The Bai nationality's costumes vary slightly from place to place. Men in central areas such as Dali wear white or blue turbans, white double-breasted shirts and black collared jackets, white trousers, and shoulder bags embroidered with beautiful patterns. Women in Dali mostly wear white tops, black or purple velvet collared jackets, blue wide pants, short waistcoats with embroidered ribbons, embroidered "hundred-section shoes", twisted silver bracelets on arms, enamel silver rings on fingers, silver earrings, and silver "three-beards" and "five-beards" on the right lapel of their tops; married people wear buns, unmarried people wear braids hanging down or in a bun, and all wear embroidered, printed or colored towels. The Bai nationality is a minority in the southwestern border of China, mainly distributed in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Bai people, who live at the foot of Dian Cang Mountain and the shore of Erhai Lake, have always maintained their distinctive traditional characteristics in terms of living customs and clothing. The Bai nationality advocates white, and white is the main color of their clothing. Bai men and women generally worship white, and white clothes are important. Bai men in Dali like to wrap their heads in white or blue, wear white double-breasted jackets, black collared jackets, wide trousers, and belts. Some also like to wear hanging bags embroidered with beautiful patterns. Bai men in other areas like to wear melon-shaped hats, short jackets with large collars, sheepskin collared jackets or several leather and silk collared jackets, which are called "three drops of water". They look honest, handsome, free and easy. The clothing of Bai women, who enjoy the reputation of "Golden Flower", is even more colorful. Women in Dali mostly wear white tops, red waistcoats or light blue tops with velvet black waistcoats, with "three whiskers" and "five whiskers" silver ornaments hung on the right lapel, and embroidered ribbons tied around their waists, with butterflies, bees and other patterns embroidered on them with black soft lines, blue wide trousers, and embroidered "white festival shoes". Most of them wear silver bracelets and rings made of silk. Married women wear their hair in a bun, while unmarried girls wear their hair in a braid or in a coil. Some of them use a red headband to wrap the flower scarf under their braid, revealing the snow-white tassels fluttering on the side, which highlights the unique charm of Bai girls' headwear and hairstyle. Young women in Jianchuan like to wear small hats or "fishtail hats". Bai women in Eryuan Xishan and Baoshan areas often tie their hair on top of their heads, insert silver tubes on them, and wrap their heads with black cloth. They wear long clothes with round collars on the right side, tie embroidered belts, and like to embroider various laces of different widths on their sleeves and trouser legs. Some of them also like to wear leggings, which make them look very symmetrical, coordinated, handsome and beautiful. In short, although the costumes of the Bai people in various places show some regional differences, they have common characteristics such as bright colors, coordinated contrast, exquisite embroidery, and quaint and dignified appearance. Bai costumes vary slightly depending on where they live, but the overall characteristics are: bold colors, mainly light colors, contrasted by dark colors, strong contrast, bright and harmonious; exquisite embroidery, generally with borders and floral decorations, and complex but not complicated. By combining the regional characteristics with the characteristics of Bai costumes, we can find the following trend: the more southward the Bai costumes are, the more colorful and elaborate they are, while the more northward they are, the more simple and elegant they are; in terms of the comparison between mountainous areas and dam areas, the Bai costumes in mountainous areas are more colorful, while those in dam areas are relatively plain.