Dai costume

When you mention the Yi people, everyone will think of the famous festival "Splashing Water Festival", but today I want to introduce the Yi costumes, but it can best express the longing and pursuit of the Yi people for a better life.

Dai costumes, men with collarless or big-sleeved blouses, black or white long pants, cold days felt, white cloth or blue cloth Baotou. The custom of tattooing is very common. When the boy reaches the age of eleven or two, he asks people to sculpt various patterns of animals, flowers, geometric patterns or plaques on the chest, back, abdomen, waist and limbs. Women traditionally wear narrow-sleeved shorts and skirts. The costumes of the Yi women are famous for their beautiful appearance, and the national characteristics are rich and varied from place to place. But the three types of hair, tube skirt and blouse are the same. Xishuangbanna Dai women, with white or ochre underwear, small waist, wide hem, and a variety of skirts. Women in Mangshi and other places, before the wedding with a light-colored stiletto blouse, trousers, bundles of small waist, married sheep to change the short blouse, black skirt. The hair of the Yi women is different from the hair of the Miao, Yao and other ethnic groups. They are the hair that is tied to the hair behind the brain, or slightly to the side of the brain. This hair is usually not bundled, and some are only鹎 Comb or top flower headband. The skirts of Yi women, like the buckets, are different from the Jingpo, Yi and Blang ethnic groups, and are characterized by the length of the instep. The women's blouses, especially the Xishuang version of the narrow-sleeved blouse, are more ethnic in style, the sleeves are long and thin, only enough to wear one arm; the body, except for the tight body, only the waist and the back Not as good as the waist, a little back is exposed, when it is hidden, it adds a lot to the whole garment. The clothing of the Yi women in the Mainland is generally the same as that of the frontiers, but it has regional characteristics and is often referred to by other ethnic groups as “flower waist” and “big sleeves”. Yi men generally wear a collarless pair or a large and small sleeve shirt, wear long pants, use white cloth, green cloth or crepe to Baotou, and some wear a hat, it looks dazzling and generous.

Regardless of men and women, the Yi people always like to slap a shoulder bag made of woven cotton on their shoulders. The color of the bag is bright, the style is simple, and it has a strong color of life and national characteristics. The pattern has rare animals, trees, flowers or geometric figures, and the image is lifelike and lifelike. Each pattern contains specific contents, such as: red and green are to commemorate the ancestors; peacock patterns are auspicious; elephant patterns symbolize the prosperity of the grain, and the life is beautiful; fully demonstrating the longing and pursuit of the Yi people for a better life.