The Miao costumes symbolize the Miao people’s natural beauty, their yearning for a better life, and the reflection of the beauty of nature. The Miao people’s diligence. The Miao costumes symbolize the Miao people’s natural beauty and yearning for a better life , a reflection of the beauty of nature and the diligence of the Miao people. ?

1. The abstract embroidery and batik patterns of Miao costumes reflect and express their inner emotional world, and at the same time express Miao women’s knowledge and understanding of nature and their yearning for a better life.

2. Miao costumes are an important part of the Miao cultural system. The historical development process and cultural deposition of the Miao people can be seen from the costumes, which reflect the Miao people’s understanding of things and their struggle with nature. Sublimation, the aesthetic consciousness of the Miao people was born here.

3. Miao women believe that Miao clothing contains the beauty of nature, and the colors existing in nature are the color materials they need, and they should wear them to form a kind of beauty that originates from nature and transcends. Natural beauty.

4. Miao costumes go through a series of complex processes such as planting, harvesting, weaving, spinning, bleaching, and weaving, to embroidery, batik, cutting

sewing, and finally Becoming a set of exquisite clothing reflects the hard work and patience of Miao women. Extended information

There are regional differences in Miao costumes, which are divided into Qiandongnan type, Xiangxi type, and Yunnan-Guizhou type:

1. Southeast Guizhou type: Leishan Miao costumes are colorful and are the most popular in today's world. One of the most beautiful and beautiful costumes in the world. These colorful costumes embody the nation's historical changes that have gone through hardships, the yearning for a better life, and the condensed living environment of the past and present. Historians call it: "a history book worn on the body."

2. Xiangxi type: popular in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, Hunan, Guizhou (mainly Songtao County), Chongqing (Xiushan County, Pengshui County) County area) and the border area of ??the four provinces of E (Enshi Prefecture). The ancient custom of men and women wearing their hair in buns has disappeared. Nowadays, women wear round-necked short jackets with a small amount of embroidery on the shoulders, cuffs, etc.; wide-legged trousers with mostly lace decorations on the edges of the trouser legs; tall and large green cloth or calico headbands, and silver jewelry.

3. Yunnan-Guizhou type: The large-flowered Miao people in Yunnan and Guizhou are mainly distributed in Zhaotong, Chuxiong, and Yiliang in Yunnan, and Liupanshui, Weining, Zhijin, Puding, Zhenning, Ziyun and other places in Guizhou. The Dahua Miao people mainly make clothes from linen. In ancient times, they grew hemp, weaved cloth and made clothes by themselves.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Miao Clothing