台湾少数民族传统服饰文化及其变迁

Taiwan Aboriginal Traditional Clothing Culture Change

台湾少数民族是古代东亚族群多元文化格局中的边缘环节,长期相对封闭的海岛生存环境使其社会文化表现出强烈的孤立性和滞后性。表现在服饰形态上,他们或"织绩木皮",或"织麻为衣",明显与"衣冠华夏"不同,更与"文明世界"相隔甚远。在汉人大规模开发台湾以后,棉布与棉线等传入,使得台湾少数民族的服饰形态逐渐复杂化,其中,平埔族服饰基本汉化,高山族各族群服饰也产生了深刻的变化。进入当代社会之后,台湾少数民族兴起族群文化复兴运动。传统服饰文化的制作与使用,成为各族群追溯祖先、重塑传统、认同族群文化的重要物质载体和精神寄托。

As the marginal part of the ancient groups in East Asia, Taiwan aborigines have more independent and underdeveloped culture because of relatively isolated location of Taiwan Island. Their traditional clothing was quite different from that of Han nationality and civilized westerners. They used to wear taps or ramie clothes. Due to Han immigrants＂ development in Taiwan on a large scale , the input of cotton gradually changed the aboriginal traditional clothing and it became more complicated. FoLlowing their traditional culture revival activities in modem society, the aborigines＂ traditional clothing has become an important medium which enables them to rethink and refresh their ancestral culture.