56 ethnic groups, 56 flowers. After the accumulation of history and culture, each ethnic group has its own unique culture. The costume characteristics of the 56 ethnic groups are as follows:

1. Mongolian (měng gǔ zú)

The Mongolian people are a nomadic people with a long history and legendary colors. Jewelry, robes, belts and boots are the four main parts of Mongolian clothing. The decorations on women's heads are mostly made of agate, pearls, gold and silver.

2. Hui Nationality (huí zú)

Hui Nationality is the abbreviation of Hui Nationality. The main symbol of Hui clothing is on the head. Men like to wear white round hats, and Hui women often wear hijabs.

3. Miao Nationality (miáo zú)

The Miao Nationality’s arts and crafts such as cross-stitching, embroidery, brocade, batik, and jewelry making are internationally renowned. Miao costumes are famous for their eye-catching colors, complex silver ornaments and intriguing cultural connotations.

4. Dai Nationality (dǎi zú)

The costumes of the Dai Nationality fully reflect their geographical characteristics, are elegant and beautiful, are both practical and have a strong decorative meaning. Women's clothing pursues lightness and beauty. , the color of the clothing is extremely outstanding.

5. Lisu (lì sù zú)

The Lisu people settled in the Nujiang area in western Yunnan. The costumes of the Lisu people are very distinctive. Women wear embroidered tops and linen skirts, and like to wear red and white beads, corals, shells and other accessories; men wear short clothes, a linen coat, a sword on the left waist, and an arrow pouch on the right waist.

6. Tibetan (zàng zú)

The Tibetan is one of the ancient ethnic groups in China and mainly lives in Tibet. The most basic characteristics of Tibetan costumes are fat waist, long sleeves, large lapel, right hem, long skirt, long boots, braided hair, gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, etc.

7. Zhuang (zhuàng zú)

The Zhuang is the most populous ethnic group among the ethnic minorities in China. Zhuang women are good at weaving and embroidery. The Zhuang cloth and Zhuang brocade weaved are famous for their exquisite patterns and bright colors. The unique style of "batik" is also praised by people.

8. Korean (cháo xiǎn zú)

The Koreans are mainly distributed in Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces. The Koreans prefer plain white clothing to show cleanliness, simplicity and generosity. Therefore, the Koreans have been known as the "white nation" since ancient times and call themselves "white compatriots".

9. Gaoshan people (gāo shān zú)

The traditional costumes of the Gaoshan people in Taiwan are brightly colored, mainly red, yellow and black. Among them, men’s clothing has waist skirts , skirts, embroidered feather crowns, robes, etc. Women have short coats, long skirts, aprons, knee pants, etc. In addition to clothing, there are many accessories, such as crowns, arm ornaments, foot ornaments, etc. Flower garlands are made of flowers. When dancing in costume, wear it directly on your head, it is very beautiful.

10. Naxi (nà xī zú)

The Naxi women, who are “clad in stars and wearing the moon”, are known for their hard work, ability, virtue and kindness. The most distinctive feature of the costume is the seven-star sheepskin shawl on the back. Seven embroidered circular cloth circles with a diameter of about two inches are nailed side by side on the shawl, with a pair of tassels in each circle.

11. Blang people (bù lǎng zú)

The Blang people dress simply, and the women’s clothing is similar to that of the Dai people. They wear tight-fitting collarless shorts and red or green stripes or Wearing a black tube skirt, her hair is tied into a bun and a big bun. Men wear collarless shorts, wide black trousers, and wrap their heads with black or white cloth.

12. Achang Nationality (ā chāng zú)

Achang women’s clothing differs according to their age and marital status. Most unmarried girls wear various colored tops or double-breasted tops, black trousers, aprons, and black buns. Married women generally wear blue-black button-up tops and tube skirts, with leggings wrapped around their calves. They like to use black cloth to wrap a high bun that looks like a pointed hat. There are four or five small colorful hydrangeas hanging from the top of the bun, which is quite distinctive.

