Life clothing The clothing of the Mulao nationality is very simple, and its clothing has undergone several stages of changes in the past hundred years. Before the Revolution of 1911, in ordinary Mulao families, adult men only sewed a gown and wore it when they were guests. Wear a collarless coat at other times, which is long enough to cover your hips. The body is wide, the sleeves are wide, and the front is stitched, commonly known as "barrel cover" or "pipa placket". 1910/year later, the number of men wearing pipa lapels gradually decreased, and most of them were changed to large lapels, that is, the lapels opened on the right side of the chest were moved to the ribs, and the style was still the same as that of pipa lapels. At this time, "tights" and "breeches" appeared, which were mostly worn in winter. After 1949, most Mulao costumes have been sinicized. In the 1980 s, all kinds of fashions changed, except for some elderly people who occasionally wore them. The original clothes were very few. In festivals, literary and art workers, as national art costumes, only wear them. Serving Shang Qing —— Guangxi Tongzhi says: "Sam should be a servant and wear Shang Qing ..." Love to wear cyan is one of the characteristics of Mulao costumes. Mulao people grow their own cotton and indigo, weave their own homespun and dye their own. The method of dyeing cloth is: put the cloth in a dyeing vat, soak it in indigo water, and take it out after uniform coloring. Paste the noodles with rice soup, yam and Niu Pijiao. After drying, roll with a stone hammer or beat with a wooden stick, so that the cloth made is shiny, beautiful and durable. Indigo dyed homespun is regarded as a treasure by the Mulao people, and the "anti-aging clothes" worn by the elderly and the "wedding clothes" worn by girls are made of this kind of cloth. The aprons and shoelaces sewn by Mulao women with this fabric are woven into black and white geometric patterns with black and white cotton thread; The skirt is woven into a net pattern by pulling yarn and twisting thread. This kind of fabric must be the "shoes of the same year" that girls give their lovers as keepsakes when they walk up the mountain. There are boat-shaped embroidered shoes-this kind of cloth is also a gift for the elderly. Articles such as belts and Baotou cloth are embroidered with flowers, grass, insects and birds with small colored silk threads on this cloth, which is more vivid, beautiful and lifelike. The wedding dress is a dress made of indigo homespun by Mulao girls before marriage. Most Mulao girls have two or three sets of "wedding clothes". This kind of clothes is rarely worn because of exquisite workmanship, long construction period and difficult access to raw materials. It is only taken out of the closet when she is married or married as a partner. After wearing it, it was treasured again. The decorations of Mulao women are made of silver and jade. Silver ornaments include: silver needles, silver pins, silver bracelets, silver rings and silver rings. The silver needle is about three inches long, shaped like onion leaves, sharp at the top and as thick as onion leaves, and inserted into a bun to make a bun. There are two short silver columns made of fine silver wire on the silver flower, and each end of the column is covered with a fluffy ball. Silver hairpin is also an ornament inserted in the bun. Silver rings and silver hairpins are not worn at ordinary times, but only when you are married and treat guests. Jade articles include jade pins and jade bracelets. Love and Marriage Custom The love of Mulao youth has always been free. When boys and girls find the right person at holiday parties, or go to the market on weekdays, or attend the wedding karaoke bars of their peers, or participate in the activities of relatives' "Yifan Festival", they all talk with songs and express their feelings with songs. Mule people often sing in two parts when they sing. Therefore, both men and women will invite a singer as the object of love in the early stage of love, which is both a cover-up and a cover-up. Most young men and women of Mulao nationality develop friendship and love in the dialogue of the slope meeting, so they are called "walking slope". "Walking on the slope" is a traditional social way for young men and women of Mulao nationality. They have extensive contacts and exchanges on the slope, making friends, passing on knowledge and expressing love with songs as a link. The climbing seasons are spring and autumn, and the most grand ones are the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. Every time I walk on the slope, the younger generation and girls will dress up in groups and gather in Pingji to find the right person. Once they find it, they will be invited to sing in beautiful places. Young men and women of Mulao nationality walk on the slope, with social civilization and freedom of love. The marriage scope of Mulao nationality is not limited to its own nationality. Mulao people marry with different surnames, but people with the same surname but different "winters" can usually marry. Marrying another family is incest, which is not allowed by clan rules. According to legend, "meeting relatives" is an ancient way of marriage for Mulao people, but it has disappeared now. If both parties agree to get married, it is convenient for the man to pick a cart of wine and meat and put it at the crossroads, and then avoid it. The woman and her parents, relatives and friends went here for a meal and took the rest. The next day, the woman's family returned the same cart of wine and meat at the intersection, and the man, his parents, relatives and friends also came to dinner. This is the "wedding ceremony", which is the first step of the whole wedding. It is completely presided over by the matchmaker, and neither side meets. On the wedding day, the man sent two beautiful girls and the matchmaker to pick up the bride. There are dozens of female companions around the bride, each with an oil-paper umbrella, shielding passers-by for the bride all the way. When I arrived at the groom's house, I went into the bridal chamber with a black cloth on my head. When the bride comes out of her family, she can't see anyone or the sky. That night, bridesmaids and male guests sang folk songs to bet on the outcome until the next morning. This custom has disappeared so far, and it is only preserved in the memories and narratives of the old people. Living habits The overall feature of Mulao life is "living in groups". Most people with the same surname live in the same village. If the residents of a village share the same surname, but not their ancestors, they must also live in sections and cannot be mixed with each other. For example, although the full name of xie cun residents is Xie, their distant ancestors are three people (commonly known as three big families). Therefore, the descendants of the three families divided the village into upper, middle and lower sections with clear boundaries. Most Mulao villages are backed by the Rocky Mountains and face the fields. The Rocky Mountains behind the village are all closed for afforestation, and there are some ancient trees beside the village, dotted with pastoral scenery. There are more than 60 Mulao villages, and the distance between villages is within three or five miles. Before the 1940s, every village had a two-story turret, and these walls and gates can still be seen today.