Miao costumes (Changning Miao costumes)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Miao costumes (Changning Miao costumes)

Applicant: Baoshan City, Yunnan Province

Project No.: 513

Project No.: Ⅹ - 65

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Yunnan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Baoshan City, Yunnan Province

Protection unit: Changning County Cultural Center

Brief introduction of Miao costumes (Changning Miao costumes)

Applicant: Baoshan City, Yunnan Province

Changning Miao costumes are popular in the Miao villages of Jiexiang, Changning County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province. Its main raw material is local hemp cloth. Local Miao people spin hemp silk from hemp into thread by hand machine, and then weave hemp into homespun cloth by homespun machine. According to their hobbies and imagination, Miao women sew various patterns on the linen clothes and skirts to express their dreams and desires. A complete set of Miao women's dress, including Baotou, jacket, shawl, apron, belt, short pleated skirt and other 18 pieces, is vividly called "18 flowers". Bold color is the prominent feature of Changning Miao costumes. The main colors are red, yellow, orange and white, and embroidery is the best.

The costumes of Miao Nationality in Changning have very unique historical and cultural connotations. Along with the costumes and crafts, Zhongma zhizhidiao, zhizhidiao and xiuxiudiao are the treasures of the oral literature of the Chinese nation. From Changning costumes, we can trace the historical development process and cultural deposition of the Miao people, which reflects the Miao people's understanding of the world in the struggle against nature. Changning Miao clothing reflects the values and aesthetic consciousness of the Miao people.

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