Salar Costume

Salar Costume

The traditional clothes of Salar nationality are bright in color and full of national characteristics. There are two characteristics of Salar's costumes: (1) Islamic color of costumes; (2) mutual influence and integration with Hui, Tibetan, Han and other ethnic costumes. However, the Salar's clothing is generally the same as the Hui's, the difference is that the coat is generally wider and the waist is tied with cloth.

In June 2008, Salar costumes were listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list with the approval of the State Council.

In November, 2019, xunzala county was identified as the tourism and cultural protection unit of Salar Autonomous County.

Dress style

Salar men usually wear white shirts, black shoulders, belts, trousers, Lotti or cloth shoes, and black or white dome caps. Belts are mostly red and green, while trousers are mostly black and blue. In winter, men wear sheepskin coats or woolen sweaters, while the rich hang cloth or wool on the outside. Women's jacket, black or purple jacket, trousers, wearing embroidered shoes. Like to wear gold, silver rings, jade, copper or silver bracelets, tremella rings and other jewelry. Young women wear green headsets, middle-aged women wear black, and old women wear white.

Salars create distinctive national costumes according to the differences of times and environment, different economic life styles and even different climate characteristics. The earliest clothing, with the style of the nomadic people in Central Asia, is usually worn by men with curled lambskin hats, half waist leather boots, wooden clips (similar to the Uygur "standard loops") and red tattle around the waist.

Women wear the same clothes as men, but they wear red and blue silk headscarves. After that, men usually wear wide jackets or long shirts and trousers, with cloth belts around their waists, while the rich wear silk belts, black or white six tooth caps, and flat cloth shoes on their feet. The old people wear long clothes and wear "dasdar" (headscarf) on their heads when they worship.

Young men like to wear white sweatcoat, red cloth belt or embroidered belt around the waist, and black short jacket which suits the body. The contrast between black and white is distinct, which makes it fresh, clean and elegant. At the time of marriage, the waist girdle is sewn with red and blue satin, embroidered with various flower patterns, embroidered with embroidered belt, and the feet wear embroidered socks and cloth sandals.

The middle-aged women's clothes are longer, their trouser legs generally touch the ground, and their feet wear embroidered "Gu Gu shoes". Young women like to wear bright colored big skirt clothes. The coat is black and green with long or short waistband. It looks slim and handsome. It likes to wear gold and silver earrings, rings and bracelets.

At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, when women went out to work, they wrapped their heads with green cloth and wore spacious Cape embroidered with lace on festive festivals. Later, he changed to wear a "hood" and put it on the back like a wind pocket. "Gaitou" is exquisite, and its color varies with age. Generally, girls and newlyweds are green, which symbolizes vigor and prosperity; middle-aged or married women with children wear black, which symbolizes maturity and maturity; the elderly are mostly white, which symbolizes immaculate, natural and simple.