13. Nu people (nù zú)

The style of Nu people’s clothing is simple and elegant. Women wear right-front cardigan tops, ankle-length skirts, and black or red waistcoats; young girls They like to wear colorful lace aprons outside their skirts, and married women's dresses are all embroidered with lace. Women's heads and chests are often decorated with corals, agates, shells, beads, and strings of silver coins, and they wear large steel earrings hanging from their shoulders.

14. Ewenki (è wēn kè zú)

The main raw material of Ewenki costumes is animal skins. The big woolen top has diagonal breasts, thick sleeves and a long belt. Short leather jackets and lambskin jackets are wedding or festival dresses. For both men and women, the hems, collars, etc. are edged with decorations made of cloth or lambskin, and they are worn with a belt. Like blue and black clothes.

15. The Oroqen people (è lún chūn zú)

The Oroqen people all wear wide and fat robes. Because they were mainly engaged in hunting in the past, their clothing was mostly made of deer, roe deer, and deer skin. The collar, cuffs, hems, and slits of the gown are all decorated with embroidery, appliques, etc. Commonly used are moiré patterns, antler patterns, etc. Wear a leather hat with a felt top and various decorations and colorful tassels sewn on it; girls wear headbands decorated with beads, shells, buttons and other decorations.

16. Hezhe Nationality (hè zhé zú)

The ancestors of the Hezhe Nationality have thrived in the Heilongjiang, Songhua River and Wusuli River basins since ancient times. Influenced by the Manchu costumes, the Hezhe fish skin clothes are mostly long clothes, mainly worn by women. Its style is like a cheongsam, with a slightly narrower waist and knee-length body.

17. The Monba people (mén bā zú)

The Monba people mainly live in the Menyu area and Medog County of Tibet. Their clothing has regional differences. Both men and women in the Menyu area Wear a Tibetan-style ocher-colored Puxu robe and belt. Wearing a small brown round hat with orange trim on the edge and a delicate and eye-catching small gap in the front, it has national characteristics. The feet are worn in boots, the shafts of the boots are sewn with red and black Pou Pu, and the soles of the boots are soft cowhide.

18. Bai ethnic group (bái zú)

The Bai ethnic group mainly lives in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the rest are distributed throughout Yunnan, Bijie area of ??Guizhou Province and Liangshan Prefecture of Sichuan Province. The headwear of Bai girls is very distinctive and has the meaning of "wind, flowers, snow and moon". The hanging tassels represent the wind in Xiaguan, the gorgeous floral decorations are the flowers in Shangguan, the white top of the hat is the snow on the Cangshan Mountain, and the curved shape is the moon in the Erhai Sea.

19. Baoan tribe (bǎo ān zú)

Baoan tribe’s clothing: unmarried women usually wear bright colored tops and thin, soft and translucent green silk hijabs; married women wear Young women and middle-aged women usually wear white sanitary caps and black hijabs when going out; elderly women mostly wear dark clothes and white hijabs.

20. Buyi people (bù yī zú)

The Buyi people are a large ethnic minority in southwest China. The traditional costumes of the Buyi people are shirts for men and skirts for women. Women's clothes and skirts are decorated with batik, picks and embroidery patterns.

21. Daur people (dá wò ěr zú)

Daur men wear cloth clothes and robes in summer, wrap their heads with white cloth, wear straw hats, and leather hats in winter. Women wear long robes without belts or short coats. In winter, both men and women wear gikami (leather boots), and women wear mainly blue robes. In summer, they like to wear white socks and floral shoes. Daur clothing is greatly influenced by the Mongolian and Manchu people. They wear large-breasted leather robes, plus robes, white cloth wrapping their heads, straw hats, and leather boots.

22. De’ang ethnic group (dé áng zú)

The clothing of the De’ang ethnic group is very distinctive. Women of the Red De’ang and Hua De’ang branches shave their heads and wrap them in black cloth. , likes to wear big earrings, silver necklaces, blue and black double-breasted short tops, with two strips of red cloth on the edge, and small pompoms in red, green and yellow colors on the hem.

23. Dongxiang Nationality (dōng xiāng zú)

The costumes of the Dongxiang Nationality are similar to those of the Hui Nationality, but their characteristics are also quite obvious. Men mostly wear flat-topped beanie hats, available in black and white, white shirts, black waistcoats, and blue-blue trousers. Older people wear black, gray, and white.

