Clothing is the external symbol of the nation. Colorful national costumes have a long history of development and are an important part of China costumes. Most people will judge what kind of people are compatriots by their clothes. Clothing is an important part of a country's national culture, and it is a symbol of distinguishing nationalities. This is inseparable from the development of social culture. The unique background, characteristics, cultural connotation and aesthetic ideology of minority folk costumes fully reveal the national history, cultural tradition, spiritual appeal and national yearning contained in minority costumes. ?

China's ethnic minority costumes are diverse in style, exquisite in craftsmanship and rich in folk customs. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of robes and jackets. People who wear robes usually wear hats, boots and short coats often wear shoes. There are also various forms of robes, such as Mongolian, Manchu, Tu and other ethnic groups with high collars and large rows of robes, Tibetan and Menba ethnic groups with collarless oblique rows of robes, Uighur straight rows of robes and so on. Short clothes are different from pants and skirts. Skirt styles include pleated skirts, tube skirts, short skirts, dresses and so on. Regardless of robes, clothes, skirts and trousers, different nationalities have differences in structure, technology and style. They are all high-necked robes with big breasts, split or not, split back and forth, split back and forth, and edged around. ?

Women of Li, Dai, Jingpo and De 'ang all wear tubular skirts, but Li wears cotton brocade skirts, Jingpo wears woolen flowered skirts, De 'ang wears striped skirts, and Dai mostly buys cloth skirts in the market. Mongolian, Tibetan, Kazakh, Kirgiz, Yugur, etc. Those who manage animal husbandry should wear more animal fur. Ethnic minorities engaged in agriculture use locally produced cotton and linen silk as raw materials to spin cloth, silk and sew clothes. Mongolian, Tibetan, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tajik, Yugur, Tu and other ethnic minorities who live in plateau pastures and engage in animal husbandry wear clothes and trousers sewn with sheepskin, which is mostly taken from livestock fur. The costumes of all ethnic groups are closely related to the local climate, places and people, and to the way of life.