Tacheng, Xinjiang: Colorful Russian Dress

Russian women wear colorful ethnic costumes at the Tacheng Cultural Square.

Wang Guangsheng is at home. crochet 。

The Russians mainly scattered in Yili, Tacheng, Altai and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and the rest scattered in Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang provinces.

Russians attach great importance to the instrument. Compared with eating and drinking, Russians value the external "packaging" and pay attention to the overall collocation and color harmony.

Russian costumes are brightly coloured and have a wide range of styles. This is related to the production and life of the Russians, as well as their forthright character. Men wear uniform Women wear dresses, trousers, leather boots or leather shoes (Russian is called Biraghi). Most middle-aged people wear skirts and embroidered shirts.

Russians usually have 2 to 3 suits, sweaters, shirts, etc. Most men wear a suit and tie, especially a striped tie, and wear a pink tie when they get married.

On happy days, men like to wear white embroidered shirts (Russian: Ruba J C). The fabric is mainly silk, with dark knickers and breeches, and long leather boots. It is especially chic and practical. In winter, it wears a woolen coat or a sheepskin coat.

Russians are not only very particular about costumes, but also women's headdresses. There are strict differences between unmarried girls and headwear of married women.

According to Wang Guangsheng, President of the Russian Association of Tacheng, Xinjiang, in the past, Russian girls would comb a long braid and make colorful hair bands in their plaits, and their hair could be exposed. Married women wear their hair in plaits on their heads and wrap them in scarves or hats. Their hair can not be exposed. Especially in the face of elders should pay more attention, otherwise it will be regarded as impolite behavior.

Current Russia There is no difference between unmarried women and married women on headwear.

The dress of Russian women is more typical, sexy and hot. Bright colors are just like the colorful, colorful birds of nature's courtship. Almost all women in the four seasons wear skirts.

Wang Guangsheng, who has a cheerful disposition and a humorous tongue, said that the Russians were usually "Biraghi" in summer, especially in the past, in winter, they wore skirts in either cold weather.

Russian women have their own knowledge of skirts. They believe that winter skirts are not only cold but warm. Because skirts can be fitted with knee pads, leggings, thick socks, thick trousers, and skirts just cover up a layer of chill, so it is warmer than wearing pants.

The winter skirt is usually very long. The fabric is mainly woollen cloth. The cloth is thick and thin. The skirt is about an inch above the boot, and it wears black or brown high tube leather boots, and a mink or lamb skin overcoat. It looks very beautiful.

Casual and natural dress Sara fan is a typical costume of Russian women in the past.

Wang Guangsheng said: "Sara fan's fabrics are handmade batik, hemp cloth, printed cloth and so on. Embroidered flowers, ribbons and ribbons are arranged on the clothes matching with Sara's fan. The varied decorations and colors make Sara natural, lively and casual. Russian women usually wear cotton Sara fan in the winter to do housework at home.

Russian women are also good at embroidery and weaving. They are especially good at cross stitching and flower picking. Apart from the patterns of collar, cuffs, sweaters and so on, the indoor curtain, curtain, tablecloth, quilt cover, pillowcase and bed girth are embroidered with different colors of geometric and flower patterns. They are not only necessities for life, but also exquisite handicrafts and decorations.

Recently, the reporter walked into the hospitable Wang Guang SINGER, her family's works mostly cross stitch and flowers, hook flowers. Flowers are a kind of embroidery technology that Russian people have almost lost. It is one of the traditional crafts of the Russians.

Wang Guangsheng began to learn handwork embroidery with her grandmother when she was a teenager. "In the past, hand-made hollow flowers were made. Nowadays, the combination of sewing machine embroidery and manual embroidery has been replaced, and the embroidery works will be more delicate and exquisite. Wang Guangsheng said.

According to Wang Guangsheng, when you make flowers, you need a special needle, a piece of cloth, an embroidery mattress, all kinds of embroidery threads, and a copy paper that can be printed on the cloth.

Wang Guangsheng said: "apply flowers to daily decorations such as daily clothing, song and dance costumes, tablecloths, cushions and other daily necessities and screens, wall hangings and other furnishings."

"There are not enough people to pick flowers now, and there are more and more Russians wearing Chinese clothes. So I want to open a embroidery shop with Russian characteristics, and carry on our traditional culture. Wang Guangsheng said.