Lisu costumes

Lisu costumes and elegant, generous and beautiful. In the past, Lisu living by hunting and gathering, Lisu girl with palm, hemp as raw material, from woven linen garments.

Lisu costumes there are also regional differences. Nujiang Lisu along the white mountains to meet the changing climate, men wear dajin linen gown, knee length, rear slit, no buckle, cuff with black edges, weaving belt tied at the waist line, decorated with shell ornaments, inside the pants ; woman wearing the right of junction linen shirt, jacket black velvet gown, the next being a multi-pleated linen skirt. Its lining woven with black and white stripes, black and white wide-thin, pale gray distance.
Lisu costumes
Lisu costumes
Yunnan Lisu costumes

Lushui area black clothing and Nujiang Lisu broadly similar, but women do not wear a skirt, the trousers, blouses right Ren, an apron tied around his waist a small, blue cloth Baotou, a kind ear Dai Xiaoshan coral jewelry.

Dehong region spend most gorgeous Lisu women’s clothing, girl chest hung a silver necklace and beads together into a hundred locks, multiple items hanging beads. Dress with hundreds of pieces of colored cloth, carefully tailoring sewing. The former Department of fabric makes up the long apron, the wide canvas belt inlaid with shell ornaments, wearing red, white, yellow and white leg warmers. Swaying swing when walking, it is graceful, charming and beautiful.

Lisu men wore around linen gown or blouse, knee-length pants. Some with green cloth Baotou, some hi build braids wrapped around behind. Like all adult males wear machetes left and right arrows hanging bag, tied at the waist a long string.