Miao costumes go through a series of complicated processes, such as planting, harvesting, polishing, spinning, bleaching, weaving, embroidery, batik, cutting and so on, and finally become a set of exquisite costumes, which all reflect the diligence and patience of Miao women.
Miao women's abstract embroidery and batik patterns reflect and express their inner emotional world, and at the same time express their knowledge and understanding of nature and their yearning for a better life.
When a Miao girl gives her embroidered ribbon to her lover, she doesn't need more flowery words to express her loyalty to her lover. She only needs to embroider a ribbon, so she can include everything the girl wants to express, and truly achieve the emotional realm of "silence is better than sound".
Miao nationality is an emotional nation, and its exquisite embroidery and batik technology fully illustrate this point.
2. Ornamental value.
Miao embroidery and batik patterns pay special attention to "regularity" and "symmetry", that is, the needle points of cross-stitch and the dyeing distance during batik have certain specifications and certain changing rules, which are equidistant, symmetrical or repetitive. The pattern structure is rigorous, giving people a sense of neatness and compactness.
Especially in embroidery patterns, it is easy to find the center of the circle. No matter whether it is folded horizontally or vertically, the coordinate axes are symmetrical. Many patterns, not only the whole large combination pattern is symmetrical, but also the large pattern and the small pattern are symmetrical. At the same time, it pays great attention to the color matching of patterns and emphasizes the integrity and unity of colors and patterns, which seems to have been accurately calculated in advance.
When appreciating Miao Xiu batik patterns, whether the mathematical formula and geometric principle can be included in the calculation, the equidistant symmetry relationship between the pattern structures is exactly the same.
3. Collection value.
Miao costumes are the national costumes with the richest colors, the most types and the longest span in China, with the most gorgeous embroidery and silver ornaments, and are a wonderful flower of our national culture. With the decline of Miao traditional crafts, exquisite handmade Miao costumes are becoming less and less. With the departure of the older generation of Miao people who know this traditional craft, traditional Miao costumes are becoming more and more difficult to make.