Chinese National Costume Culture -- Dong Nationality Costume Culture

Dong minority clothing

According to the whole Dong women clothing Features: Dong costumes can be divided into three styles, namely tight skirt, loose skirt and trousers.

The Dong nationality can also be divided into the South Dong nationality and the North Dong nationality. The costumes of the South Dong nationality are very exquisite, women are good at weaving and embroidery, and the handicrafts of Dong brocade, Dong cloth, cross stitch, embroidery, etc. are very distinctive. Women wear collarless clothes with large lapels. The lapels and cuffs are inlaid with fine horsetail embroideries. The patterns are mainly dragon and phoenix, with water cloud patterns, flowers and grass patterns between them. Dong traditional men wear short pleated skirts and raised head flower shoes. The bun is decorated with a ring hairpin, a silver hairpin, or a silver crown with a dragon and phoenix, and silver ornaments such as multi-layer silver collars and eardrops, traditional men's action bracelets, waist pendants, etc. The Sanjiang Dong nationality women wear long gowns and short skirts. Their long gowns have large collars facing each other. The collars and cuffs are exquisitely embroidered. The plackets are unbuttoned, and the middle is open, revealing an embroidered bib. Under them are blue pleated skirts and embroidered leggings embroidered shoes , put a big bun on his head, and insert flowers, wooden combs, silver hairpins, etc. Women in Luoxiang wear blue collarless clothes, black skirts, lace lined skirts, a sky blue bib in front of the waist, and a green, white ribbon behind them, with red ribbons. Men's clothing is made of green cloth, with a straight collar and a pair of plackets, and a belt. The outer cover has no buttons and a short waistband. They wear trousers, leggings, sandals or bare feet, and embroidered on their skirts. The horsetail back fan of the Dong nationality can be called the first-class embroidery. Its ancient shape, exquisite embroidery, rigorous design and rich colors fully demonstrate the wisdom and superb skills of the Dong women.

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　　 Costume decoration

Headwear and Silver ornament It is the most exquisite decoration for women in Pingqiu. They leave their long hair without permission, tie it with a red head rope and wrap it in a black handkerchief, put silver hairpins and combs on the back of their heads, wear silver flowers and silver crowns, and hang gold and silver rings on their ears; Two sets of silver buttons on the neckline are arranged correspondingly, and two sets of diagonal buttons are added; Wear five collars of different sizes; Five silver chains and a silver lock on the chest are used to suppress evil; Wear silver bracelets and square bracelets on your wrists. Silver jewelry includes carved dragons, painted phoenix, birds, insects, flowers and plants, which are all made by local craftsmen. This dress is simple and complicated. It is silvery and jingling.

　　 Color characteristics

Most Dong people wear self woven, self woven and self dyed Dong cloth, and like blue, purple, white and blue. Black and cyan are mostly used in spring, autumn and winter, white in summer and purple in festivals. Women's skirts are always black regardless of season. Pay attention to color matching, usually with one color as the main, analogy color as the secondary, and then use contrast color for decoration. The priority is clear, the color is bright and quiet, soft and elegant.