Dai men's and women's costumes have their own characteristics.

men's clothing/clothes/garments

Dai men generally don't wear ornaments, and occasionally find a shiny silver bracelet on their wrists. Gold teeth and silver teeth are their hobbies. They usually pull out their front teeth and replace them with gold or silver dentures. In the past, there was a custom of tattooing, in which liger, Kirin, peacock and other figures or patterns were written on the chest, back, abdomen and limbs to show courage or pray for good luck.

There is little difference in the costumes of Dai people all over the country. Generally speaking, it is simple and generous. It is a collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve coat with a wide waist and trousers without pockets. Most of them wear white and blue cloth heads, some wear wool hats, like to cover blankets in cold weather, and often go barefoot all year round.

This kind of clothing is light and comfortable when farming, and the wearer looks handsome when dancing. It retains the ancient characteristics, such as "clothes facing forward", "wearing a cloth towel on the head, like to hang a backpack with a short knife", but the self-woven "homespun" is rarely used in clothing. Chinese tunic suit and suit have become the fashion of Dai youth. In the past 20 years, small sleeve shirts with lapels and cardigans have changed their headscarves into aqua-red, green and pink silk, while their trousers remain the same.

women's clothes

Dai women pay attention to clothes, pursue lightness, beauty and elegance of clothes, and coordinate the colors of clothes, which are all excellent. It is a remarkable feature of Dai costumes that young women wear long hair on their heads. Dai women wear all kinds of tight underwear, light-colored shirts with big breasts or narrow sleeves, and colorful tubular skirts with various patterns. Dai women like to tie their long hair in a bun and decorate it diagonally with combs, hairpins or flowers. Dai women like to wear jewelry. Jewelry is generally made of gold and silver, mostly hollow, engraved with exquisite patterns and patterns. Dai women are generally slim, pure and beautiful, and graceful, so they are called "golden peacocks". They are not only beautiful, but also good at dressing up, dressing themselves up as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade with unique costumes.