1, white lamb belly towel
The special landforms in northern Shaanxi and northwestern Shanxi are the external factors for the development of white sheep belly towel. Due to frequent sandstorms, people who go out to work need to carry something with them to wipe the dust and gravel on their heads, faces and necks.
At first, the towel was just a simple cloth, similar to today's facial tissues. Over time, this cloth was replaced by a soft wool piece on the sheep's stomach. Later, with the improvement of textile technology, they made towels from wool. This kind of lamb belly towel feels good. Farmers in the Loess Plateau have wrapped it on their heads.
The white sheep belly headscarf is a verification and epitome of northern Shaanxi culture, in which we can appreciate many things that cannot be passed down in words. Coupled with other unique things, such as folk songs, caves, * * * isomorphism, has become the cultural landscape of northern Shaanxi.
An example of white lamb tripe
1, "The white sheep belly towel is blue, and my brother's head is very strange ..." Every time I see the image of a man in northern Shaanxi in a film and television work, I can't do without wrapping a white towel at the beginning and tying it forward. People in northern Shaanxi call it "white sheep belly towel".
2. There are four distinct seasons in northern Shaanxi, and there are many sandstorms, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large. Therefore, when working in Shan Ye, poor people often tie white towels on their heads, which can prevent wind and sand, prevent sun and sweat in summer and keep warm in winter. Over time, people in northern Shaanxi have developed the habit of tying a towel on the belly of Aries.
3. The raw material for making towels is no longer the fine wool on the sheep's belly, but the saying of "white sheep's belly towel" has been used down and has become an important certification and epitome of northern Shaanxi culture.
4. The white sheep belly towel is the white sheep belly towel with a headscarf. Residents in northern Shaanxi and northwestern Shanxi often wrap their heads with headscarves in spring and autumn, while in Lvliang, Jinzhong, they circle around with white sheep belly towels all year round; In Hequ area of northwest Shanxi, the back of the head is wrapped with a white towel and tied with a knot above the forehead, which is masculine and heroic, similar to the customs of northern Shaanxi.