs is inextricably linked to the natural environment and climatic conditions of the Tibetan Plateau where the Tibetan people live.

Tibetan clothing, eye ornaments in its style, structure formation and development process, by the natural conditions, labor production and cultural exchanges. As a result of living in the geographical climate and engaged in different occupations, constitute a variety of types of eye ornaments. From the geographical point of view, they can be distinguished as agricultural and pastoral types, which are the basic types of Tibetan costumes; according to the way of life, they can be distinguished as rural and urban types; from the identity, they can be divided into types such as commoners, monks, and dignitaries. Tibetan traditional eye ornaments of dignitaries, high-grade texture, exquisite workmanship, numerous patterns, especially pay attention to clothing and identity, status commensurate.