Abstract
As a part of fifty-six ethnic minorities, the Qiang ethnic has long-established national culture and is also an important part of intangible cultural heritage. The article outlines the connotation of the Qiang’s culture, elaborates the aesthetic characteristics, pattern characteristics, color characteristics, and compositional characteristics of the Qiang’s costumes. Taking the Qiang’s costumes in the Mao County area as an example, through analysing the materials of Qiang’s costumes in the Mao County, the paper deeply analyzes the differences in cultural customs and dressing habits between different regions. The unique geographical features of Li County’s clothing are summarized based on these differences. The Qiang ethnic calls itself “er ma” or “er mie”, and it is also being called “nation on the cloud”. They are mainly distributed in Maoxian, Wenchuan, Lixian, Songpan and Heishui counties in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province and Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Mianyang City. The rest are scattered in Danba County in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, Pingwu County in Mianyang City and Jiangkou County and Shiji County in Tongren Prefecture of Guizhou Province. This article focuses on Qiang costume culture in Li County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.
Highlights
Worship of White StoneThe Qiang people worship white stone, and everywhere in the Qiang Village, you can see the white stone on the roof of every household, which represents the five gods that the Qiang people most admire—God, Divine God, Mountain God, Tree God, and Home God
As a part of fifty-six ethnic minorities, the Qiang ethnic has long-established national culture and is an important part of intangible cultural heritage
The Qiang ethnic calls itself “er ma” or “er mie”, and it is being called “nation on the cloud”. They are mainly distributed in Maoxian, Wenchuan, Lixian, Songpan and Heishui counties in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province and Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Mianyang City
Summary
The Qiang people worship white stone, and everywhere in the Qiang Village, you can see the white stone on the roof of every household, which represents the five gods that the Qiang people most admire—God, Divine God, Mountain God, Tree God, and Home God. The most widely spread is the “Qiang Ge Wars”. Defeated the Gogi people with White Stone as weapons. The Qiang people’s worship for white is derived from the worship of White Stone. They use White Stone as auspiciousness and a symbol of truth, goodness, and beauty. The Qiang people have long used the love of white in the clothing, such as white headdresses, white gowns and waistcoats
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