The style of the waist. The decorative patterns of Qiang embroidery mainly include full flowers, clustered flowers, angular flowers, ribbon flowers, stuffed flowers and clustered flowers. The waist is usually covered with patterns. A complete pattern sample fills the whole mind. With most flowers as the main pattern, a complete pattern sample can be composed of several ribbon patterns. On the waist and half-placket, the pattern is the most commonly used, and it is also widely used in the pattern picking process. These flowers are round, oval, square, octagonal, radial, diamond and so on. The pattern is balanced, regular, symmetrical, rigorous and diverse. Double-package cross stitch is the most common pattern for Qiang women. Corner mode is mainly used with cluster mode. In the lower corner of the belt, it is mostly triangular. The horns and flower clusters complement each other.

Patterns and colors around the waist. Half lapels and full lapels are mainly flat waistlines, with sky blue or black background and white lines as highlights and hook points. Color design pays great attention to the correct treatment of black, white and gray. Moreover, the patterns and colors are distinct, giving people a noble and elegant feeling. The color pattern is bright and colorful, the color contrast is bright and strong, and there is no gradual change. They have strong and unrestrained national characteristics. The color of the waist jumps boldly, occupying a prominent position in the whole suit and becoming the focus of the lower body and even the whole body of Qiang clothing.

Qiang clothing raw materials. Qiang textiles have existed since ancient times, with hemp and cotton as raw materials. Qiang people like to wear their own linen or cotton-padded clothes regardless of gender or age. The waist is mainly made of linen and cotton. However, with the development of social economy, the raw materials of modern Qiang costumes are mostly modern finished fabrics, such as cotton cloth, satin, chemical fiber and woolen cloth. It is more comfortable to wear.

Cultural connotation of waist tattoo. As a folk costume, Qiang costumes are the product of social material production and the carrier of social concepts. The themes of waist stripes are mostly natural landscapes such as flowers, plants, insects and fish. It reflects the worship of Qiang people to nature, totem and animism, and the pursuit of harmony with nature and harmony between man and nature.

The moral of the theme reflects the psychological tendency of Qiang people to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and shows the ability of Qiang people to adapt to the natural society from one side. The bold and bright colors of the Qiang people's waist-binding clothes reflect the unique and distinct aesthetic taste formed by the Qiang people in their long-term contact with the natural environment, and also reflect the Qiang people's concept of loving and advocating nature. Qiang costumes stand out from many national costumes with their unique charm, representing the unique national culture and beliefs of the Qiang people, and are a wonderful flower in national costumes.

Qiang costume art is a unique representative of China national costume. It has exquisite skills and unique aesthetic cultural connotation, which has played a positive role in in-depth understanding and research of Qiang costume art and culture. It belongs to the world. We must strive to inherit and develop the national costume culture.