What are the cultures and characteristics of Qiang costumes?

in the ancient Qiang costumes, "felt" is the most distinctive. The manufacturing process of felt is much simpler than that of woven woolen cloth. Its age is 3 years old. According to documents, Gan Qing and Qiang people in the Han Dynasty "decorated with large flower carpets". Qiang felt products were very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Say "men and women are brown and have feelings". In modern times, the Qiang people basically followed the robe system. Qiang people attach great importance to occasions in their lives and wear different types of clothes on different occasions. Therefore, Qiang costumes are mainly divided into the following categories:

1. Dance and perform Qiang costumes;

2. Tourist reception etiquette Qiang costumes;

3. The original ecological performance shows the Qiang costumes;

4. Qiang professional work clothes for government, enterprises and institutions and catering and entertainment industries;

5. Qiang costumes for the celebration;

6. Fashion with Qiang artistic elements;

7. Seven categories of products such as ethnic handicrafts.

traditional costumes of Qiang nationality: headscarves of Qiang women: unmarried girls, braids and embroidered headscarves. Married women wear a bun and embroidered handkerchiefs. Qiang women also like to wear blue or white headscarves. Young women usually wrap headscarves embroidered with various patterns, or fold them on their heads with tile-shaped green cloth and use two braids as sideburns. Generally speaking, four headscarves are wrapped in winter with various patterns embroidered on them, and embroidered headscarves are wrapped in spring and autumn.

Qiang headscarf: Qiang people like blue or white headscarf. They wore homemade linen robes and sheepskin jackets without sleeves. This jacket can be used to keep out the cold, rain and cushion.

Qiang people's shoes: they usually wear straw sandals, cloth shoes or cattle boots, and' welcome shoes'. Yunyun's shoes are embroidered with moire and ripple. The toe of this pair of shoes is a little inclined. They also wore leather shoes and cloth shoes, and felt leggings made of cattle and wool. Leggings have the function of heat preservation and leg protection. Young women also wrap red leggings around leggings.

Qiang costumes: Traditional Qiang costumes include linen robes, sheepskin vests, Baotou handkerchiefs, belts and leggings. Both men and women wear sheepskin vests, commonly known as "leather jackets". On sunny days, hair goes in, and on rainy days, hair comes out in case it rains. The other vest is made of wool felt, which is slightly longer than the former. Men's dresses are knee-high and wrapped in handkerchiefs. They usually wear straw sandals, cloth shoes or cowhide boots.

Qiang belt: Both men and women wear belts, mostly made of linen or wool. Men like to wear sickles and knives embedded with coral on their belts. Women wear embroidered aprons with ribbons around their waists and embroidered patterns on their belts.