Shui nationality costume

Shui nationality costume

Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, Shui nationality was in the stage of feudal landlord's economic development. It was mainly agricultural economy. It mainly produced rice and also engaged in handicraft industry. It was good at weaving and dyeing cloth and advocated black and navy. This characteristic has a distinct expression in the costumes of Shui nationality. The men of Shui nationality wear big Lapel blue cloth shirt and small cap with melon skin. The old people wear long clothes with lining wrapped around their heads and leggings wrapped around their feet. Women wear black and blue round necks, wide sleeves, trousers, cloth aprons and embroidered blue cloth shoes.

Clothing Introduction

Shui people taboo red and yellow in their clothes, especially the hot colors of red and rhubarb, but prefer blue, white, green and cold colors. They don't like colorful clothes. On the contrary, they like light and elegant colors. They think that this is the beauty. This expresses the unique single costume aesthetic of Shui nationality, which is simple, generous and practical.

Shui Nationality Women's clothes are mostly made of Shuijia cloth, with no collar and large skirt. The long gown is over the knee, and usually does not embroider lace. The festival and wedding dress are different from usual. There are embroidered ribbons on the shoulders and cuffs of the wedding dress, at the knee bend of the trousers, and colorful patterns on the Baotou scarf. He wore a silver crown on his head, a silver collar on his neck, a silver bracelet on his wrist, a silver collar on his chest, silver earrings on his earlobes and embroidered shoes on his feet. The bride is often dressed up to show off, elegant demeanor. In addition, women's embroidered straps are more artistic. It is said to be a "belt". In fact, it is a T-shaped "curtain" with gorgeous embroidery. There are belts on both sides of the upper end. The size of the "curtain" can cover children. It is made by winding white horsetail with white silk thread, adding other colored silk thread, first embroidering all kinds of patterns, and finally stitching the embroidered patterns onto the strap fabric. The strap is beautiful and practical. It is the best gift for a mother to marry her daughter. The married woman carried her baby in a harness. The strap is exquisitely embroidered, which is also part of her personal decoration.

Costume legend

Lace the snake

Most married women's clothes are laced. It is said that long ago, where the Shui people lived, there were high mountains, dense forests, overgrown weeds and poisonous snakes. A Shui girl named Xiu embroidered red and green lace on her collar, cuff, skirt and trouser leg with colorful silk thread, and embroidered some flowers and plants on her shoes. She put on her clothes and shoes and went to the deep mountains and forests to cut firewood alone. Sure enough, the snake ran away when she saw her. Since then, Shui women's lace embroidered clothes have been gradually inherited.