Colorful colors
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In the past, the Miao people migrated due to war, and in order to hide and protect themselves during the migration, they usually wore dark clothes such as cyan, blue, and purple, but when they were celebrating festivals or ancestor worship activities, they would wear colorful clothes to release their inner emotions with colors.
Miao embroidery
A rich allegorical pattern
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If you pay attention, you will find that there are many patterns on Hmong embroidery, such as diamonds, flowers, water ripples, etc. Rich patterns are not just beautifying. Each different pattern also represents a different allegory.
For example, the pattern of birds mostly opens their wings to show the meaning of protection.
The water pattern and diamond pattern generally represent rivers and lakes. Because in order to record the things experienced in the migration process, the Miao people record the scenery along the road in the Miao embroidery, such as the yellow line is the river, the blue line is the sky, and the cloud pattern, water pattern, and diamond pattern are the plains, lakes and land of the ancestral homeland.
After embroidering the pattern, some clothes must be added to the end of various silver jewelry, and the intricate pattern matching, complement each other. The last set consisted of a skirt consisting of a lid, underwear and two pieces of cloth.
As an important embodiment of Miao embroidery, Hmong costumes are worn during festivals or weddings, adding a lot of brilliance to ordinary life.
From an early age, some children of the Miao people have to make their own clothes and wear clothes embroidered by themselves, which means that they will get more happiness.
Today's Miao embroidery
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With the development of the times, today's Miao embroidery art and modern craftsmanship are combined, and they have begun to integrate into the lives of ordinary people, and unique patterns appear on the clothes of fashion week, exquisite makeup boxes and other places, so that more and more people know this exquisite skill.
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