Zhuang women are good at weaving and embroidery. The Zhuang cloth and brocade they weave are famous for their exquisite patterns and bright colors, and their unique batik is also praised by people. There is not much difference between men and Han nationality in clothing, while women are colorful. They especially like to embroider patterns on shoes, hats and chest bags with five-color silk threads. People, birds, animals and flowers are varied and colorful.
Silver ornaments of Zhuang nationality used to be very popular.
Strong silver bracelets are rich in styles, and some are made into thin sheets with finger width; Some are tied into a vine; There are dozens of intertwined roots; Some are also inlaid with green beads, and so on, to show the silver jewelry art of strong people. With the changes of the times and people's ideas, it is difficult to see Zhuang women wearing traditional silver ornaments in Zhuang areas.
Clothing history
Before the end of Qing dynasty
Before the end of Qing Dynasty (19 1 1), the clothes worn by Zhuang people were all self-spun, self-woven and self-stitched. At that time, women's clothes were more colorful than men's. They are wearing blue dry clothes with big breasts, and their skirts and sleeves are embroidered with large lace from the collar to the right armpit. The collar is very short and shows their necks.
I'm wearing a long, ankle-length pleated skirt, or a pair of wide pants with lace. Outside the skirt, in the center of my leg, I embroidered a large vertically symmetrical lace and made several folds on my hips. The foot of my skirt under my hip was rolled up about an inch, and several stitches were sewn on both sides to form an arched back skirt. Seen from the front, it is a tube skirt, and seen from the back, it is a folding skirt. The upper and lower dresses are close to my body, and the lines are particularly clear and elegant.
Embroidered shoes with round feet. The coat worn by a strong man is a black cloth double-breasted coat with a round neck and wide sleeves, and there are 7-9 buttons on both sides. The buttons are woven with black cloth, and the two front buttons are buckled when put on.
Men's underwear, that is, pants, are also made of black cloth, and the pants are relatively wide, usually 1- 1.2. Adults, especially the elderly, wear a black scarf about 4-5 feet long on their heads, or sew it with a black rectangular cloth, with a crease at the top and a round hole at the top. Usually, people usually walk barefoot, and only when visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year holiday will they wear earth cloth shoes or dragon and phoenix shoes.
After the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China
During this period, women changed to wear wide Tang-style clothes and trousers, and tied an ankle apron at the front of their waist. The top of the apron is tied with two printed ribbons at the back, and two feet at each end are used as streamers. The strong man changed into a double-breasted Tang suit and wide pants. Wear earth shoes. Men wear Chinese tunic suits and cut western-style heads when reading. The old man wore a black cloth towel on his head.
After 1949, the clothes of urban residents, government officials, school students, etc. Zhuang areas follow closely the changes in the whole country, and generally wear tunic suits and cadres' uniforms, just like the local Han people. With the development of economy, people can even see Zhuang compatriots' suits and ties in remote mountainous areas, not to mention flowered skirts and dresses. Traditional Zhuang costumes have also quietly changed.