There is no habit of setting suitcases in Tibetan opera costumes, but the performance costumes are rich and colorful, with distinctive national styles and plateau snow features. For example, the costumes of the blue mask play have the characteristics of fat waist, long sleeves, big breasts and bare arms of Tibetans, and pay attention to the combination of patterns and structures. They like to use animal skins, gold and silver, jewelry, ivory and precious stones as ornaments.
These characteristics determine a series of additional clothing, such as wearing a straight robe is inconvenient to walk, and the belt has become an essential mouth. At the same time, the belt is also the main part of hanging ornaments. Various styles of waist ornaments inlaid with jewels are tied around the waist and hung on the hips to form various tail ornaments. These costumes are mainly based on Tibetan costumes in the ancient Tubo period and developed through historical evolution, absorbing Mongolian costumes in the Yuan Dynasty and official uniforms in the Qing Dynasty.
In the process of its emergence, formation and development, Tibetan traditional operas are closely related to religion. The stories in the repertoire are mostly Buddhist stories and biographies of monks and saints, so the religious colors in costumes are also relatively strong. Most annual stories like The Blue Mask originated in India, but none of the costumes used are entirely Indian. People from all walks of life in Tibet have costumes.
The raw materials used in Tibetan clothing are mainly silk fabrics such as silk, satin, crepe, woolen cloth and Tibetan wool fabric. Also pay attention to the use of real gold and silver satin and various colors of brocade as clothing fabrics and mosaic ingredients, and then use some velvet embroidery, Ping Jin, gold thread and silver clip red to sew a set of traditional Tibetan opera clothing accessories, which costs tens of thousands, which is not novel. In the past, it was very rare to make clothes with fake materials, but it gradually increased after the democratic reform in Tibet, but it was mainly made of real materials.
Generally speaking, Tibetan opera costumes are made by lords or temples to which folk opera troupes belong. During the festival every year, it is required to lend it out and return it after the performance. There are also a few nobles, officials and temple monks who contribute money to help set up folk operas, and some township and temple operas are collectively set up by villagers and monks. The latter became more common after the democratic reform in Tibet.
Clothing is generally cut by well-known folk tailors all over Tibet. For example, theatrical troupes in Lhasa, Shigatse, Qamdo, Zedang and other important towns. Famous craftsmen and local officials who cut clothes for monks in temples were invited to sew clothes. These tailors have mastered supporting roles, tailoring, applique, embroidery and other stunts in long-term practice, and some experienced and skilled garment tailors have emerged.