Top 10 Miao Dresses and Adornments 苗族服饰之最

最华丽的苗装
要数台江施洞苗族女子的盛装，其以刺绣精，银饰多而著名。被称为绣衣的施洞苗衣，两袖和领、襟、两肩均有精美的刺绣图案，因其后背，前襟、袖口镶满錾花银片，银泡，银响铃等，又被称为银衣，是苗族服饰中的精品。
The Most Gorgeous Miao Dress
Woman’s dresses from Shidong of Taijiang are the most gorgeous Miao dresses because of their intricate embroideries and silver adornments. Known as embroidered dresses, Miao dresses from Shidong have beautiful patterns on the two sleeves, front and two shoulders. It is also known as a silver dress due to its silver flakes with embossed patterns, silver bubbles and silver bells on the back, front part and cuffs.
穿裙最短的
是雷山桥港苗族。不盈6寸的超短裙，无下罕见，但却是世居深山的桥港苗族女子喜爱的裙装。桥港苗女，内穿青布紧身大襟衣，外穿深红缎对襟短衣。6寸长的细褶裙，层层缠绕腰间，使臀围显得特大。短裙外，前围腰长及膝部，后围腰长至脚跟。系织花腰带，又垂8根花带于身后，如锦鸡羽毛。下着青布紧腿裤，脚穿翘尖绣花鞋，头绾大髻，戴凤雀银钗，身佩各种银饰。穿裙最多的是台江岩板苗。岩板苗族女子身着右衽大襟短衣。自制的细褶短裙达30至40条之多，裙厚近40厘米，以显示自己富有和聪明。其身前系一条织花长围腰，垂至脚面，腰间缠4至5条花腰带，均系结飘于身后，裹绑腿，穿花鞋，服式较奇。
The Shortest Skirt
The skirt of the Miao people in Qiaogang of Leishan Mountain is the shortest of all Miao skirts, only 6 cun (1 cun equals to 1/30 meter). But the Miao women of Qiaogang who live deep in the mountain like such skirts. They wear blue tight garments with buttons on the right inside and dark red short silk jacket with buttons down the front outside. The 6-cun long skirts with tiny pleats are surrounded on the waist in layers, which make their hiplines look larger. Outside the skirts are waist protectors reaching the knees in the front and heels in the back. They also wear decorated waistbands. Eight colorful ribbons dro down the waistbands, just like feathers of golden pheasants. On their heads are big hair buns, silver hairpins in the shapes of phoenix and sparrow.
The Largest Number of Skirts on
The Miao people from Yanban of Taijiang wear the most of skirts . Miao women in Yanban wear garments with buttons on the right. They also have 30-40 homemade skirts with tiny pleats on them, as thick as nearly 40 cm. This way, they can demonstrate their wealth. They also have embroidered waist protectors that reach to their feet, four to five colorful waistbands on their waists with the knobs floating behind them. They wrap their legs and wear colorful shoes.
最华丽的男装
是榕江八开地区苗族男子祭祖时，穿戴的盛装极为华丽并民族特色浓郁。他们头上戴着象征闪电的银鼓钉头箍，据说其有驱邪避鬼的威力。
The Most Gorgeous Men’s Suits
While offering sacrifices to their ancestors, Miao men from the Bakai region of Rongjiang wear very gorgeous suits with great ethnic characteristics. They have hoops with silver drum nails on their heads. The hoops represent thunder, which is said to have the ability to drive away evil spirits and ghosts.
最古老的男装
是从江岜沙一带的苗族男子，儿时髡发，前额头发剃光。留脑部头发披于肩后，至成年时开始蓄发，渐渐绾髻于头顶，额头勒一条挑花布巾，此装束至今不变。
The Most Ancient Men’s Suits
Men of the Miao minority group from Basha of Congjiang have maintained their lifestyles unchanged for thousands of years. They cut away the hair on the front part of the heads and leave the hair on the back half of the head disheveled on the back. When they grow up, they make the hair into buns on the central part of their heads and wear an embroidered ribbon on their foreheads.
最长的头帕
是剑河县久仰苗族男子盛装时其包头帕长3至4丈，在头部缠成大盘并缀以鲜花或插上羽毛，非常独特。
The Longest Head Kerchief
While wearing formal suits, Miao men in Jiuyang of Jianhe County use kerchiefs that are 3-4 zhang long (1 zhang equals to 3.33 meters) to wrap their heads into large hats, and then decorate them with fresh flowers and feathers.
最大的银角
是雷山西江地区苗族少女盛装时戴的银角，是苗族最大的银角，高约70厘米，宽约50厘米，角上錾有精致的双龙抢宝图案。银角中间插有硕大的银扇，当地人亦称之为棕叶银花。
The Biggest Silver Points
Miao women in Xijiang region of Leishan Mountain use the biggest silver points in their headware. At 70 cm high and 50 cm wide, the silver points have the embossed pattern of a double dragon trying to find treasure. At the central part of the silver point is a big silver fan, which is called palm leaves and silver flower by the locals.
最古老的银饰
是雷山县达落村苗族少女佩载山字形头饰和柱式拧花项饰，传说这种装束同芦笙一样古老。
The Oldest Silver Adornments
Maidens of the Miao group in Daluo Village of Leishan County wear “W” shaped head adornments and column shaped twisted neck adornments. These adornments are said to have a history as long as that of lusheng music instrument.
最重的银饰
是雷山县西江地区的苗族姑娘银衣盛装时，全身前后和头上都缀以精美银饰品，同时佩戴链式项饰和龙骨项圈，胸佩银锁，衣后背满饰錾花银片、缀银链和银铃，全身银饰品重达10多公斤，十分华丽。
The Heaviest Silver Adornments
When formally dressed, women of Miao in Xijiang region of Leishan County wear beautiful silver adornments all over their bodies and on their heads. They also wear necklaces and ornamental chaplets around their necks, silver locks on their chests, silver flakes with embossed patterns, silver chains and silver bells on the back. All the gorgeous silver adornments weigh more than 10 kg.
佩戴银饰最多的
是台江施洞苗族姑娘，全身披挂银饰，她们同时戴数个链式银项圈和片饰项圈，胸前戴重大银锁，手腕戴着几对不同样式的银手镯。她们是苗族中佩戴银饰最多的一支。
The Largest Number of Silver Adornments on
Women of the Miao group in Shidong of Taijiang have silver adornments all over their bodies. They wear several chain necklaces and flake chaplets. They also have large, heavy silver locks on their chests and several silver bracelets of different shapes on their wrists. This group is the Miao group with the largest number of silver adornments.