Although the integration of the nation Achang a large number of economic and cultural life by the Han, Dai, but reserved in Achang clothing but with their own customs. Past the Achang men wearing earrings, women like sea shells sewn on the dress as decoration. Today, Achang apparel apparent age, marital status and regional differences.
The Achang man dress features
Achang man wearing a blue, white or black breasted jacket, black trousers, short and wide trousers. The Laza adult man wearing left dajin shirt. The lad like wrapped in white Baotou, marriage change the black header. Young adults playing Baotou total set aside about 40 cm long spike head hanging on the back of the head. Some of the elderly also like wearing a felt hat. Hi man to go back “barrel Pa” (bag) and Husa knife.
Achang person has a superb smelting and forging technology, is recognized as the “knife fight ace. In Achang the clothing culture, men accessories Husa knife, also known as “A Chang knife, not only for Achang favorite around Dai, Lisu, Jingpo, Tibetan and other fraternal peoples lives and accessories necessity. It is said that some of the the Achang old artists can knife fight hard & soft skills, and can even be bent. A long knife, when not in use, like a belt tied around the waist, took off immediately naturally straight, their skills can be a must.
Achang man almost everyone wearing such a length ranging from “Husa knife”, not only is the production and living needs, and decorative beauty and meaning of evil supporter. Scabbard carving zodiac signs and other various patterns, delicate and beautiful, soft around the mean drunk chop money, unstoppable, “said.
The Achang Women’s clothing features
The Achang women usually wear tight sleeves cardigan sweater, skirt. Unmarried woman with the colors dajin or breasted jacket, black trousers, outside the department apron, wearing a black header. Laza, Achang girl’s clothing most concentrated ethnic characteristics. They love to wear blue, black breasted jacket and trousers, playing black or blue header, and some like a tall tower, up to two feet, some two inches wide blue cloth wrapped around the enclosure up header behind tassel, length up to shoulder; front with flowers and colored velvet beads, Ying Luo embellishment,; some temples in the left wearing a silver jewelry, like a blossoming chrysanthemum, with inlaid jade, agate, coral and the In class; Achang girls silver, silver chain pectoral, neck wear silver necklace a few, make it dazzling. Young women in the chest nailed four silver buttons, buttons hang long silver chain, tied to a pair of small silver box containing lime, betel nut and other objects. Married women wear jackets, under a knee-length skirts, fond of wearing the collar, earrings and other variety of silver. Married women like to chew a mixture of lime, betel nut, smoke grass, reed sub dyed black teeth, and see it as a sign of beauty.
The Achang both men and women like to plug aromatic flowers. Lining from woven from dyed homespun muslin production.
