Zangzukang district changdu clothing
Kangqu is the name of a region characterized by Kangba dialect. It is located in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and lives in Changdu area of Tibet, Hengduan Mountains and Sanjiang Gorge, Ganzi Prefecture of Sichuan Province, Yushu Prefecture of Qinghai Province and Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Because of the towering mountains, vertical and horizontal rivers and blocked traffic in this area, the local characteristics of Kangba costumes are extremely strong. Full of interest, Changdu costumes attach importance to luxury and elegance, decorative art, overall effect and strong color contrast, which clearly shows the personality characteristics of Kangqu people, such as loyalty, tenacity, boldness and simplicity, and reflects the practical concept and aesthetic taste of Changdu people.
In addition to the basic style of Tibetan costumes, Kangba costumes also have their own personality characteristics, such as large waist, long sleeves, hypertrophy and wide waist.
Preserve ancient cultural heritage
Kangba costumes mostly retain the legacy of ancient culture. When hunting in ancient times, Tibetan ancestors found that prey could not only satisfy hunger, but also shelter from rain and cold. As a result, they hung skins on their bodies to keep out the cold, which became the initial prototype of Tibetan primitive costumes. This shows that clothing is first produced for practical and utilitarian purposes such as keeping out the cold, protecting the body and facilitating hunting. Later, with the progress of society and the emergence of textile industry, the Tibetan people's clothes, which were originally made entirely of animal skins, gradually evolved into the custom of using only gorgeous and beautiful fur to edge Tibetan robes, except sheepskin Tibetan robes with good softness and strong warmth. The formation of this custom is due to the needs of people's aesthetic concept and life interest. When we see the custom that Kangba people often use otter skin and tiger skin to edge their Tibetan robes in winter, and wear fox skin and lynx skin hats, we know that this is a legacy of ancient times. It truly reflects the evolution of Tibetan ancestors from raising pigs to farming.
Suitable living environment
Kangba clothing is more suitable for local natural conditions and the needs of production and life. Tibetans living a nomadic life in Kangqu naturally choose clothes that are convenient for riding and traveling. At the same time, because it is located in the cold zone, winter is long and summer is short, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, the Tibetan robes in Kangqu are heavier than those in Weifang, with wide sleeves and flexible arms. It has the multi-functional characteristics of strong cold resistance, convenient heat dissipation and being used as bedding at night. When there is plenty of sunshine during the day, people can easily take off their right arms or arms to adapt to the local temperature difference and facilitate labor. Generally speaking, women take off their sleeves and tie a knot in their waist and back, while men tie their sleeves in front of their abdomen. In the future, the dress with the sleeves off and the right arm exposed has become a unique clothing method in Changdu because it can show the bold character and open-minded demeanor of Kangba people.
Decorate the whole body with affection.
Kangba people like to decorate themselves with jewels to set off their heroic image. Kangba people are particularly interested in the decoration of precious treasures such as agate, nine eyes, coral stone, amber, pearl, pine ear stone, ivory, gold and silver. Four or five thousand years ago, two strings of ornaments were unearthed at the Kaluo site in Changdu, one of which consisted of 40 rectangular stone beads and 20 tubular bone beads. This combination of stone beads and tubular bone beads in series is still the basic format of Kangba jewelry series method, which can be said to be the same as the decoration method of Karo ancestors in 45000. Changdu people regard clothing as a symbol of wealth and beauty. Many people, no matter how poor and bitter their families are, will try their best to buy some jewelry in order to hold their heads in front of everyone. Nowadays, there is a man and a woman in Kangba, and the most expensive decorations range from hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan. The ornaments worn by Changdu people range from the top of the head and braids to ears, neck, chest, waist, bowls and fingers. Its decorations include hairpins, earrings, necklaces, protective boxes, sickle bags, sewing bags, wallets, waist knives, hand copper, rings and other varieties, with gold, silver, copper and ivory as the quality, inlaid with various jewels and jade articles, and finely processed. The decorations worn on it are only different in shape, quantity and texture, and there is no essential difference between men and women in gender and position.