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Main Chinese Miao clothing: A history book worn on the body
Who are the Miao?
Over 100 different minority groups Miao live in mountainous areas of southern and southwestern China. Each group has its unique clothing and costumes for women are particularly interesting. Embroidery, batik, and beautiful silver jewelry are all essential additions to the style Miao.
Clothing for the holidays
During the holidays, weddings, and other major ceremonies, Miao women usually wear a short jacket with beautiful embroidery on the sleeves narrow shoulders, and collar. In some areas, you can see pieces of silver glitter are sewn on the front, back and knees of their jackets. So people call it a silver jacket.
Their beautiful pleated skirts have as many as 40 layers with 500 folds. In some areas, long skirt for women is directly to their feet.The short skirt comes to his knees.
Apron embroidered fall in front of the skirt is also comes to the knees or feet. Four or five long fly belts behind the apron, like the feathers of a peacock's tail color. Some women Miao also have embroidered shoes and leggings.
With silver ornaments extraordinary, as the great silver headdress, necklaces, earrings and silver bracelets to go with these clothes, many women Miao can proudly claim they are the most beautiful women in the world.
Colors in Miao costumes are primarily blue, yellow, red, black and white. Many clothes are made by Miao women themselves by weaving, dyeing, sewing, and embroidery.
Casual Costumes
Miao costumes casual look simple and light, but they are still very beautiful. Jackets, trousers, shirts, and aprons, all have models developed embroidered on them.
On informal occasions, women wear simple as Miao embroidered handkerchief on their heads.
Embroidery
Girls begin to learn to embroider their mother when they are only seven or eight years. When they reach 14 or 15 years they have come to be an experienced embroiderer. Before they are ready to marry, they will spend 3-5 years embroider a dress for themselves as a dowry.
The Miao embroidery work reflects their great culture, history, and religion. You can still see the design of mountains, water waves, butterflies, flowers and dragons in their embroidery.
Without historical scripts many generations, Miao have their history reflected on their stories clothing.Many embroidered old reflected on models that have been handed down for generations. In fact, almost every piece of embroidery Miao holds a fascinating legend.
Batik
Techniques for batik making, durable cloth with remarkable colors and designs have been around for over 1000 years.
First, Miao is an artist draw a picture on the white canvas with a knife dipped in hot wax. Then five different colors are used to dye the fabric in a large tank. They will wash and boil the cloth after dyeing.
Chinese Miao batik art is very interesting and unique. C. Liu studied and Research Miao on culture and art for some years. Go to his website to learn more about Batick Miao and others Arts fascinating as the magnificent Miao silver ornaments.
SOUTH BEND LATHE demo on apron parts by TUBALCAIN