Uygur Costume

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Uighur costumes

Applicant: Yutian County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Item No.: 1024

Project No.: Ⅹ - 117

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Yutian County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Yutian Cultural Center

Introduction to Uighur Costumes:

Applicant: Yutian County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Yutian County, located in the south of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is a minority inhabited area dominated by Uygur. Yutian County Uygur women's clothing and hats have a history of two or three thousand years, of which the unique keqiktailipike (CAP) and pirija are the only ceremonial clothing in the whole autonomous region. Keqiketailipike is sewn with ink, satin and velveteen cloth. It looks like a small wine cup and horn with inverted button. It is usually fixed on the right front of the white scarf and hair with a pin. In the ceremony of wedding and funeral, women wear a complete set of kethickteri pike and Piri clip, which looks elegant and elegant.

Women's Uighur costumes in Yutian County are the precious wealth of Chinese costume culture. Keqikteripike is the smallest hat in the world. Together with pirija, it provides precious material for the study of western region culture.