Characteristic of clothing and apparel

Characteristics in Dresses and Personal Adornments In case the Miao girls in rich dresses would join together，it should display a beautiful silver world.To be fond of wearing the silver ornaments is the natural instinct of them.The Miao girl rolls up the chignon on the top of her head，wearing a 20cm-high delicate silver flower crown，with six long or short silver up-warping wings，on which the patterns of two dragons playing with a pearl are made.In some areas，besides some silver pieces inserted on the silver crown，a pair of some one-meter long silver ox horns may also be inserted into the crown，with colored ribbons tied at the tip of the horns，thus bringing out the nobility and beauty to the bestof the Miao girl.Along the lower edge of the silver crown，hang many silver colored braces with a row of pretty silver objects.There are several necklaces with different sizes on the neck of the Miao girl，mostly interlinked up with pretty silver pieces（on which flower patterns msde）and pretty silver rings.The Miao girl also wears the silver lock and the silver collar weight in front of the chest；while，the silver cloak with many pretty silver-bell weights hanging，on the back.The earrings and bracelets are all made of silver.Only the two sleeves come into the view of the fire-red embroidery.Nevertheless，there is still a circle of silveradornments on the cull of the sleeve.The splendid dress and adornments of the Miao girls may weigh up to several kilograms，some may be accumulated and handed down from generation to generation.The Miao girls have always enjoyed the good reputation of“Surpassing the beauty of the goddess when they wear bright-colored clothes and silver adornments”.The Miao’s silver adornments are made with resplendent and fine workmanship，the wonderful workmanship excelling nature.It fully demonstrates the intelligence and capability of the Miao people.

The skirt of the Miao girl is called Baizhequn-the pleated skirt.In fact，there may be 500-odd pleats on only one skirt.The skirt of the Miao girl has manlayers，some even up to 30 or 40 layers on one skirt.The skirts，from spinning and weaving，dying and bleaching，sewing and making，to the last procedure of patter drawing and embroidering，would be all completed independently by the Miao girlsthemselves.In addition，they also embroider their flower waist-belts，their flowe aprons，etc.A11 these are extraordinary splendor and so many beautiful things that one simply cannot take them all in.

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