Sibo clothing embodies a nomadic spirit, its early apparel clothing is deer, elk and other animal skins based, pay more attention to warm cold functions. Sibo traditional costumes have absorbed over Mongolian, Manchu, Han and other ethnic costumes advantages. Dating back to the Qing dynasty, Sibo basic and Manchu costumes Men’s costumes similar. Sibo Men’s clothing mostly blue, gray, blue, brown and other colors, mostly dajin robes or cardigan shirt, collar is not too high, for ease of riding and shooting and labor, robes using dajin right of junction, left side slits style. Xibe robes, bottom half in the knee Chixu, horseshoe cuffs, can be rolled up, you can put down, wearing trousers, plus “chaps”, Sibo clothing in the “chaps” Only two legs, no crotch and lower back, spring is to wear “clip Taoku” winter wear “cotton culottes.” Green cloth belt tied around his waist, often hanging pipe belt purse, wearing cloth boots, summer wearing Li Mao, wearing a winter hat or hat. The general officer on the sets in a robe jacket.
Sibo to pay attention to some women wear, and foot wear long cheongsam, lace or embroidery to stick broadside, jacket waistcoat, waistcoat with buttons down the front, there dajin, and also posted lace. Skirt, cuffs, collar, hem multi inlay trim. Tie black leg straps, feet with white socks, embroidered shoes, like earrings, rings and bracelets and other ornaments. Girl with unmarried girl, wearing a cheongsam relatively elegant, bright young woman dressed to some. The bride’s wedding dress is very particular about the selected fabric fine texture, bright color, producing exquisite workmanship. Wedding, bridal Daiji Ta library that is, a cloth hair band, there are shells, made of precious stones and gold floral, next row silver chain or beaded decorations hanging on the forehead above. Married within a year, to participate in festive activities still wear Gita larger libraries. Sibo though still like to wear women’s dress, but now have been significant changes in clothing, especially young women have to wear dresses and other garments with modern elements.
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Sibo specializes in embroidery women, as men are riding and shooting, women embroidery if not, it will be contempt. They are most adept at bird fleas and other patterns embroidered on clothing and daily necessities.
Sibo women’s hair style is also the age difference, young woman with long braids hanging left behind, with colorful “wool” tie braided roots, do not cut my hair curtain, head, Bianshao love some flowers, marriage will braids coiled up, commonly known as “dragon bun”, the amount before the “bangs” behind the “swallowtail” Punta UFA head from the disk into a bun shape our daily lives braid double braid into a pony or two “Zhuaji “, taken together as a big” lump bun. ” Wipe the hair pomade, no pomade, using elm bark bright bubble water is viscous.
Sibo elderly have different costumes, usually older men to wear white breasted coat, waist gown (winter cotton), individuals also sets jacket, wearing white socks, shoes (spring, summer, autumn wear round mouth black shoes, black shoes winter wear cotton blankets, shoes, back to its slightly higher in spring and summer, Xibe language called “Zarb Sabrina”), tie trousers, wearing a hat; older women to wear blue, blue-black dress, hi packets of white turban, winter wearing “Kun autumn hat” (cotton hat brim stitched sealskin).
In addition to the usual costumes, the Sibo shaman shamanism also has its own special clothing: wearing six stocks helmet, chest hanging heart care bronze mirrors, waist ribbon embroidered skirt. Wear the costumes danced shaman shaman dance, imitating the shape of various animals and chase, fighting, Crue action, not only reflects the spirit of the times and the primitive clan hunting, nomadic breath of life, but also reflects the mountains and Prairie features. Today Sibo and Han people have been wearing basically the same, only the portion of Yili, Xinjiang Xibe still maintain the traditional costumes.
