Among the fifty-six ethnic groups in our great motherland, each ethnic group has its own clothing characteristics, and it is this characteristic that is an important symbol to distinguish each ethnic group. The clothing of Tujia people, men, women and children have their own characteristics. The basic characteristics of Tujia women's clothing are: the same style of clothing is divided into lengths. Long clothing is worn when visiting guests, and short clothing is worn when working. The collar of the short jacket is open on the right side. According to the rich colors

Among the fifty-six ethnic groups in the great motherland, each ethnic group has its own clothing characteristics, and the evolution of clothing often reflects the history of each ethnic group from ancient times. The differences in the development level of social productive forces and the process of social change as well as the gap between the rich and the poor. ?Ethnic costumes often evolve with the development of society and have distinctive characteristics of the times. ?It is this characteristic that is an important symbol that distinguishes various ethnic groups. Tujia costumes reflect an important symbol of Tujia social development, an important aspect of Tujia cultural exchanges, an important manifestation of Tujia aesthetic taste, and an important carrier of Tujia religious beliefs.

Tujia women’s clothing:

Compared with men’s clothing, women’s clothing is much more complicated, perhaps because women have been more particular about clothing since ancient times. ? Tujia women’s clothing of the same style is divided into lengths. Long clothes are worn when visiting guests, and short clothes are worn when working. The right placket of the collar of a short jacket is divided into three styles: "silver hook", "outer shoulder support" and "underwear" according to the traditional and simplified patterns. The collar is inlaid with three laces (commonly known as "three strands"), and three small strips are affixed to the placket and cuffs. Lace railings; underneath she wears an "eight-piece skirt" with many straight pleats, which was later changed to large trousers with three strips of colorful lace on the trouser legs; the girl's plain attire is a black cloth singlet, and in spring and autumn she usually wears white clothes and a black coat. The color is like a crow and magpie, so it is called "crow magpie clothes". Middle-aged and older women usually wear an apron over their coat.

In the past, poor people pasted 1-3 strips of cloth of different colors, middle-class families had lace, and wealthy families also embroidered on strips of cloth of different colors. The background color of the skirt is plain white, and it is made of eight thin black cloth strips, that is, eight pairs of skirts. The hem and the middle and lower part of the large flat width are pasted with slightly wider black cloth strips. Each piece is embroidered with three groups of flowers, large at the bottom and small at the top, using several yarn techniques. They are symmetrical from front to back and evenly balanced from left to right. The whole dress is black and white, with sharp edges and corners, a prominent theme, solemnity and simplicity, and exquisite craftsmanship. Women wear trousers instead of skirts after taking off their clothes. The trousers are short and large, and they like to be decorated with three strips of different colors or plum blossom strips on the edges of the trousers. They are particular about using cross stitch to beautify the trousers.

In addition, Tujia women also hang a handkerchief on their right apron or clothing tag, commonly known as a nosekerchief. However, this handkerchief is not used to wipe sweat or nose. Usually, it is just a handkerchief. This kind of decoration is really useful for covering your face and wiping away tears when you cry for marriage.

Jewelry? Tujia women’s headdresses include gold or anemone flowers, hairpins, silver combs, hairpins, melon seed needles, jasmine needles, banana fans, etc. The most precious of the headwear is the silver hat, commonly known as "hoop" "hat", in front of the hat is a silver treasure flower, with a pair of dragons nailed on both sides of the silver flower, a pair of phoenixes behind the dragon, a pair of dragons behind the phoenix, a pair of silver hat plackets behind the dragon, and nine phoenixes on the bottom of the placket. Each mouth contains three silver pendants, which sway and sparkle. Ear ornaments include dragon earrings, a pack of needles, lanterns, single rings, rings, gondolas, melon seeds, drum hammers, etc. Most of the necklaces are rims, which can be divided into thick and thin ones. The hand jewelry includes silver and jade bracelets, and the rings include silver three-set rings, a seal, and a single strand. The pectoral is hung with toothpicks, buckle flowers, buttons and the bride's special number one flower, and a large string of silver chains, silver medals, silver bells, silver toothpicks, silver beads and so on are hung on it. ?

The girl wears long braids, a red headband, and a patterned square scarf, which is a sign that she is not married. Before a Tujia girl gets married, she must "go to the top". There are generally three styles of hair on the head: one is the "Papa hairdo", which is to tie the bride's hair into a single braid on the back of the head, then twist the braid around the back of the head, and tie it with a hairpin, like a circle. Round daddy. The second method is to braid the bride's hair into four braids on the back of her head, then braid the four braids into two braids, then fold the two braids up and down and tie them tightly with hairpins, like four tight braids. Arranged twist candy. The third type is the "Tai Chi head", which is to divide the bride's hair into two strands near the helix and tie it with a red headband, and then intersect the two strands of hair at the back of the head to form a circle, shaped like the shape of the Yin Yang Bagua Tai Chi diagram.

After the hair is rolled up, it is covered with a blue silk mesh hood and a black cloth handkerchief or green silk handkerchief, forming a "pot spiral" shape.