Wa costumes will soon appear at the Silk Road Yunsheng Yunshang Kunming National Fashion Week. Courtesy of respondents
"Sigangli", also known as "Hulu King's Land" in ancient times, is the place where the legend of the Wa creation epic "Sigangli" was born, which means to come out of the cave. Therefore, the Wa are also known as the "people who came out of the cave". Cangyuan Sigangli National Clothing Co., Ltd. is located in this mysterious place.
From December 18th to 20th, the Silk Road Yunsheng Yunshang Kunming National Fashion Week will be held simultaneously in Kunming New Yingxin City and Park 1903. At that time, Liu Fanqiong, representative of Cangyuan County Sigangli National Clothing Co., Ltd., will bring bright and beautiful Wa costumes to the fashion week.
"It used to be a small shop, but it slowly developed later." The person who said this was Liu Fanqiong, the founder of Cangyuan Sigangli National Clothing Co., Ltd. For Liu Fanqiong, who has been engaged in the clothing industry for 32 years, clothing is already a mark melted in blood and engraved in the bone.
In 1995, Liu Fanqiong left his hometown in Sichuan and moved his family to Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province. "As soon as we came to Cangyuan, they were very kind to us, like a family." Here, Liu Fanqiong felt the hospitality of the Wa people for the first time, and since then she has fallen in love with the unique Wa costumes. The simplicity and kindness of the Wa people deeply affected Liu Fanqiong, and Liu Fanqiong became more and more "obsessed" with Wa culture.
Wa costumes are varied and colorful, which is a concrete embodiment of wa traditional culture and aesthetic awareness. "I have been committed to excavating the culture of Wa clothing, making its characteristics and highlights, and letting more people wear it." Liu Fanqiong said.
In October 2012, Cangyuan County Sigangli National Clothing Co., Ltd. was established, Liu Fanqiong insisted on "promoting national culture, creating Cangyuan national brand" as the goal, while doing a good job in national costumes, but also developed the Wa family experience hotel, aiming to strengthen and expand the local brand, integration and promotion of enterprise Wa cultural characteristics of the entity project.
The Wa people are a people with black as the beauty, and their costumes are mainly black and decorated with red, which basically retains the characteristics of ancient mountain peoples. Talking about the aesthetic differences between traditional and modern clothing, Liu Fanqiong believes that it is a difficult road to maintain national characteristics and conform to modern aesthetics. "I've been thinking about how to incorporate modern elements into national costumes, and I've been groping along this path." Liu Fanqiong said.
This time, Liu Fanqiong prepared 13 sets of Wa costumes for the Silk Road Yunsheng Yunshang Kunming National Fashion Week. "Like the ceremonial reception dress, we added a shawl to fully reflect the warm and unrestrained character of the Wa people, which has both Wa elements and modern style."
From the small shop specializing in Wa clothing to the establishment of a private enterprise integrating the design, processing, wholesale and sales of national costumes step by step, Liu Fanqiong is using her own way to realize her childhood "clothing dream" step by step. At present, Cangyuan County Sigangli National Garment Co., Ltd. has registered three trademarks of "Sigangli", "Wa Shan Bo" and "Touch Your Black", and has obtained more than 10 patents in Wa costumes such as men's suits, horse clips, women's clothing, "Touch Your Black" and "New Rice Festival" festival T-shirts, and men's and women's headdresses.
Last year, during the "Silk Road Yunsheng Kunming National Fashion Week" event, Liu Fanqiong and her team came to a collision of tradition and fashion on the runway. For the upcoming Silk Road Yunshang Kunming National Fashion Week, Liu Fanqiong is still full of confidence. "I like Wa costumes, and I hope that through this catwalk, more people will know Wa costumes and fall in love with Wa costumes." Liu Fanqiong said.
Yunnan network reporter Li Xilin intern Ma Minyan