Characteristics of Hui costumes

The characteristics of Hui costumes are neat, beautiful, simple, comfortable, clean and hygienic.

Hui costumes are folk customs in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The main symbol of Hui costumes is on the head. Men all like to wear round hats made of white. There are two types of round hats, one is flat-topped and the other is hexagonal. Hui women often wear hijabs. Elderly women wear white ones to look pure and generous; middle-aged women wear black ones to look solemn and elegant; unmarried women wear green ones to look fresh and beautiful.

In terms of clothing, old Hui men like to wear white shirts and black waistcoats. Elderly Hui women wear black or brown headscarves in winter and white gauze scarves in summer, and have the habit of wearing trousers and wearing them. Young women wear red, green or blue headscarves in winter and gauze scarves in red, green, yellow and other colors in summer. Hui women in mountainous areas like to wear embroidered shoes and have the habit of piercing their ears and wearing earrings.

The role of clothing

1. Protecting the body

This is an objective and inevitable need for human production, life and survival. Choose different clothing according to different seasons. In summer, they wear single clothes. In winter, Hui people in the north often wear cotton coats, leather jackets, and leather shoes. Hui people in the northeast and northwest also wear cotton hats, leather hats, or earmuffs to protect themselves from the cold. Hui women also wear hijabs, scarves, etc. to protect themselves from wind and sand.

2. Decoration

Everyone has a love for beauty, and the Hui people are no exception. This is the inherent requirement of human beings to beautify themselves. For example, men wear shirts and green waistcoats, and women dot their foreheads, dye their nails, and embroider their clothes, all of which are decorative elements.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Hui Clothing