Clothing of Nu nationality

Clothing of Nu nationality

Both men and women of Nu nationality like to wear clothes made of hemp cloth. Adult men like to wear machetes, crossbows and animal skin arrow bags around their waists. Married women of Nu nationality in Fugong area like to add many lace on their dresses, wear coral, agate, shell, pearl and other decorations on their heads and chests, and wear copper rings on their ears. In Gongshan area, Nu nationality only wears chest ornaments. In the long-term practice of production and life, Nu people have created colorful culture and art.

brief introduction

Nu nationality is a unique ancient nationality in Nujiang area of Yunnan Province. It mainly lives in Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County, Fugong County and Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County of Nujiang Prefecture of Yunnan Province. It is the earliest indigenous nationality living in Nujiang and one of the minority nationalities with small population in China. There are four branches of Nu Nationality: Nu Su, a long, a nu, and Rao rou. It is mainly distributed in Fugong and Gongshan of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and tu'e township of Lanping County. In addition, Weixi County of Diqing Prefecture also has a small amount of distribution. Because of long-term relationship with Lisu People, Nu people generally speak Lisu language. The Nu people in Gongshan and Fugong counties are the earliest indigenous people in the area. They call themselves "a long" and "a Nu" and have been related to the Dulong People in ancient times. The Nu people in Bijiang County called themselves "Nu Su" and were considered to be the descendants of Lu Lu man in Tang Dynasty. These two groups of Nu ancestors, who came from different sources, lived on the hillside terrace at an altitude of 1500-2000 meters on both sides of the Nujiang River for a long time, exchanged and married with each other, and gradually formed a nation. Nu nationality has its own language, which belongs to the Tibeto Burman language family of Sino Tibetan language family. The Nu people had no own characters and used Chinese after liberation.

The costumes of Nu nationality are slightly different due to the different living areas, but they are rich in regional ethnic characteristics. Because textile technology was introduced into Nu nationality area earlier, Nu nationality women's Nu blanket made of hemp thread was very famous in Nujiang area long ago. Because Nu women are good at weaving linen, the clothing of Nu women and men are mostly made of linen.

Dress style

The style of Nu's clothing is simple and elegant. Men's traditional clothing is a long shirt with cross collar and knee length trousers. When wearing, the front is lifted, the belt is tied, and the bag shape is used for loading. Store your hair and wrap it with green or white cloth. The legs are wrapped in linen. Women wear right cardigan top, ankle length skirt and black or red scarf; young girls like to tie colorful LACE APRON on the skirt, and married women's dresses are embroidered with lace. Women's heads and chests are decorated with coral, agate, shells, beads and strings of silver coins, and they wear large steel earrings hanging over their shoulders. Both men and women like to use red vine as headband and waist band. Gongshan women like to wear their ears with exquisite bamboo tubes, which reflects their unique aesthetic.

Men's clothing

Nu men's clothing style is simple and elegant, similar to Lisu People. Men's hair is mostly long, with hair even to the ears and wrapped in green or white cloth. The traditional dress is a cross collar linen long dress, with a tight T-shirt on the inside and a wide chest open shirt on the outside. The shirt has no buttons, and the front of the dress is covered to the right. Women in Fugong area wear a right front short dress and a linen long skirt. The headdress is made of coral beads, agate, beads, silver coins and seashells Big copper ring. Gongshan women use white cloth handkerchief to wrap their big head. They don't wear skirts. They only use two pieces of striped linen around their waist, which is similar to skirts. Knee length trousers are worn with the front raised and a wide belt tied into a bag for loading. Most men wear a string of coral in their left ear. Adult men like to wear angry knives around their waists, crossbows and animal skin arrow bags on their shoulders, and leggings made of bamboo strips on their feet, which makes them look brave and fierce.

Women's clothing

Most of the clothes of Nu nationality are made of linen cloth. Women usually wear linen robes with wide chest and ankle length. At the interface of the front and back of the clothes, they are decorated with a piece of red edging cloth. Young girls like to add an apron on the outside of the linen robe and embroider various lace on the edge of the clothes.

Nu women wear short right lapels made of hemp cloth and long skirts made of hemp cloth. They like to wear lace on their dresses and wear necklaces made of colored beads on their chests. Some women use coral, agate, shells, silver coins and so on to form beautiful headdresses or chest ornaments, and wear large copper rings hanging from their shoulders. Wearing a beaded hat with a string of colored beads, she is called "Lu PI Kao" in anger. She hangs colored beads on her chest. She is called "Xia Wei" in anger and a round ornament "Le Bei" made of seashells. The number of noble and humble ornaments symbolizes the identity and economic status of the wearer. She likes to wear copper earrings, and women like to carry their own embroidered fury bags for decoration. Young girls like to wear aprons with colorful lace on the outside of skirts, and married women's dresses are embroidered with lace. Women in Gongshan do not wear skirts, but use two colored strips of hemp outside their trousers. He likes to use exquisite bamboo pipes to pierce his ears, reflecting his unique aesthetics. The most distinctive costume of Nu people is called "Yue Duo". This kind of "Yue Duo" woven by Nu women has a high level of craftsmanship. Men can wear it as clothing during the day and as quilt cover at night. Women make aprons and tie them around their waists. They are both cold and dirty resistant, and are very popular among people. Nu women have to learn to twist wool thread and weave wool socks since childhood. When a girl grows up, she will give her wool socks to her sweetheart. If a young man accepts the wool socks, he will accept the girl's love. Therefore, to see if a nu youth has a partner, just look at whether he is wearing wool socks or not.