24. Dong people (dòng zú)

The Dong people are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Hunan and other places. Dong men wear double-breasted shorts, some with no collar on the right side and a large turban. Women generally wear large-breasted, collarless, unbuttoned tops, and skirts or trousers. They are accustomed to wearing belts and turbans. Use four colors: black, cyan (blue), dark purple, and white. Black and blue are mostly used in spring, autumn and winter, white is mostly used in summer, and purple is mostly used in festivals.

25. Dulong tribe (dú lóng zú)

Both men and women of the Dulong tribe have hair, with eyebrows hanging in front, shoulder-length drapes behind, and ears covered on the left and right sides. In the past, both men and women wore linen. When wearing it, they were tucked down from the left shoulder to the chest, with the right chest exposed and the right arm exposed. They were tied with straw ropes or bamboo needles and dropped freely.

26. Russians (é luó sī zú)

The Russians are an ethnic minority that gradually moved south from Tsarist Russia to Xinjiang, China and other places after the 18th century. Russian traditional costumes are rich and colorful, and people choose different colors and styles in different seasons.

27. Hani people (hā ní zú)

The Hani people generally like to use navy blue Hani homespun cloth to make clothes. Men usually wear button-up jackets and trousers, and wrap their heads with black or white cloth. Women usually wear collarless tops with the right lapel, trousers or skirts of different lengths on the lower body. The edges of the lapels and sleeves are embroidered with colorful lace, and they wear embroidered aprons and various styles of silver ornaments on the chest.

28. Kazakh (hā sà kè zú)

The Kazakh is a nation characterized by a grassland nomadic culture. Its clothing is easy to ride. Its national clothing is mostly made of sheepskin, fox skin, The production of deer skin, wolf skin, etc. reflects the life characteristics of the mountainous grassland people.

29. Jīnuò zú

The Jino people live in Jinuo Township, Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province and its surrounding areas. The clothing of the Jinuo people is simple and unsophisticated. They like to wear self-woven homespun clothes with blue, red and black stripes.

30. Jing nationality (jīng zú)

The Jing nationality mainly lives in Jiangping Township, Fangcheng Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is known as the "Three Jing Islands". There are three small islands at the head and the center of the mountain. Jing women wear a rhombus-shaped breast-covering cloth inside, a collarless, double-breasted short top with a tight body and narrow sleeves, and wide-leg trousers, mostly black or brown.

31. Jingpo people (jǐng pō zú)

The Jingpo people mainly live in the mountainous areas of counties in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. Women wear black plackets, black and red woven skirts, and leg wraps. When women are dressed up, there are many silver bubbles and silver pieces on the front, back and shoulders of their coats. They hang seven silver necklaces or a string of silver chains or silver bells around their necks. They wear silver earphones on their ears that are longer than their fingers. They also wear silver earrings on their hands. One or two pairs of chunky engraved silver bracelets.

32. Kirgiz (kē ěr kè zī zú)

Women of the Kirgiz ethnic group prefer red and wear short clothes. Wearing a round golden velvet red floral hat called "Taksi" with a turban on it. Women wear double-breasted blouses, wide and collarless, no longer than the knee, embellished with silver, and the lower end of a long pleated skirt is inlaid with fur. There are also those who wear dresses with pleats at the lower end and black waistcoats or "drapes" on their coats.

33. Lahu people (lā hù zú)

The Lahu people are mainly distributed in southern Yunnan Province. The Lahu people love black the most, considering black as beauty and black as the main color. Lahu women's clothing has the characteristics of women's clothing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They wear a long black cloth gown that reaches below the knee, with slits on both sides and higher slits. The right side of the collar has a stand-up collar, decorated with silver bubbles, and they like to be trimmed with red or white lace. Decorated on the cuffs and lapels, it looks bright and beautiful.

