Heilongjiang River Basin Fishing And Hunting Ethnic Traditional Clothing Exhibition In Shanghai

The "Colorful China" Ethnic Costume Culture Series Exhibition of Shanghai Textile Museum opened a new chapter in the New Year. This "Longjiang Ancient Charm" The Light of Civilization - Heilongjiang River Basin Fishing and Hunting Ethnic Traditional Clothing Exhibition was jointly held by Shanghai Textile Museum, Heilongjiang Ethnic Museum, Hulunbeier National Museum and Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, with a total of 261 sets of exhibits. The exhibition is based on "Overview of Fishing and Hunting Nationalities in Heilongjiang Basin", "Fish Skin Clothing", "Animal Skin Clothing"“ Cloth clothing ”The seven parts of "Contemporary Style" and "Cross border Exchange" have intensively displayed the historical changes, aesthetic characteristics, style categories, decorative styles and traditional production processes of the traditional clothing culture of the four fishing and hunting ethnic groups in the Heilongjiang Basin, namely Oroqen, Hezhe, Ewenke and Daur, as well as the relationship between national clothing and production and life, natural environment and folk beliefs.

Rivers are the cradle of human civilization. The Heilongjiang River, which meanders between the Great and Small Xing'an Mountains in Northeast China, is densely covered with forests and rich in animal and plant resources. It is a paradise for the development and growth of fishing and hunting culture and the last ancient home of fishing and hunting culture. Oroqen, Hezhe, Ewenki, Daur and other ethnic groups who have lived in the Heilongjiang basin for generations have created a fishing and hunting culture with regional and national characteristics in their long-term production and living practices.

This fishing and hunting in Heilongjiang Basin Ethnic Costume Culture Exhibition It is the first time to enter the southern metropolis. Only when traditional culture exists in the real society in a dynamic form, can it obtain and maintain vigorous vitality. In the modern civilized society where the traditional fishing and hunting culture is facing the loss, how to better understand the historical development process and traditional culture of the fishing and hunting nation is the original intention of this exhibition. The exhibition period will expire on March 14, 2016.

It is reported that the four ethnic groups Clothing style Most of them are gowns, pants, animal skin hats, gloves, and μ shoes (boots). In order to adapt to the cold climate conditions and the production and life of fishing and hunting, the clothing features outstanding functionality and makes full use of ecological resources, gradually forming a clothing culture with animal skin and fish skin as materials and frogs, snakes, lizards, birds and other original animal and plant patterns as decoration features. The traditional fish skin clothing of Hezhe nationality is a highlight of this exhibition, and its production skills are included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection lists. Fish skin clothes are decorated with rich patterns and colors. In addition to being beautiful, they also contain the internal logic, laws and significance of the formation of the influence of Shaman culture. Based on the belief that all things are spiritual, they faithfully "paint" various animal and plant figures and anthropomorphic gods through traditional clothing patterns to express the original belief in animal totem worship.