The Cultural Connotations Of The Dress Of The Chang Nationality

　 The Chang nationality

　　 Survey:

They mainly live in Longchuan and Liang he counties of the Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong, Yunnan. The Chang nationality Since ancient times, it has been famous for breeding rice. The Chang nationality is one of the earliest living nations in Yunnan, China. The names of "Chang Chang", "e Chang", "Chang Chang" or "ah Chang" and "calyx Chang", which were recorded in ancient Chinese history books, are all titles of Achang Nationality in different periods. After the founding of new China, according to the wishes of the nation, it is known as the Chang nationality. The Chang nationality has its own language, belonging to the Tibetan and Burmese languages. For a long time, they are intermingled with Han, Dai and other ethnic groups, so Achang people can speak Chinese and Dai language in general.

　　 Clothes & Accessories:

The Chang nationality Clothes & Accessories Various. Men wear blue, black or white T-shirt, black pants, inclined back a "canppa", like wearing a red silk thread on the front of chrysanthemums. The unmarried man hit Baotou and married to Baotou. When young adults pack their rooms, they must leave a length of head cloth behind their heads and arrange flowers in Baotou. Married women usually wear long sleeves and narrow skirts and skirts that cover their knees, wrapped in leggings, with black or blue cloth in Baotou. Unmarried women wear trousers without skirts. They place a plait on top of their heads, and use three fingers wide cloth to encircling braids. Ah Chang young men and women love to insert a flower in Baotou. They see white chrysanthemums more often, symbolizing integrity and purity. *

On every festival, women also need silver ornaments. Young women have four silver buttons on their chest. They hang four long and artisan silver chains. The silver chains on their waist are fastened with small silver grey boxes, with silver beads on their wrists, silver necklaces around their necks, and silver earrings on their ears. Men go out to wear a beautiful "Achang knife". *

The traditional clothes of the Chang nationality are very similar. They wear blue, white and black plain twill blouse, black or blue trousers, black leggings, unmarried men play white Baotou, married men play blue Baotou, and adult men in La Sa area of Longchuan County wear some left top blouse.

Women's clothing varies from place to place, with the most representative of Longchuan wax spreading type and Liang river type. Married women in La Sa area in Longchuan County wore blue skirts and short skirts under their knees, wrapped in leggings on their upper legs and wrapped in blue Baotou. The Baotou of the unmarried woman is relatively narrow, only 6 to 7 centimeters wide. When wrapped, it cleverly Cleves a circle around Baotou on the forehead. The rooms of married women are 10 to 12 centimeters wide. The costumes were covered with silver ornaments, four silver buckles, four silver platings, 8 centimeters long, and six chain chains, with chains of silver grey boxes. On the wrist wear silver bubble flower bracelet or flat silver bracelet. *

The clothing styles of the Chang River women of Liang River are chic, colorful and rich. Cultural connotations 。 *

Headwear. Achang is called "house pendulum". It is wrapped in self dyed black cotton cloth on the head. Local people call "high Baotou". This "high Baotou". The headwear is tall and magnificent, with a height of 5 to 6 meters. According to the survey, it has the highest number of ethnic minorities in China. This headwear is a symbol of the married women of the Chang nationality. There are many taboos on it, so they must be wrapped up and must be worn at the wedding ceremony. The ceremony is solemn and solemn, usually wrapped, and the elders of the elders avoid each other. In addition, women wore large round ears with diameters ranging from 3 to 4 centimeters, with a stick in the compartment. *

The skirt, Achang language is "Mu Zhi". There are two kinds of striped "plain skirt" and "patterned skirt". They are made from spinning and dyeing to making warp and weft threads, and then woven into cloth. On the top of the dustbin skirt, all kinds of silk threads are used to weave and weave the patterns of flower, which are closely related to the daily life of the Achang Nationality, such as "ABO flower", "small flower", "fork flower", "fragrant flower flower", "pear blossom flower" and "knot flower flower". It is said that the flower of the knot is the pattern of the dress of the women of the Chang nationality when Kong Ming Nan arrested seven times in the same year. It was like a hand soldier soldier. This is Kongming's intention to encourage the southern borderland people to hold arms, guard the frontier pass and defend their territory. (a brief history of the Yunnan people's publishing house, 1986 Edition). There are 3 - 5 patterns on the skirt, meaning ditch, representing the farming life of the ancestors. Old unmarried women also wear skirts, which are now restricted to married women. This kind of skirt is complex in technology, woven into a skirt, time-consuming and laborious, but also needs to master superb textile skills. Therefore, there are many taboos associated with it. For example, young women can not eat chicken feet, or they will be confused when weaving their skirts. They must not eat chicken wings. Otherwise, they will be difficult to weave their lines when weaving their skirts.

"Jiao Jiao" and "Mai Mai" are two kinds of clothing accessories of the Chang nationality. The "foot" is black. Weave knitted patterns like knitted skirts, red wool and dog teeth and shell ornaments on the side. Women visit their friends and relatives and celebrate festive holidays. "Mai Mai" is a scarf, a black bottom, a square, four embroidered flowers and a "grasshopper flower" and colorful beads made of woollen yarn. Usually it can be wrapped around, and can also be used to wrap objects. Unmarried girls use it as a token to give to the intended young man.