34. Li ethnic group (lí zú)

The Li ethnic group live in Tongshi Town, Hainan Island and other places. Li costumes have their own unique characteristics in terms of both aesthetics and practicality. Li women's costumes mainly include three parts: tops, skirts and headscarves. These three parts are all woven with exquisite patterns and patterns.

35. The Lhoba ethnic group (luò bā zú)

The Lhoba ethnic group is mainly distributed in southeastern Tibet and is the ethnic group with the smallest population in China. Lhoba women like to wear linen double-breasted collarless narrow-sleeved tops with a piece of calfskin on the outside, a tight-fitting skirt slightly below the knees around the lower body, leg wraps around the calves, and the ends are tied tightly with straps. Lhoba women like to wear linen double-breasted collarless narrow-sleeved tops with a piece of calfskin on the outside, a tight-fitting skirt slightly below the knees around the lower body, leg wraps around the calves, and the ends are tied tightly with straps.

36. Manchu (mǎn zú)

The Manchu are mainly distributed in the three eastern provinces of China, with the largest number in Liaoning Province. The cheongsam is a traditional costume for Manchu women. It not only has oriental colors, but also fully displays grace and elegance. It is considered a typical national costume that expresses female beauty and is well-known around the world. There are four main forms: flag suit, mandarin jacket, waistcoat, and trousers. Flag costumes can be worn by both men and women regardless of season.

37. Maonan people (máo nán zú)

The Maonan people mainly live in the upper, middle and lower Nanshan Mountains of Huanjiang County, Guangxi. The Maonan people are an indigenous ethnic group in Lingxi. The clothing and accessories of the Maonan people are basically the same as those of the nearby Han and Zhuang people.

Women wear very beautiful right-front cardigans with two stripes of lace. The trousers are wider and rolled with lace. Women's clothing has red or blue or black trims on the cuffs and trouser legs. They don't wear skirts.

38. Mulao people (mù lǎo zú)

The Mulao people mainly live in Luocheng and other counties in Guangxi. The Mulao people admire cyan and their clothing style is simple and simple. Mulao people grow their own cotton and indigo, weave and dye their own homespun cloth. Beautiful and elegant, durable.

39. Pumi tribe (pǔ mǐ zú)

Young women all wear short tops. In ancient times, they were made of hemp. In modern times, they are mostly made of cotton, mostly in white, black and red. It has an open placket on the right side, a shorter lower placket, narrow sleeves and a high collar. Adult women all wear fur shawls. Most shawls are made of pure white fur, which is beautiful and elegant.

40. Qiang people (qiāng zú)

The Qiang people now mainly live in Maowen, western Sichuan. The traditional costumes of the Qiang people include linen gowns, sheepskin waistcoats, headbands, belts and leggings for both men and women. Both men and women wear a sheepskin vest, commonly known as a "leather jacket", over a long gown. The fur is turned inwards on sunny days and outwards on rainy days to prevent rain.

41. Salar people (sā lā zú)

The Salar people mainly live in the Xunhua area of ??Qinghai Province, which is located along the Yellow River. Women's clothing is mostly short tops, black or purple waistcoats, trousers, and embroidered cloth shoes.

42. She people (shē zú)

The She people call themselves "Shanha", which means customers who live in the mountains. They are mainly distributed in Fu'an, Fujian, Jingning, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, In Anhui and other provinces, most people live together with Han people. Most of their clothes are made of self-woven ramie cloth, in two colors: black and blue, mostly black. The clothes are open on the right side, and the collar, cuffs and right side are often inlaid with colorful lace.

43. Shui tribe (shuǐ zú)

The Shui tribe calls itself "sea water", which means water people. Most of them like to wear red or floral dresses with lace, a black velvet vest, trousers, and red soft-soled boots. In order to resist the strong wind and cold on the plateau, a cylindrical embroidered cotton hat is always worn on the head.

44. Tajik (tǎ jí kè zú)

Tajik clothing mostly uses fur and felt brown as fabrics. Tajik women have fair complexions, are pretty and fit, and like to wear red or embroidered dresses in purple or green tones. Girls love to wear round hat crowns embroidered with velvet cloth in purple, golden and bright red tones.

