A Research On The Bright Cloth Of "Riverside Miao (Hmong)" Along The Qingshui River With Cultural And Ecological Approaches

"Bright cloth" is called "duo sai" in Miao(Hmong)language.Shidong Town,Taijiang County,Qiandongnan Prefecture,Guizhou Province and its adjacent areas Riverside Hmong society is one of the main production areas of bright cloth." Bright cloth" is a kind of cloth.From birth to death,the " Riverside Hmong" people in Qingshui River," bright cloth" is a necessary material for clothing.It is not only a necessity for life but also often appears on various occasions such as traditional festivals,religious ceremonies,wedding ceremonies,and so on.It can be seen that the bright cloth in this area has important " social visibility" and is paid attention to all the time.Through the social visibility of bright cloth,people use the cloth they wear to show their values,classes,ethnic groups,and other identities.At present,Riverside Hmong in Qingshui River produces " bright cloth",and there is a large-scale bright cloth industrial production line,which promotes the production of bright cloth from traditional household production and self-use to the scale of intensive production in professional workshops and even small factories.In addition to the production of cotton cloth,which is imported after completion in other places,dozens of bright cloth production workshops,including dyeing,dyeing,hammering,and sewing,are distributed in the seat of the Shidong town government,forming a special industrial landscape.The colors of bright cloth are generally purplish-red and blue-black.Among them,the traditional bright cloth of Miao ethnic group in Qingshui River Basin is mainly purplish-red bright cloth.This production process shows the local knowledge system of the Miao people along the Qingshui River and the survival wisdom of the local Miao people.Among all kinds of objects made by human beings,it is a necessary daily necessity for all human beings.Cloth clothing is called " the second layer of skin" by human beings.The research on cloth and clothing has important social and scientific value.The " bright cloth" in the Miao society in the Qingshui River Basin plays a very important role in local economic exchange,social life,religious ceremonies,and celebrations during the new year.Bright cloth not only has the symbolic significance of Miao culture but also has the ecological and cultural value under the specific survival background.