Clothing characteristics of Li nationality

1, Li costumes are mainly made of sea island cotton, hemp, kapok, bark fiber and other raw materials. In the second category, there are records in Beyond the Ridge by Guangxi, Zhao, Zhu Fanzhi and Zhou Qufei, which all summarize Li's theory of "weaving China". Five-color silk and kapok are woven into a single curtain, which is made of kapok and made into gibbet cloth. Woven "Li Jin", "Li Dan" and "Li Mu" are colorful, beautiful and applicable, and are deeply loved by the people of the Central Plains.

2. The traditional clothes of Li nationality have one thing in common: jackets for men and women are directly hidden and have no collars. A cardigan or coat without buttons. The lower garment is made of men's towels, which was also called "hanging towel system" in ancient times. Straight seam women's knitted floral tube skirt.

3. Li women's dresses are embroidered with exquisite patterns, and their double-breasted shirts or crosshead dresses are made of 3-5 pieces of plain fabric, which is suitable for embroidery, so most skirts are embroidered. Women's skirts, which we call tube skirts, are usually made by sewing the skirt head (elastic band), skirt waist, skirt body and skirt tail, but there are also fewer or more than four pieces. Because each piece is woven separately and is suitable for weaving and embroidery, there are many complicated patterns on the skirt. Some skirts are called "pull" because they are embroidered along the hem to highlight the pattern and improve the color of the pattern. Due to the high warp and weft density of woven cloth, the traction of the skirt is enhanced, so the skirt is durable and unique.

In ancient times, most of the clothes of Li people were plain, and a few were woven with patterns and lace. There are many burrs on the lower edge of the back of the coat. There are only two forms of lower-level clothing: "egg-wrapped cloth" or "hanging towel making", which can hide shame. The difference between these two forms is mainly woven and non-woven, split and non-split skirts. Men's wear woven with patterns is also called "scarf making". Now all men's wear has changed, and only a few Li Jia and Hainan National Museum can see the old men's wear.