45. Tatar people (tǎ tǎ ěr zú)

The clothes of the Tatar people are very unique. Men like to wear embroidered white shirts, black waist-length vests or black cardigans, and black trousers. The cap has black and white embroidery. Women are most beautiful by wearing a small flower hat inlaid with beads, and a large gauze scarf on the outside. They like to wear a white, yellow or purple jumpsuit with long skirts with crepe edges, and are decorated with earrings, bracelets and red bead necklaces.

46. Tujia (tǔ jiā zú)

Most of the Tujia people live in Hunan, Hubei Province, Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province (now part of Chongqing City). The pleated skirts of Tujia people, which are "one for men and one for men", retain the legacy of "shang" in ancient times.

47. Gelao ethnic group (gē lǎo zú)

The Gelao ethnic group is mainly distributed in Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County and Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County in Guizhou Province. Both men and women of the Gelao people wear skirts (men's skirts are short, women's skirts are long). The cloth is wrapped around the waist, without wrinkles, and is shaped like a barrel, which is called a "barrel skirt".

48. Tu Nationality (tǔ zú)

The symbol of Tu nationality women’s clothing is commonly known as colorful sleeves. In Tu nationality language, it is called Xiu Su, which means "flower sleeve shirt". Counting from the bottom, the first line is black, symbolizing land; the second line, green, symbolizes green seedlings and grass; the third line, yellow, symbolizes wheat stacks; the fourth line, white, symbolizes nectar; the fifth line, blue, symbolizes blue sky; The six orange rays symbolize golden light; the seventh red ray symbolizes the sun.

49. The Wa people (wǎ zú)

The Wa people worship red and black. Most of their clothing is black and decorated with red. Basically, they still retain the characteristics of the ancient mountain people. Wa women have unique decorations. They like to wear big earphones, wide bracelets and thin rattan rings, which symbolize the rough, bold and strong character of the Wa people.

50. Uyghur (wéi wú ěr zú)

The "Uyghurs" mainly live in the area south of the Tianshan Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Flower hat is an integral part of Uyghur clothing and one of the symbols of Uyghur beauty.

51. Uzbek Nationality (wū zī bié kè zú)

The traditional costumes of the Uzbek Nationality are characterized by the fact that both men and women wear various small flower hats. Flower hats are hard shell, rimless, He-shaped or four-sided, and those with edges can also be folded. The flower hat fabrics are made of dark green, black, white, maroon gold velvet and corduroy. There are various unique geometric and floral patterns on the top and sides of the hat. They are exquisitely made and colorful.

52. Xibo people (xī bó zú)

The Xibo people have lived in the Hulunbuir Prairie and the Nenjiang River Basin. Xibo men mostly wear long-breasted robes and double-breasted short jackets, with waistcoats on top and long trouser belts on the bottom. Women should be more particular about what they wear. They wear cheongsam that is as long as the top of their feet, with lace or embroidered wide edges, and a waistcoat. Some of the waistcoats have double-breasted or wide-breasted ones, and they also have lace.

53. Yao people (yáo zú)

The Yao people are a relatively typical mountain ethnic group in southern China. Yao women are good at embroidery, and they embroider exquisite patterns on their skirts, cuffs and trouser hems. The hair is wrapped in a fine braid around the top of the head, surrounded by five-color beads, and the skirt of the dress is embroidered with colorful patterns from the neck to the chest.

54. Yugu people (yù gù zú)

"High collars and tasseled hats" are a major feature of the Yugu people's clothing. Their life and cultural traditions have formed the basis of their clothing. The aesthetic standards, clothing styles, colors, embroidery patterns, and patterns are all formed according to their national habits and passed down from generation to generation.

55. Yi Nationality (yí zú)

The Yi nationality is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yi costumes are rich in color, varied in style, and decorated with a large number of silver products and embroidery.

56. Han nationality (hàn zú)

The Han nationality is the dominant ethnic group in China. The main features of Hanfu are crossed collars and right gussets. They do not use buttons but are tied with ropes, giving people a free and elegant impression. It is the embodiment of China's "land of clothes" and "land of etiquette", and carries the outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetics of Han dyeing, weaving and embroidery.