Investigation into culture of phoenix-style dress and She nationality traditional costumes

Phoenix-style dress,being a costume form with typical national characteristics,gradually takes its shape with the development of the history of She nationality,displays the integration of the social culture and spiritual culture of She,and contains rich cultural connotations of the history,folk custom,and art of She.Based on the filed investigations in several villages in the east area of Fujian province,this article traces back to the origin of phoenix-style dress,analyzes its artistic features,summarizes the rich connotations of history,folk culture,religion and belief of She nationality condensed by the ″phoenix-style″ dress,and discusses the causes leading to the formation of this unique cultural,and finally discloses the process of history development and the essence of traditional costume culture of She nationality.