Chinese National Costume Culture -- Nu Costume Culture

Nu people are Yunnan The ancient ethnic groups peculiar to the Nu River area mainly live in the Gong Shan Dulong Nu Autonomous County, Fu Gong county and Lanping Bai Mei Autonomous County of Nu River state in Yunnan province. They are the earliest indigenous peoples living in Nu River, and are one of the few ethnic minorities in China. Nu nationality has 4 branches: angry Su, Aaron, arnu, and disturbance. Mainly in Nu River, Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Fu Gong, Gong Shan and Lanping County rabbit township. In addition, there are a small number of distribution in Wei Xi county. In the long run with Lisu People, Nu people generally speak Lisu. The Nu people in two counties of Gong Shan and Fu Gong are the earliest indigenous inhabitants in the area. They call themselves "Aaron" and "ah Nu". They were related to the Dulong nationality in ancient times.

The Nu people in the original Bi Jiang county called themselves "angry Su". They were considered to be the descendants of the "Lu Lu man" in the Tang Dynasty. The two parts of the Nu people from different origins lived on the hillside terrace of 1500-2000 meters above the Nu River. They interacted with each other and gradually became a nation. Nu people have their own languages, and the Nu people belong to the Sino Tibetan Languages. Nu people do not have their own words, and they use Chinese after liberation.

The dress of Nu people is slightly different due to the different living areas, but they are all rich in regional national characteristics. Because of the early introduction of textile technology into the Nu minority area, the Nu women's anger blanket made of linen textile was very famous in the Nu River area long ago. Because Nu women are good at weaving linen, the clothes of Nu nationality men and women are made of sackcloth.

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Nu men Clothes & Accessories

The dress style of Nu nationality is simple and elegant, similar to the Lisu nationality. Men store more hair and wear hair. They use the green cloth or white cloth Baotou. Traditional costumes are made of linen cloth, wear a pair of T-shirt, wear a wide breasted sweater, wear a wide breasted sweater, wear a long gown without buttons, wear skirts to the right. The women in Fu Gong area wear a right breasted jacket and linen long dress. The headwear is made of coral beads, agate, beads, silver coins and seashells. They grind shells into wafers, use animal skin as a hoop, and hang coral beads and small silver pendant on the front, and wear big brass rings.

The woman of the Gong Shan wrapped in a white cloth pat Baotou, not wearing a skirt, only used two striped linen around the waist, similar to the skirt. Knee length trousers, put on the front of the trousers, wear a broad waistband and put it in bags so that they can be loaded. The color is white as the keynote, with black lines, and white Baotou with red ribbons. Under the shorts, most men wear a bunch of corals on the left ear. Adult men like to wear angry knives around the waist, shoulder crossbow and animal skin arrows, and leggings made of bamboo sticks to make them look brave and vigorous.

Nu women's dress

Nu men and women dress mostly in linen texture. Women usually wear broad breasted breasts and a sackcloth robe with ankle length. clothes The front and rear pendulum interfaces are decorated with a red rimmed cloth. Young girls like to wear an apron outside the linen robe and embroider all kinds of lace on the edge of the dress.

Nu women wear short linen made of sackcloth, dressed as a linen dress, dressed in a lace on their dress, wearing coloured beads on their chest, and some women wear coral, agate, shells and silver coins to make beautiful headwear or chest ornaments. Wearing beads, a series of pearl beads, the angry language is called "Lu Bu Lai", hung with colored beads on the chest, "summer appoint" and a circular ornament made of seashells, "Le Bai". The number and value of the ornaments symbolize the identity and economic status of the wearer. They are fond of wearing copper earrings, and women like to carry out the embroidery and decoration of their own embroidery. Young girls like to have lace around their skirts, and the dress of married women is embroidered with lace. In the area of Gong Shan, women do not wear skirts, but they use two pieces of color bar outside their trousers. He likes to use delicate bamboo tubes to pierce his ears, which shows his unique aesthetics.

The most distinctive dress of the Nu people is called "Yue do". The "yondo" woven by the Nu women is highly skilled. Men can wear clothes during the day and can be covered at night. Women make aprons in their waists, which are both cold and dirty. Nu women have to learn to twist wool lines and knitted wool socks from a young age. When girls grow up, they want to send their wool stockings to their sweethearts. If the boys accept woolen socks, they will accept the girl's love. So, to see if a nu boy has any object, just look at his feet wearing no wool socks. {page_break}

Dress classification of Nu nationality

In fact, due to the different branches, the influence of neighboring ethnic groups in residential areas is different. The dress of Nu nationality in Yunnan, China can be roughly classified as the Rou mode, the Aaron mode, the rage and the anger Su mode.

1 if the soft clothes are close to the white and Han costumes. Adult men pack their heads, wear a pair of pairs of trousers, wear ordinary trousers, women also pack their heads, and have fewer headwear. They wear upper, short, back long, coarse blue cloth jackets and wear ordinary trousers.

2 the dress of the Aaron is obviously influenced by the Tibetans and Naxi people. Women's scarves and scarves should be made of several kinds of colored wool and made up of hair rings on their heads. They wear a linen long gown, a jade bead on their chest, a long trousers under their trousers, and an angry blanket with long ankles around their waist. The anger blanket is quite like the Tibetan wee, but the flower pattern is vertical. Some women also like to surround a Naxi Style Black Multi fold apron. The dress of the Aron man is similar to that of other Nu people in other places.

3 angry and angry Su men wore a linen long gown on top, waist or cane or hemp rope. The trousers were only below the knees, and a pair of slender cages made of thin slit were used to prevent the trees from walking in the fields. Women's costumes are more complicated: upper body is wearing white long sleeved clothes, and the outer cover is a deep red, black or dark blue lace lined jacket, underneath a dark long pendant dress, a hair hoop made of coral, small bronze bell, shell and copper coins, and a string of beads and a large shell on the chest. Traditionally, this big shell should be presented by a boyfriend, so the beads and shells worn by women often become the declaration of their glory.