Saturday, June 12, 2010
Traditional Dressing in China 1- Ethnic Mongols
There are 56 ethnic groups in China, each group has its own unique dressing that represents their life style.
1. Ethnic Mongols
Mongolian costume is generally red, yellow or dark blue in color. A red or green waistband, flint steel, snuffbox and knife in an ornate sheath for cutting meat are accessories common to all men and women. Knee-high felt boots are a type of common footwear. Mongolians, men and women, wear cone-shaped hats in winter; they wear fur coats lined with satin or cloth or nothing at all in winter and loose, long-sleeved cotton robes in summer. Girls wear their hair parted in the middle, embellished with two large beads and agate, coral and green jade ornaments.