Longsheng Red Clothes Festival

Hongyao, one of the branches of the Longsheng Yao ethnic group in northern Guangxi, is called Hongyao because of its exquisite embroidery and bright red clothes. It is also famous for its ancient and beautiful red clothes. The Red Clothes Festival of the Yao people in Longsheng. In midsummer, Longsheng Mountain City in northern Guangxi welcomes the Longsheng Yao Red Clothes Festival, a joyful festival for compatriots of all ethnic groups in the county. The ancient and beautiful Red Clothes Festival. On this day, the formerly quiet mountain city turned into a sea of ??joy.

In the early morning, people of all ethnic groups gathered at the stadium carrying models with national characteristics. Looking around, the crowds in different costumes looked like mountain flowers blooming. In the large stadium, compatriots of all ethnic groups danced ethnic songs and dances, forming a custom gallery. The distinctive mascot "gourd" in the hands of a girl from the Zhuang family rhythmically produced a string of sweet sounds, expressing the enthusiasm of the Zhuang family. Feelings of hospitality. Panyao's long drum dance brings people into the joy of the festival. Hongyao's "Ciba Qing" is unique, with props from life, making people want to appreciate the joy of Hongyao's life. The Miao people's "The Fragrance of Camellia Oil" is like a household's mellow wine, intoxicating the village and the mountains.

Hongyao, named after the exquisitely embroidered red clothes of the Hongyao girl, have lived in the land of Longsheng for generations. Because of the red clothes, this branch of the Yao people has Through the ups and downs. Because the ancient and beautiful red clothes are famous far and wide, there is also the Yao Red Clothes Festival in Longsheng. At the Red Clothes Festival, Hongyao girls all put on their latest and most beautiful "red clothes" to participate in the activities, and the dots of red clothes flowed with moving melody. They had silver medals hanging on their chests, their pleated skirts were gently swinging, and their red clothes were like a red cloud.

Hongyao girls are ingenious and good at flying needlework. After they make their tops with self-dyed black homespun cloth, they use red thread to carefully pick out patterns and colors according to the warp and latitude lines of the cloth pattern. , when picking flowers, all depends on imagination, there is no ready-made pattern, and the beauty of the pattern is everywhere the stitches are placed. They embroider stitch by stitch to complete a beautiful red dress, which often takes a year. Embroidering clothes is a happy thing, because the Hongyao girls who fly the needle often sing love songs to accompany the needle and thread, and the patterns and colors embroider bring out the sweetness in their hearts. It is difficult for a girl who does not embroider a beautiful red dress to win the favor of a young man. . Hongyao girls began to learn needlepoint from the age of 12 to 13. They started learning how to use needles and threads, and when they became exquisite in craftsmanship, they quietly prepared wedding dresses for themselves. The embroidery of wedding clothes is more meticulous than the production of other clothes, and the patterns are very delicate. The chest and back are embroidered with blooming mountain flowers, parallel lotus flowers, two flying butterflies, two deers in auspiciousness... The skirt is trimmed with lace. The skirt is an umbrella-type pleated skirt, with patterns made of embroidery or batik. The black background is dotted with green. The patterns complement each other, giving off a simple yet modern atmosphere. In addition to clothes, there are also belts and headscarves. The colorful threads on the belt are well matched and tied around the waist for a very decorative effect. The headscarf is a black square scarf, with a unique small prism embroidered on the four corners of the headscarf. Unmarried Hongyao girls wear their hair criss-crossed and flat around their heads. When wearing a turban, they should reveal a prismatic shape on their forehead. If you become a mother, your hair will be alternately coiled, a bun will be placed in front of your forehead, and the ribs will be hidden in a scarf. With the prismatic symbol on this headdress, young men and women will never find the wrong partner when dating.

All Hongyao women have long hair. They usually put their hair under their headscarves and people don’t get a chance to see them. A long-hair competition will be held during the Red Clothes Festival to fulfill the wishes of tourists. I saw Hongyao women waiting quietly with their hair tied into a bun. When the host announced the start, the strands of long hair fell down like a waterfall, and thousands of pairs of eyes gathered for a while. All the Hongyao women participating in the competition are worthy of being called the long-haired girls on the Red Dress Festival. Their hair is over 1.75 meters long, and the winner's hair is 1.90 meters long. Looking at this long, shiny black hair is heartfelt. Why do they all have such beautiful long hair? It turns out that Hongyao people are known for their beauty with long and black hair. Hongyao women cherish the hair they were born with and grew up with. In the custom of Hongyao, when a child is just one month old, a ceremony of shaving the "full moon head" is performed, that is, the velvety lanugo hair is shaved off, so that the future hair will become thicker and darker. After that, the girl grew her hair long as she grew up. They are also very particular about hair care. They use water boiled with tea bran to wash their hair, so their hair becomes black and shiny. The natural hair of the long-haired girl on the Red Dress Festival adds luster to the Red Dress Festival.

The Red Clothes Festival of the Longsheng Yao people is also a festival of unity for the whole nation. Girls from 12 women’s fireworks teams of all ethnic groups work together to support the desire for national unity. The dazzling array of tourism products truly depicts the hope of mountain people to go out of the mountains and into the world.