An Analysis of the Evolution of Miao People's Dragon Pattern Status in Shidong,Guizhou
The dragon is one of the twelve sons of the butterfly,the"ancestor"of the Shidong Miao nationality.In the composition of the brocade apron,the dragon pattern broke through its original ethical sequence and lived alone on the ancestors,becoming the core pattern on the Shidong Miao brocade apron.The article explores the phenomenon of the"dragon pattern"deviating from the original order through the reconstructed visual order.The article believes that the change in the position of the dragon in the brocade apron is a self-reconstruction of the collective consciousness of ethnic identity.