The Dongxiang Nationality Of Chinese Costume Culture: People Who Like Hats And Caps

Women's clothing

In the early twentieth Century, the wealthier family women were dressed in blouses, knees and big necks, with flowers and rust.

The sleeves are very wide, with two embroidered lace on the cuffs.

Wearing a pair of trousers called "Xi Gu", there are two embroidered lace on the trouser legs.

A small fork is placed behind the trouser leg and tied with a streamer.

In addition, fake sleeves are also used, that is, from the sleeves to the cuffs, using red, green and blue cloth to sewn into color segments, making fake sleeves and embroidering lace on each section of the fake sleeves, giving people a feeling of wearing several clothes.

On a happy occasion, they dress in embroidered skirts, with high heels and embroidered shoes, without a cover, only a scarf, a silver ornament in a bun, or a blue flower made of wool, worn on the chest.

In 1940s, women's clothing changed greatly.

Winter wear cotton padded jacket, cotton pants, style and single clothing.

There are also fur coats in cold weather.

Dongxiang women suffer

Young women wear black "Aung" (a hat), which is characterized by a bundle of mouth at the back of the hat, a silk thread on the brim, silk threads on both ends of the silk thread, a hat, a bunch of holes, and then a pair of ears at the temples.

Young women also like silver earrings and silver bracelets.

When a girl is married, she wears headdresses, chest ornaments, silver toothpicks and round silver medals. If the family mirror is not good, she can borrow money from the rich family and return to the bride when she first returns to her home.

Nowadays, the bride only inserts several silk flowers on the head and chest, seldom wears headwear and chest ornaments.

The hairstyles and costumes of Dongxiang women vary with age and age.

The girl shaved around her hair in her childhood, divided in the middle and combed two plaits.

At the age of eight, he began to leave his hair and comb it into a plait. After marriage he wore a bun, a white cap and a cover.

So far, some young women like to wear white caps and wear fashionable clothes.

In addition, Dongxiang people generally like to wear "smoke yellow" natural color crystal stones and tea glasses.

This custom may be due to its annual residence in the mountain area of two thousand meters above sea level, with strong light and ultraviolet radiation, especially after winter snow, which is formed by protecting the eyes.

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Men's clothing

The middle of the coat is open with a neat row of buttons and a high collar.

Wearing black or light blue trousers, ankle length, and some black leggings are no different from trousers and gowns worn by Han men.

In the cold season, a sheepskin coat with a face that does not wear a face is similar to a short coat.

When wearing a short coat, it is usually made of coarse cloth belt.

Old people usually wear belly.

Besides wearing trousers made of black cloth and blue cloth, they wear brown gowns.

The brown gown is made from Dongxiang's homemade brown seeds.

Brown has dark brown, beige, black and white four colors, are all wool color, durable.

Brown gowns are divided into two types: long and short, and short brown gowns are usually worn for daily life, while long brown gowns are worn when visiting relatives or friends or attending mosques in the upper mosque.

In 1960s, the style of brown jacket changed into a fashionable Chinese tunic suit.

Old men wore more trousers and gowns, and Protestant men wore more uniform and smaller black collar.

Men wear cap.

The cap is a flat top soft hat with black and white colors. It is made of cloth. The rich family is made up of silk or silk.

Black is mostly a cap, and white is a single hat.

The old hat of black hat is made of six pieces of cloth. The top of the Protestant hat is stitched with cloth.

The hat is not big enough to cover the top of the head.

"Zhong Bai" is a dress worn by men of Dongxiang.

The "Zhong Bai" style, similar to the Uygur's loop, is a small Lapel gown coat, made of black, grey or white cloth.

People put on white, will give people a solemn and simple feeling.

Since Zhong Bai is a dress for the mosque gathering and marriage, funeral or visiting relatives and friends, it must always be kept clean. If it is accidentally contaminated, it should be cleaned immediately.

When the middle aged and elderly people go to the mosque to worship, they usually love a scarf called "tetda day", which is 9.5 times long (the length is from fingers to elbows), usually made of white gauze, yellow gauze or white silk and yellow silk.