Where is the beauty of Hani nationality?

Hani people in Xishuangbanna regard black as beautiful, solemn and sacred, and black as auspicious, life and protective color. Therefore, black is the main color of Hani costumes.

Hani costumes are various and colorful, with 100 different styles. Adapting to terrace farming, it has common embroidery patterns, decorative items and aesthetic colors, which are the basic characteristics of Hani costumes. Hani people regard black as beautiful, solemn and sacred, and black as auspicious, life and protective color. Therefore, black is the main color of Hani costumes.

The decorative items and embroidery patterns on Hani costumes are essentially a reflection of the geographical environment of the ethnic living area, and also a memory and account of the heroic achievements of ancestors.

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There are different opinions about the aesthetic consciousness of Hani people's clothing with black as the keynote, but they can be summarized as follows:

I. War migrants

When the Hani people moved to the south of the "color couple", they were very envious of the white and carefree life of the silver pheasant. As a result, Kazak ancestors imitated silver pheasants and wore white clothes, men wore white cloth and women wore white headscarves. Later, because the war continued to move south, he had to escape into the depths of the forest because his white hat was too conspicuous, and found magpies in the forest all day.

So, he imitated the magpie and wore a black and white dress, that is, a white shirt, a black collar and jacket, black pants and a black cloth head. However, this black-and-white dress is still conspicuous, and Nalan (a foreigner) is coming again, so the Hani ancestors had to move south again, and finally fled into the densely forested Ailao Mountain and began to live and work in peace and contentment.

People finally found that white and black-and-white clothes are not ideal, and black can blend into the deep mountains and forests, so they dyed their clothes and pants black.

Second, ancient stories.

Ancient Hani people like light-colored clothing tones and embroider all kinds of natural flowers, which are very beautiful. However, in ancient times when Hani people lived, robbers were rampant and beautiful young girls were often insulted. Once, a widow aunt took two beautiful girls up the mountain to dig wild vegetables to satisfy her hunger, but she met a group of robbers and was going to take the two girls away.

The girl tried to escape. After running into the deep forest, she was accidentally dyed black by wild indigo leaves, and it was dark and mixed with the mountains. As a result, the robbers left without finding it when searching the mountain, and the girl survived.

Third, myths and legends

In ancient times, ghosts and people lived in different color worlds. The realm of God is red, the realm of ghosts is variegated, and the realm of man is black. Man and ghost are brothers. They first live in harmony and help each other.

Later, I don't know why there was a contradiction, and I quarreled about the separation every day. When the immortal knew about it, he took down the shady scene and separated. The merciful gods gave the Hani people a shady scene to wear on their bodies to prevent ghosts from pestering them.

The themes of these stories all reflect that black saved Hani ancestors from disaster, and black became the protective color of Hani life and ethnic group, so Hani people advocate black.

The ancient costumes of Hani nationality have changed a lot compared with today, but black is the keynote of costumes from ancient times to today. Today, with the ever-changing national costumes, the host of sacrificial activities of Hani people must wear black clothes at any time. Those who usually wear Hanfu will wear black clothes on formal occasions, otherwise they will be considered not serious, solemn and unlucky.

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