On The Role Of "Ethnic Emblem" In Traditional Ethnic Costumes

A distinctive tradition of a nation.

For other nationalities, it is a sign of difference, but for our nation, it is a flag of mutual recognition and a link to form a whole.

All these are the cultural models of collective unconsciousness formed by the inheritance of human history.

This cohesion is the instinct of a nation to survive and develop.

It can not be conceived that if there is no such cohesive force, how can a nation, especially a weak minority, walk through the long, arduous historical process and survive tenaciously under the condition of strong race like forest, in the brotherhood of our country, the traditional badge of ethnic dress is very typical. It is manifested in various styles of clothing, or on unique patterns, or in various kinds of headwear, ornaments, jewelry, and dress and craft.

Traditional costumes with their own characteristics have long been integrated into their national image and become an important image feature of the nation.

Such as the Mongolian Mongolia robe and Mongolia boots, the cheongsam of the Manchu, the long skirts of the Korean nationality, the fur clothing of the Ewenki and the Oroqen nationality, the cross embroidered clothes and the pleated skirts of the Miao people, the Yi nationality's tapetries and wide trousers, Tibetan Tibetan gowns and so on, all become the distinct symbols of all nationalities.

In some areas, there are usually several brothers and nationalities living together. For a long time, they have depended on each other for their neighbors.

Their traditional costumes are very similar. They are easily confused in the eyes of others. Is their badge function vanished?

In fact, no matter how similar they are, they can still identify their families from the length, decoration pattern and hairstyles of their skirts.

For example, many brothers in China are traditionally dressed in big tops.

The big coat is evolved from Manchu cheongsam.

For more than half a century, the big coat has covered more than half of China.

Nowadays, the big gowns of various regions and nationalities are homologous, but they are not stereotyped.

Even in the same area, different ethnic groups have distinctive features.

Let's take the northeastern part of the origin of the big coat as an example: the cheongsam of the Manchu nationality has a slit on both sides, not a girdle. Mongolian gowns are usually not slit, but they should wear girdles when they dress. Daur women's robes are wider, without slits or belts.

On the whole, the northern countries wore large baggy garments and few decorative patterns, while most of the southern nationalities wore smaller ones.

However, because of the exquisite decorations, such as embroidery and other decorative techniques, it makes the big coat look different.

For example, the Miao men's gown gowns in Gulin, South Sichuan, have different sizes of coat. They extend to the ankle, and the sides are slashed to the waist. When they wear, they wear an embroidered wide waistband to turn out the big Lapel so that they can be exposed like half a suit.

The Lahu gown of the Lancang area of Yunnan, the length and the foot face, the two side slits high to the waist, the collar, the edge and the open slit are decorated with small geometric shapes of different colors, very beautiful patterns, and a few rows of silver bubbles on the big flap, so that it has a strong national characteristic of Yunnan.

However, most of the Yi people in Yunnan are short, but embroidered with exquisite workmanship, varied patterns, embroidered or picked up and decorated with various traditional patterns of Yi people.

Miao and Dong people in Sanjiang and Guizhou in Guangxi and Rongjiang.

It is hard to distinguish between the blue and white cloth, the semi long coat and the pleated pleated skirt. The Miao nationality and the Buyi women's traditional dress in southern Anshun, Guizhou are also very similar. The foreigners can't distinguish them from the different national costumes, but the locals can easily distinguish them.

Zhuang women's clothing in Guizhou, though somewhat similar to Miao people, is similar to the Dong people, but has Zhuang's own style.

For example, the traditional women's clothing of the Lisu and Nu people in Bi Jiang and Fu Gong of Nu River in Yunnan seems to have no difference from headwear to tops and long skirts.

When we asked the local women, what was the difference between the two ethnic women's dresses, they pointed to a string of beads on the bead cap on their heads and said, "Lisu People are red here, and the Nu people are white here.

Dai and ah Chang people in Dehong, Yunnan, have similar women's garments.

But as long as we observe carefully, we find that Dai women's tops use buckles, while the Chang nationality uses silver coin buttons.

Although Dai and ah Chang women like to arrange flowers on their heads, women in the Dai nationality are only confined to unmarried women. They insert plastic flowers or flowers and flowers to be inserted in the bun; while the women of the Chang nationality are young and young, they are arranging flowers, and the flowers are used in flat chrysanthemums with peach red velvet, and they must be inserted in the forehead.

These facts show that, on the whole, the traditional costumes of all ethnic groups in China maintain their distinct personality.

Even the brotherly peoples who live together for a long time are very close to each other. Their differences are so subtle that the outside world can not perceive them. Their respective characteristics are very clear.

There are hundreds of branches, and the traditional costumes of each branch have strong characteristics.

The counties of Guizhou and Qiandongnan are often the Miao costumes of the same county. There are several branches of Miao nationality.

The Miao women in the outskirts of Taijiang county are in possession of the green pleated skirts, long to the feet, and the costumes are beautifully embroidered and beautifully decorated, while the Miao women's skirts in rock villages, witches and feet in dozens of miles away are less than a foot long, and the jackets are rarely embroidered.

Miao women in Zhuxian, Qiandongnan, mostly wear semi long coat and pleated skirts; Miao women in Guizhou, Anshun, Zhenning, are fond of narrow sleeves and short sleeves and wear long woven skirts.

The traditional costumes of some brotherhood and its different branches tend to be similar in dress styles, but the decorations of headwear, cloak, waist and embroidery patterns are all different.

For example, the Yi women in Yunnan, wearing round enveloped pieces, are girls in Weishan and Midu in Dali, and wear a complete black mountain.

It must come from Nanshan District under Mount Yamashita; if the left side of the girl is not wrapped on the left or sheepskin, it is a square embroidered cloak embroidered beautifully. It is undoubtedly a Chuxiong girl, and a girl in Wuding county's cat street or village in Lufeng County.

A nation strengthens its internal cohesion and makes the clansmen more intimate. Each member insists on wearing traditional clothes handed down from the ancestors, which is one of the effective means to strengthen this sentiment and concept.

And this traditional clothing, which has been inherited to the present age, is the materialization of the tenacious struggle spirit of a nation in the course of thousands of years of hard struggle for the survival and development of the nation.

It is a symbol of group consciousness, a collective representation of the national spirit, highlighting its own characteristics at any time and emphasizing its differences from others. This is the soul of the Clan Badge.