Analysis Of Totem Design Aesthetic Of Miao Clothing

As one of the unique and important features in the Hmong culture, costume displays a vital role in Miao's social, cultural, emotional expression and historical heritage, and becomes visual and tangible form of expression vector of the history and culture, which shows the most prominent national psychology, the most direct, most specific images of internal and external features, and has become basis and marks of differences between the mixed and Miao and Miao and its branch. The most important, colorful symbolic image-"Dress Pattern", is full of the nature of totem worship, because of the close relationship with witchcraft and religious activities. This totem pattern, connected with myths, mixed with witchcraft, and interwoven the art, is not only a multi-functional structure in Southwest, but also a number of social needs which they are expressed through various forms their desire to achieve. In addition to using fantasy to meet the needs of people in practice, it also satisfies their quest for knowledge, emotion and aesthetic and other needs. Totem design for its magic, it uses a lot of nature imagery of flora and fauna, such as maple image, butterfly image, Panhu image, cattle images, bird images, dragon image, etc. These images in the totem worship and witchcraft activities are the results of "spiritual illusion," which show that there is a reproductive image and ancestor worship in their minds. The totem pattern, with a strong, deep aesthetic style, showing strong thoughts and feelings; these endless variations of totem pattern are colorful with changes in the aesthetic style. To a large extent, we can only read it form these patterns, but can not understand its strange content. In form it displays a harmonious, peaceful and veiled beauty. Therefore, the meaning of the totem is the symbol of witch culture, and the central power with divine authority of the spirit and inner soul of Miao thought.