Sun Zhongshan and the "Zhongshan Suit"

As everyone knows, "Zhongshan suit" is named after the great revolutionary pioneer Mr. Sun Zhongshan. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Opium War (1840-1842) erupted in 1840, the Eight Strategic Nerve Points invaded China in 1890, and one after another treaties of national betrayal and humiliation were signed.

Bazhu, bangdian and Tibetan boots

Tibetan head adornments of different places are different. In Yushu region of Qinghai, Tibetan women regard long hair beautiful. They plait their pitch-black hair into tens to hundreds of little braids, and every braid hangs down on the back with almost the same distance among one another.

Count her leg rings if you want to know one's age

Traditional clothes of the Ximeng region is the most typical in Was. Most men wear black or blue sleeveless short garment and trousers with wide bottom. Women often wear sleeveless short close-fitting pullovers with "v"-shaped collars, and wear red or black tube-shaped skirt with horizontal stripes. They usually wear their hair down, use silver hoop or bamboo rattan to tie the forehead and hair, and wear silver earrings, silver neckband or necklace stringed with plastic beads.

Simple and Beautiful Costumes

Achangs' costumes are simple, austere, and beautiful. Most Achang men tend to wear blue, white or black jackets buttoned down in the front, and black trousers with short and broad bottoms.

Extinct Tradition of Aini Ethnic People

Age has not clouded Jialuo's memory. Without a break he recites his genealogy, which so far spans 60 generations.

Colorful Dresses and Personal Adornments

To common eyes, Mongolian dresses and personal adornments seem very simple, no more than a gown and a pair of boots. In fact, Mongolian dresses and personal adornments are rather complicated and colorful. They vary in forms and materials according to different regions, ages, status of marriage, and distinguish between splendid attire and common costume.

Tibetan robe, pulu and kasaya (a patchwork outer vestment worn by a Buddhist monk)

​Clothes and adornments in Linzhi regionTibetans have lived in snowy plateau for generations. The style and characters of their clothes culture are decided by special geographical environment, climate conditions and mode of production of plateau animal husbandry and farming.

Bazhu, bangdian and Tibetan boots

Tibetan head adornments of different places are different. In Yushu region of Qinghai, Tibetan women regard long hair beautiful. They plait their pitch-black hair into tens to hundreds of little braids, and every braid hangs down on the back with almost the same distance among one another.

Women's traditional dress