Two Of Nandan: Unique Clothing Culture

Clothing is a kind of culture. It records the history of a nation and shows the customs of a nation.

The white trousers Yao nationality is mainly distributed in the Yao Lake Township and the eight Wei Yao Township in Nandan County, with a total population of about 30 thousand.

White trousers Yao men's trousers are usually made of white cloth, trousers are knee length, trouser feet are wrapped with black cloth, red lines are embroidered and embroidered, and five straight red lines are embroidered at the knees, three long in the middle, two short on both sides, and shaped like fingerprints.

The clothes worn by men and women in white trousers are all planted by women themselves.

The White Costumes Yao women wear in summer, their jackets are actually only two pieces of cloth, which is a "hanging garment" worn by their sleeves.

The front and back buttons of this dress are all one piece, without collar, sleeveless, and the front and back pieces are not stitched. The two pieces of cloth are naturally dropped on the front chest and back.

Once you bend over to work, you have a full view.

According to folklore experts, the white trousers Yao women do not hide their milk, they are not the manifestation of desire, but are actually the highest worship of motherhood and reproduction.

The raw material used in batik Yao's batik dyeing is taken from a tree pulp called "sticky paste tree".

The white trousers Yao women cut off the bark with a small spade and removed the mucilage from the wound of the sticky tree, and placed it in a container filled with water. After mixing it with butter, it became the raw material of batik.

When making clothes, they use special brushes to draw some on the white cloth.