Bai Costume

Bai Costume

Bai nationality is a minority in Southwest China, mainly distributed in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Bai people advocate white, women's headdress represents Dali's "romantic beauty and snow moon", dance props overlord whip; men wear tie dyed mandarin jacket, dance props octagonal drum.

Clothing characteristics

The headdress worn by Bai girls also has the meaning of "romantic beauty and snow moon". Because on the headdress of Bai girls, the tassels hanging down represent the wind of Xiaguan; the gorgeous flowers are the flowers of Shangguan, the white of the hat top is Cangshan snow, and the curved shape is Erhai moon. Therefore, it formed the appearance of their headdress.

Brief introduction of Bai nationality

These Bai people, who live in the foot of DIANCANG mountain and the shore of Erhai Lake, have always maintained their distinctive traditional characteristics in terms of living customs and costumes. Bai men and women generally advocate white, with white clothes as the most important. The Bai Men in Dali area like to wear white or blue Baotou. They usually wear white double breasted top, black collar coat, wide barrel trousers, bearded trouser belt, and some also like to wear bags embroidered with beautiful patterns. In some other areas, Bai men prefer to wear melon skin hats, short jackets, sheepskin jackets or several leather and silk jackets, which are called "three drops of water". They are honest, handsome, free and easy. Bai women's clothing, which has always enjoyed the reputation of "Golden Flower", is more beautiful and colorful. Most of the women in Dali wear white top, red or light blue top with velvet and black shoulder, silver ornaments with "three whiskers" and "five whiskers" are hung at the knot of right lapel, and embroidered ribbon is tied around the waist. On the top, black soft thread is embroidered with butterfly, bee and other patterns, blue trousers are worn, and embroidered "white shoes" are worn. Most of them wear new silk silver bracelets and rings. Married women wear their hair in a bun, while unmarried girls wear their braids at the top. Some of them use red headbands to wrap the flower scarves under the braids, revealing the snow-white tassels fluttering on the side, which highlights the unique charm of Bai girls' headwear and hairstyle. Young women in Jianchuan area like to wear cap or "fishtail cap". Bai women in the Xishan and Baoshan areas of Eryuan usually have their hair tied at the top, silver tubes inserted on them, black cloth wrapped around their heads, right-hand round collar long clothes, embroidered belts, sleeves and trouser legs embroidered with various kinds of lace, and some also like to wear leg protectors, which makes them very symmetrical, harmonious and beautiful. In a word, although there are some regional differences in the costumes of Bai nationality, the common characteristics are bright color, harmonious contrast, exquisite embroidery, elegant and dignified. There are some differences in Bai nationality's costumes due to different settlements, but the overall characteristics are: bold colors, light colors, dark colors, strong contrast, bright and harmonious; exquisite embroidery, generally with lace, complicated decoration but not miscellaneous. The change trend can be found by investigating the relationship between the regional characteristics and the clothing characteristics of Bai Nationality: the more the clothing of Bai nationality goes south, the more gorgeous the decorations are, and the more elegant the decorations are; compared with the mountainous area and the dam area, the clothing of Bai nationality in the mountainous area is more colorful, and the Bai nationality in the dam area is relatively plain.