What is the relationship between climate and clothing?

The original purpose of people wearing clothes, shoes and hats is to keep out the wind and cold. Due to the difference of climate in time and space distribution, the variety, technology and wearing style of clothes also show distinct regional climate characteristics, and its core is "adapting clothes to the weather".

(1) Cold and Dressing People in cold regions of the world like and are good at wearing fur coats to keep out the cold. Most of the clothing materials come from local materials, and all kinds of clothes, pants and gowns are sewn with animal fur, which is anti-animal, and the skin plays a loose and warm role in keeping out the wind, snow and hair. Inuit clothes are mostly made of reindeer skin or seal skin; Lapp people in Siberia also make clothes with thick reindeer skin.

Inuit clothes are made of reindeer skin or seal skin.

The Olunchun nationality, the coldest in winter in China, mainly uses the skin of roe deer as robes, and makes the skin of roe deer head into a hat, which looks like roe deer after wearing it. When hunting, it is both pleasing and disguised. Hezhe people in the east of Heilongjiang Province mainly fish and hunt, and many leather clothes are made of fish skin. Because the Leng Xia River in Heilongjiang is cool in winter, there are many big fish (such as beech and hucho). ) In the river. Thick skin and good quality. After drying, it is pulped and softened to become a light, warm, wear-resistant and waterless fish skin. Fish skin robes made of this material are the clothes they used to wear at home and visiting relatives. It is light and beautiful, and it is also the warmth brought by the wind.

(2) heat protection and wearing in hot weather, because of the high temperature, clothes are generally loose and fat. For example, both men and women in Malaysia like to wear "sand cage" pants and "Balu" shirts (which have no collar and wide sleeves). Summer in Sichuan Basin of China is also very hot, so Yi people's trousers are as wide as skirts.

In hot weather, women often can't live without skirts, not only because skirts are particularly loose, but also because skirts produce a great "air billow" when walking or moving, which makes them particularly cool. In many equatorial and tropical countries, in order to overcome the heat, men also wear skirts, even military and government officials are no exception. It has become a national habit for officials in the Pacific island countries of Western Samoa and Fiji to wear plain skirts.

The desert area in the Middle East has a hot climate and strong sunshine, so Arabs in this area like to wear white clothes, wide robes, big sleeves and headscarves. This kind of wearing can effectively reflect and block the sun. Although the temperature in the Middle East is also very high, the air is very dry, and the wide robe sleeves are well ventilated, so they don't feel stuffy when worn.

(3) Wind and clothes The women's clothes in Penghu, Taiwan are very strange. They covered their faces with two towels, one above and the other below, leaving only a crack in their eyes. At first glance, it's a little scary. In fact, this kind of strange clothes is not afraid of the sun or the cold, but the wind. Meteorological data show that there are many windy days in Penghu area, and the sea water blown by strong winds often attacks people's skin (including face), so women who love beauty use towels to protect their faces. Women in Fano Island, a port in northern Denmark, actually wear masks to prevent sand blown by strong winds from hurting their faces.

In Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost island in South America, the temperature can be as low as 0℃, but in the past, indigenous people rarely wore clothes, but wore short cloaks made of seal skin or otter skin. In fact, the cold here is mainly due to the strong wind, and smart indigenous people know that "windproof is to keep out the cold." The temperature in Ireland is generally not low, but strong westerly winds prevail, so men, women and children like to wear wool cloaks with hoods, which can not only keep their heads warm, but also prevent sandstorms in strong winds.

(4) Humidity and wearing raincoats are essential labor protection articles for outdoor workers (such as construction workers and traffic policemen) in rainy countries all over the world. Of course, you should wear rain boots when you go out on rainy days. In order to be "not afraid of mud or wet", the working people in ancient China put two wooden soles (palms) on their soles, which is probably the embryonic form of today's rain boots.

Dutch wooden shoes are one of the "four treasures of Holland". In Holland, the temperature is low and the ground is wet in winter. In order not to make feet cold and wet, people often wear wooden shoes with thick boards, which are full of soft warmth. From the appearance, the two ends are slightly upturned, which looks like a wooden boat. Unlike Dutch wooden shoes, Japanese clogs are purely used in rainy season, and their function is "moisture-proof and anti-slip". The structure of clogs is very simple: nail a herringbone belt or cloth belt on the board and carve several wooden teeth under the board.