Oroqen Clothing and Accessories

For historical reasons, Oroqen has been hunting from the Stone Age to 1950. They Live in the forest with vagrant and has a close relationship with nature. Oroqen costumes are mainly make up with deer、jail and roe deer tendon, including roe deer skin clothing, "Suen", roe deer leather pants "E lekaiyi", roe deer headgear "MieTaha" roe deer leather pants "AlamuSu", male and female roe deer leather gloves "KaoHuLu" and "salabarQi" and so on. Clothing and Accessories also contact with hunting history、animals and plants. The mainly Oroqen traditional clothing is made by roe deer skin.

Since the Qing Dynasty, with commodity exchange, Oroqen、 Manchu、the han nationality and other Minority intercourse constantly.

Even cloth、silk、embroidery thread and buttons entered the life of Oroqen areas. There has a few wear it at the beginning, but along with the development of commodity economy continues to expand, cloth and silk clothing are gradually formed with Oroqen daily and holiday costume.
Before 1950, Oroqen wearing roe deer skin clothing mostly, and even in 1964, you can see many people weared roe deer skin clothing in the winter of Oroqen municipality areas. Foot wearing "Qihami”, hands wearing roe deer leather gloves. The early 80s, Oroqen hunter wearing roe deer skin clothing in winter, then basically disappeared.

Oroqen Menswear

Roe deer skin clothing called “Suen” Menswear called "Niluosuen" in Oroqen language. Has long and short form. The lapel form mostly in the right side. The robe has split ends for ride easy, split ends are divided left and right in different regions. Roe deer skin clothing’s color most be the natural color, like the Northwest region''s "white stubble coats". There is another yellow one, is the natural color made of dead wood burning smoke. The line of roe deer skin clothing is made of the fiber of roe deer(deer、jail). There has another line made of the roe deer spine with dried punched on both sides of the tendon fibers, these two lines are very strong, they won’t be broken even suture material broken.

Roe deer skin clothing have thick and thinnest. Thick skin made of roe deer skin which capture in winter. It is long thick hair, against cold, and warm, Oroqen hunter wearing thick in winter. Thinnest one made of roe deer skin which capture in Summer, It is thin and short (called red thick stick), ormally for spring and autumn wear.

Roe deer skin clothing is very important stuff in the Oroqen people’s life. History shows that the animal fur from natural is most common and dependent Oroqen clothing, it’s accompanied by Oroqen hunting career, and guaranteed against cold effectively. They beautify it with their own ingenuity, and forming a characteristic Nationality in their clothing as time passes.

Oroqen menswear accessories

Menswear accessories simple than Women’s accessories, the most decorated is the edge of clothing (including cuff), chest, back and slits. Decoration form have stubble yellow edge on the white leather, some with black lines. There have two yellow leather "wavy" or "Peach" on chest and back, some of use two rectangular yellow leather for decoration, some use pin point-like, out of inlaid black lines and so on.

Split ends will be decorated a "bow-shaped" and "bar-gun-shaped", "antler shaped", "cloud volume pattern", "Plant pattern", "geometric pattern" and so on. The moral of these patterns reflect the hunting, fishing tools, hunted, hunting environment, this is the aesthetic concept forming from a long hunting life which constitute the decorative features of Oroqen male roe deer skin clothing.

Oroqen clothing decorations not only for beauty, but also combine with decorative and practical. Such as the confluence of chest and back, decorative patterns is for "reinforcement". Split ends and the skirt edge is easy for vulnerable during working, but decorated with "reinforcement" of these places. It can be seen the other side of the brave Oroqen people that is careful and ingenuity.

Oroqen Taoku

Taoku called "Alamusu" in Oroqen language, is very important part of Oroqen clothing. TaoKu have no crotch, and only have two legs which not connected cover in pants respectively, top with thong tied around the waist. Wear Taoku is easy for move, not only to protect leg against cold, but also protect leg can not be scratched by tree. Hunters must wear Taoku for hunting, people also like to wear it on usual.

Oroqen women and children’s clothing

Oroqen female roe deer skin clothing called "Exisuen", the style pretty like men’s, but women’s did not split ends before and after.

Oroqen women’s clothing have different decorative styles in different region''s. However, women''s clothing have wonderful pattern in the shoulder and waist, where pattern shows the biggest difference between women’s and men''s.

Children''s clothing style pretty like the adult’s, the different is there have roe deer skin on the neckline for bib. In addition, the decoration of children''s clothing is simple and full of childlike.

The split patterns of Oroqen women''s clothing

Split patterns called "shebianpo" in Oroqen language, there are various styles. Dig out the black leather and cut the main pattern for general, the variety colors will be exposed from the hollow part, edges will be embroidered with color lines and center will be decorated with cupreous and colorful buttons. The pattern split ends on both sides of the center, in the middle of decorated with floral or plant "Panchang", "Ruyi" which like the auspicious patterns. The split of young women''s clothing have combination of complex patterns and decoration with rich and varied, black and red-based, supplemented by yellow, green, and blue. The design against the backdrop of the black color is especially bright, luxurious, gives a sense of lively, pleasant, simple and dignified. It shows the inherence of Oroqen young women. Older women like to use black, red and yellow pattern with square, round and integrated graphics, the overall effect is simple and honest, simple, elegant and prudent.

The split patterns of Oroqen female roe deer skin clothing showing different styles in different regions. The pattern is generally more delicate, beautiful and delicate where in Heilongjiang 18 points, silver, Heihe and Inner Mongolia. The contents of pattern which symbol of wealth and good luck with plants like flowers and stripes, it’s influenced by the Manchu people, Han and other national cultures. The split decorative patterns of female clothing where in the Inner Mongolia Oroqen municipality, use abstract geometric shapes, that reflect a ancient, simple, rugged and original.

Hats, Gloves, Shoes

Hats, Paozai headgear is a relatively old hat of Oroqen people, called "MieTaha", sewing the scalp with complete Paozai. Furry hat with ears, horns and eyes, it’s unique. Not only against cold, but also to camouflage during hunting. Oroqen People wear this hat in early. "A wen" is the cap which Oroqen people wearing it on usual, have fabric and cotton, shaped like the hat in rural northeast. The decoration is simple for elderly and man’s "A Wen", woman’s likes to use black side, plus the fine decorative patterns or in wave-shaped hat of the ring, even decorated small white button in a wide black side as decoration

Headdress  Oroqen women like headdress which called "Delibuhei" in Orogen language. It is a piece of black cloth around the head, above decorated with colored buttons, beads hanging on both sides.

Scarf  Oroqen people love to scarf towels and linen on head, as the more common, it become a "headdress" for Oroqen people, is particularly loved by the elderly.

Gloves   Gloves called "Kaohulu" in Oroqen language which is a original. Shaped like boxing gloves, the thumb separately with the limbs, with decorative patterns. The greatest feature of this glove is the length of waist, set in sleeve when worn, has opened an office in the palm of the hand horizontal mouth, and hands free access, easy for hunting and shooting. Female gloves called "salad baQi", fingers separated, have fancy patterns on fingers and back of hand.

Shoes  Oroqen people wearing shoes(Qihami) in winter, Summer shoes called "Aolaoqi". "Qihami" made of the fur of paozi’s leg. "Aolaoqi" have various forms of decorative pattern of boots waist or instep.