Perhaps because of the remoteness, perhaps because of the sea, the society really pay attention to and study this group of women for a long time, however, when they began to appear in the movie, television stage and a variety of pictorials, it will soon form a wave of cultural craze. Literary scholars fly into romantic flights of fancy, aesthetes trace the origins of beauty, anthropologists plunge into ancient contemplation, and fashion designers search for sparks of inspiration. However, no matter who they are, their scrutiny and exploration almost always focus on the Huian women's clothing.
The dresses of Hui'an women are beautifully styled and color-coordinated, which is strange but not vulgar, colorful and rhythmic, and is the most visually appealing personalized dress of Han Chinese people's dresses, which is known as "a wonder of modern dresses". It adapts to life and labor as the keynote, and strictly follows its own aesthetic concepts to "weigh the body, into the time, from the custom" as the pursuit of the goal. They pay attention to the coordination and harmony of the color and the environment; secondly, they pay attention to the scale and proportion to suit the needs of the working life. Their clothing and the sea and fields of their hometown blend into one, black pants and plate to support its stability, blue top rendering its sea-like depth and sky-like clarity. This pursuit of harmony with nature stems from their perception of their surroundings and colors, and is a kind of simple art that comes out of their understanding of the alternating seasons and the changes in rain and wind.
The townspeople in the southern Fujian area often use several adjectives to describe the dress of Hui'an women: "feudal head, democratic belly, frugal shirt, wasteful pants". In fact, the dress of Hui'an women is the most beautiful dress created by labor.
Historically, Hui'an was a barren and poor area, with many men going out to make a living, coupled with local customs, the hometown of the production of labor are borne by women. Due to geographical factors, mountain winds and sea breezes are common in the area of Hui'an. The wind and sand can damage people's appearance, so Hui'an women always use square scarves and hats on their heads. Square scarf is generally two feet square (about 70 centimeters) from the top of the head to the chin at the knot, both sides hanging down to the shoulders, so that the face only reveals the eyes, nose, mouth, sometimes too much wind and sand, square scarf knots can also be tied under the nose, so that only reveals the eyes and nose, and then put on the hats, the head protected tightly, winter sand, summer blocking the sun, it is difficult for people to see their true face, which is known as the "Feudal head".
"Democracy belly" dress, mostly seen in the coastal area of Hui'an women, with the eyes of the city, their upper-body clothes are surprisingly short, even the navel is not covered, and the whole piece of blouse is both narrow and tight, and even the sleeve tube are tightly tied arms. Because of these Hui'an women year-round labor at the beach, and fishing sea vegetables, fishing nets and other operations are to bend over the water, if the clothes are long, loose, naturally impede the work. How many years, Hui'an women exposed navel blouse passed down from generation to generation, wearing such a blouse in the seaside labor is actually the most natural.
"Waste of pants", is to describe the Huian women's pants particularly wide, generally the width of each trouser are 40-50 centimeters, twice as wide as the average person's pants. Why do you want to "save your shirt" and "waste your pants"? In fact, Hui'an women's wide pants is not a waste, wearing wide pants Hui'an women in the beach work, not afraid of seawater wet, not afraid of the waves wet; in the mountains to carry stones, labor in the field, not afraid of sweat stains. Due to the wide pants, wet does not affect the normal activities. And the field, the seaside wind, a few trips to walk around, and soon be blown dry.