Source: CCTV.com

12-09-2008 09:20

The Ethnic Minority Museum opened not long ago, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The exhibits feature the distinctive folklore of the region, its festivals, architecture and arts. The unique apparel of the minority peoples invites a visit to a costume hall. Let's discover more about the dress of the people of Guangxi.

The exhibits feature the distinctive folklore of the region, its festivals, architecture and arts.

From head pieces to shoes, paraphernalia to bracelets, the clothes and accessories of the twelve minorities of the region are showcased at the museum.

A series of sculptures, seals weavers in different attitudes.

A series of sculptures, seals weavers in different attitudes. They can be seen harvesting cotton, weaving and dying fabrics. The costumes are not reproductions. Experts have painstakingly collected them from around the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

For example, this Zhuang costume dates back to the Qing dynasty. The clothes also reveal a long abandoned dress code for Zhuang women. Once they wore skirts, up until the time of the Qing dynasty. For various reasons, women today have abandoned the traditional style. Today most wear trousers.