Dress of De'ang Nationality

Dress of De'ang Nationality

The dress of the De'ang Nationality is full of its own characteristics. After shaving their heads, the women of the red De'ang and huade'ang branches wrap them in black cloth. They like to wear big earrings, silver collars, blue and black blouses, with two red strips on the skirt and red, green and yellow balls on the hem. Women of different branches often use the lines and colors woven horizontally on their skirts to distinguish them. Men usually wear blue and black blouses, short and wide trousers, black and white cloth wrapped in their heads, pommel balls of various colors decorated on both ends of their heads, big earrings and silver collars. The De'ang people have the custom of tattooing. They usually use tiger, deer, bird, flower, grass and other favorite patterns on their arms, legs and chest.

Clothing characteristics

They made buttons with large square silver plates, hung silver plates and silver bubbles on their chests, and decorated them with a lot of small red balls. It is said that the silver ornament on the chest is to show their wealth.

The costumes of the ang nationality have a strong national color. Although the costumes of different branches are different, they still have their common characteristics. In addition, their costumes are closely connected with the beautiful stories spread among the people, which gives people a magical and deep impression.

Men: men usually wear blue and black blouses, wide and short trousers, and black and white cloth headscarves. Young people usually wear white, middle-aged and old people use black. The two ends of the scarf are decorated with colored balls, and they also wear big earrings and silver collars.

Women: women usually wear navy or black double breasted jacket and long skirt, with two red strips on the skirt edge and four or five pairs of big square silver buttons. The long skirt usually covers the breast and ankle bone, and is woven with bright colored horizontal lines. The women of De'ang Nationality do not keep their hair. They shave their heads and wrap their heads with black cloth. The two ends of their heads are like braids, with the emphasis on the back. According to the historical records of Tang Dynasty, they are "decorated after hanging the rest".

Red cloth on chest

The color horizontal stripe skirt of De'ang women is eye-catching and unique. As for the origin of these three kinds of skirt designs, there is a legend among the De'ang people: in ancient times, the De'ang people killed cattle for sacrifice, and three sisters helped to press the cattle. The killed cattle struggled on the ground, and the blood on their tails was thrown on their skirts. Later, according to the location and color of the blood stains on the skirts, they made new skirts, which have been handed down to the present day. It is also said that when the sisters were eating beef, they dyed their skirts red because of the blood dripping on their chest. Therefore, women of the De'ang Nationality have two red cloth sewn on their chests, which is the mark of the red clothes dyed with cow's blood. The line color difference of skirt horizontal weaving: Women's dress has different appellations of flower, red and black due to different ethnic branches. Women of different branches often use the line color of skirt horizontal weaving to distinguish. "Huabenglong skirt" (De'ang, formerly known as benglong), is inlaid with four white belts, among which there are 16.5cm wide red cloth decorations. "Hongbenglong skirt" is woven with prominent red lines. The "black avalanche dragon skirt" is woven with several crimson cloth belts, with several small white belts between them. The women of hongde'ang and huade'ang branches shaved their heads and wrapped them in black cloth. They liked to wear big earrings, silver collars, blue and black blouses with two red strips on the front and red, green and yellow balls on the hem.