There is something special about Baoan costumes. Baoan men usually like to wear a white or black "cap" with a white shirt inside and a green vest outside; On festive occasions, wearing a hat, a black lapel gown, a colored belt and a waist knife, and high-heeled ox boots are dignified, elegant and full of national characteristics. This robe looks like a Tibetan robe, but it is a little shorter than it, and it is decorated with "hemming" of different widths and colors. The length of the belt is generally three times the waist circumference, and it must show a foot of sweat, which is about one foot two feet to one foot five feet long. Wear lapel leather in winter. It's brown. Women usually wear purple or dark green tops, jackets with "waistcoats", blue or black homespun pants, and some knee-high robes. The sleeves and pants have different colors of "hemming"; On holidays, women in Baoan like to wear colorful clothes and pink pants. Women also like to wear hijab. Most women like to wear a round white hat and a black "hijab" after marriage. Girls wear green hijab and elderly women wear white hijab. Bao 'an people lived next to Mongols in the early days, and their costumes were basically the same as those of Mongols. Men and women wear long fur robes and various fur hats in winter, cotton-padded jackets in summer and autumn, and trumpet-shaped high hats made of white wool felt. Both men and women wear brightly colored silk belts with small decorations.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty, influenced by Tibetans and Tu nationality, men and women of Baoan nationality wore robes and hats in spring, summer and autumn. Some men also wear short white coats with high collars and black vests; Women's costumes are brightly colored and embroidered shoes are worn on their feet. The costumes of this period have the characteristics of Tibetan and Tu costumes.

During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, security guards moved to Dahejia area in Jishishan, Gansu Province, and kept close contact with the Hui, Dongxiang and Han nationalities around them, and their costumes changed obviously. Usually, men like to wear white or blue caps, white shirts and green vests; On festivals, people usually wear hats, black striped robes, colored belts, waist knives and cowhide boots. Women usually wear purple or dark green corduroy tops, blue or black pants, some like to wear knee-length robes, and more pink pants on their lower bodies, which makes them look elegant and handsome.

There is no essential difference between the clothes of security guards and the local Hui and Dongxiang nationalities. Men usually wear white hats, white shirts, black vests and blue or gray pants; When visiting relatives and friends or going out, wear more Chinese tunic suit or military casual clothes. Unmarried women often wear bright coats of various colors and thin, soft and translucent green silk hijab; Married young women and middle-aged women generally wear white sanitary hats and black hijab when going out; Old women wear dark clothes and white headscarves. Security waist Dao, with beautiful shape, bright lines, exquisite decoration and exquisite craftsmanship. It is not only a daily appliance, but also a unique ornament and a superior gift for friends and relatives.