? Chieftain is an official position in China's frontiers. It was first established in the Yuan Dynasty and was used to teach leaders of ethnic minorities in the northwest and southwest.

There are four major chieftains in Guizhou: Shuixi'an clan (Bijie), Shuidong Song clan (Guiyang), Sizhou Tian clan (Tongren), and Bozhou Yang clan (Zunyi). These chieftain families have survived in minority areas for a long time, gradually integrated with local residents, and formed a unique chieftain culture. It can be specifically divided into four levels: one is the material form of toast culture, the second is the institutional form of toast culture, the third is the spiritual form of toast culture, and the fourth is folk culture.

Now we focus on analyzing the material form of clothing culture in Tusi culture. Since local officials are hereditary officials approved by the imperial court, they are given official uniforms, official hats and official belts if they are seventh rank or above. Due to their integration with local residents, native officials only wear official uniforms, official hats and official belts during important political activities such as reviewing cases and going on patrols. Usually, they wear casual clothes made of white, cyan, black cotton, linen or cloth in the colors paid tribute by the native people. Wear green cotton jackets in winter and white cotton and linen light clothes in summer. Styles include double-breasted shorts and round-neck gowns. Shoes and socks are also made of cyan or black cotton, which is rough and warm. Except for some restrictions on color, the attire of native officials is the same as that of native people.

Among the four major chieftains in Guizhou, the Yi costumes of the Shuixian clan are the most representative. The clothes of Yi women are mostly left-sided clothes with wide edges and large sleeves. Various patterns are embroidered with red, gold and other colored silk threads on the breast, back, shoulders, cuffs or the entire dress. The collar is inlaid with Bubbles are represented by the Yi costumes displayed on the third floor of the Guizhou Provincial Museum.

The reasons for the formation of this unique clothing culture can be analyzed as follows: subjectively, the chieftain family has long-term integration with the local ethnic minorities and absorbed part of the national culture of the local residents. The origin culture to a certain extent were impacted; objectively speaking, since most of the garrison troops came from the Jiangnan region where the economy and culture were relatively developed, they were not adapted to the local humanistic environment to a certain extent, allowing them to retain their own original culture.

After the Tun troops arrived and settled in Guizhou, they integrated with the local ethnic minorities and absorbed part of the local culture, eventually forming their own unique culture in clothing.