Then, next, let's learn about the Dong costume culture from the perspective of national culture!
The oldest dress coat
Lichen of Dong nationality is used in Tibetan festivals or Lusheng Festival, also known as Lusheng clothing. The left sleeve is on the top, and the grass curtain skirt decorated with white is on the bottom. The dark cloth is embroidered with snake patterns and snake patterns, which are gorgeous and mysterious. Its "serial silk embroidery" has exquisite skills and a long history.
The most gorgeous northern Dong costume.
The girls in zhenyuan county reported to Beijing were dressed up, wearing silver garlands on their heads, with radial silver flowers in their hair bun and a mass of silver flowers hanging on their backs. The coat has no collar on the right side and is one or two inches long at the knee. The collar is inlaid with dark vest, the sleeves are inlaid with dark satin, and the chest is tied with a long waist, with colorful and exquisite embroidery patterns. Wear silver earrings. Two or three silver collars, big silver medals, silver bracelets, silver pants, clothes and pants of the same color and material, and dark lace five inches wide. Wear embroidered pointed shoes.
The most typical Dong men's wear
The youth clothes in Huanggang area of Liping county are covered with a kind of plaid, which is blue, blue and white self-woven Dong cloth. The wrapping method is from left to right, and the head is larger. The coat is a special Dong fabric with purple sequins, which has a unique style. The coat has no collar, and the cardigan extends two inches from the right of the collar to the waist, from the left to the middle, and all the way to the hem. There are six pairs of round silver beads and silkworm-shaped cloth buttons. Each pair is a double-breasted coat, short and close-fitting. The sleeves are close to the arms and the waist is tied with a cloth belt, which looks tight and strong.
The silveriest costume
Women in Gaozeng area of congjiang county use a spear-shaped silver hairpin to fix their unique hairstyle when they dress. One end of the silver hairpin is round, about six inches long. The head is decorated with various kinds of silver flowers, such as silver head and silver bow. Wear it on your head like a silver hat, completely cover your hair, and insert a long-tailed golden pheasant at the top. When walking, the golden pheasant on the head flashes, competing with each other, gorgeous and exquisite, attracting attention. There are four silver collars of different sizes around his neck, a hexahedral silver back weight behind him, and two silver wire chains and silver beads hanging on his chest. There are as many as 70 pieces of waist silver in Purple Flash Square, the whole waist is almost composed of silver with symmetrical patterns, and the other is a silver waist basket, with three or four silver bracelets on each hand, and the heaviest silver ornaments in the whole body are as much as 10 kg.
The skirt with the shortest skirt
Girls in Shuikou area of Liping county wear short skirts, blue, which are short to the middle of thighs and slightly longer than short skirts. Leggings are wrapped in blue cloth below the knee, with a light blue cloth belt on the outside and blue shoes on the outside of the calf below the knee.
The heaviest silver bracelet
The girl in Datong Town, Jinping County wears a silver bracelet, which weighs two ounces per catty. The bracelet is engraved with dragons and phoenixes or flowers, birds, insects and fish, all made by local craftsmen.
In a word, the ancient Dong costumes developed from fur, leaves and straw to weaving and sewing clothes, and their art is colorful and magnificent, which is an important part of Dong national culture.