Silver jewelry, Miao embroidery and batik are the main features of Miao costumes.

The costumes of the Miao people, called "Wuqian" in Miao language, mainly consist of children's clothing, casual clothes, and full-dress clothes. "Qian Tao" is called "silver garment" in Miao language. He wears a pleated skirt and a waistband at the front and back.

Miao costumes are the most gorgeous of all ethnic costumes in my country. They are not only a wonder in Chinese culture, but also a treasure of history and culture. Miao people in the western Hunan dialect area and Miao people in the eastern Guizhou area prefer silver ornaments, some areas in southern Guizhou prefer shell ornaments, while Miao people in the western dialect area have less silver ornaments in their costumes. Extended information

Miao costumes - traditional Miao men's short jackets with open fronts to the right and are mostly blue or black in color. Nowadays, men's clothing is basically the same as that of Han people. The costumes of Miao women are exquisite.

Miao women have a very high level of bat-dying skills and can dye dresses, handkerchiefs and hats with various exquisite patterns, flowers and birds. Therefore, Miao women’s headwear is an exquisite work of art.

There are two main types of headscarves for Miao women: one is a black cloth pointed hat with a headrest underneath and exquisite patterns embroidered on the headrest. It is uniquely made, with a dark blue lace-embroidered peaked turban worn on the outside, and a red ribbon hanging from the back of the hood to reach the legs. The other type is the small flower hat, which they all love to wear during their daily leisure time and rest. It is flat-topped, exquisitely made, and embroidered with patterns.

Miao women rarely wear earrings and only wear them when they are dressed up. They also have very few hand and foot ornaments, and they do not have the habit of wearing neck collars. Miao clothes are mainly dark blue and black, with a red belt. The bottom is a knee-length skirt with folded seams on both sides. There are beautiful patterns on the folded skirt, which are all made of wax dye.

On the lower leg is a 2-meter-long cotton legging cloth and two 1-meter-long red ribbons. When kicking, first wrap the leggings cloth around the calf, and then tie the leggings cloth tightly with colorful ribbons formed into a diamond shape. The red silk ball at the head of the ribbon hangs on the calf. It looks like a ball of fire from a distance, which matches well with the top. harmonious.

Value of clothing

1. Artistic value.

The Miao costumes go through a series of complex processes such as planting, harvesting, weaving, spinning, bleaching, and weaving, to embroidery, batik, and tailoring, and finally become a set of exquisite clothing, all of which reflect the The hard work and patience of Miao women.

The abstract embroidery and batik patterns of Miao women reflect and express their inner emotional world, and at the same time express Miao women’s knowledge and understanding of nature and their yearning for a better life.

When a Miao girl gives a flower ribbon embroidered by herself to her lover, she does not need to use more gorgeous language to express her loyalty to her lover. She only needs to use the embroidered ribbon to convey everything the girl wants to express. It is included in it and truly reaches the emotional state of "silence is better than sound at this time".

The Miao people are a very emotional nation, and their exquisite embroidery and batik craftsmanship more fully illustrate this point.

2. Ornamental value.

The Miao embroidery and batik patterns pay special attention to "regularity" and "symmetry", that is, the needle points of cross-stitch embroidery and the dyeing distance of batik have certain specifications, certain rules of change, or Isometric, or symmetrical, or repetitive cycles. The pattern structure is rigorous, giving people a sense of neatness and compactness.

Especially for cross-stitch embroidery patterns, it is easy to find the center of the circle, and the coordinate axis is symmetrical whether folded horizontally or vertically. Many patterns are not only symmetrical to the entire large combined pattern, but also symmetrical between large patterns and small patterns. At the same time, it pays great attention to the color matching of patterns, emphasizing the integrity and unity of colors and patterns, which seems to have been accurately calculated in advance.

When you appreciate the Miao embroidery batik patterns, can you apply mathematical formulas and geometric principles to the calculations? The isometric and symmetrical relationships between the pattern structures are exactly the same.

3. Collection value.

The Miao costumes are the most colorful among all the national costumes in China, have the most styles, span the longest period of time, and have the most gorgeous embroidery and silver ornaments. They are a great wonder of our national culture. With the decline of traditional Miao craftsmanship, there are fewer and fewer exquisite handmade Miao costumes. As the older generation of Miao people who know this traditional craft leave, traditional Miao costumes gradually become more and more difficult.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Miao Clothing