A salute to ancestors
   Yao people who live in many different regions of China have countless colorful        clothing ornaments. However, we can always see almost the same embroidered pattern on the backs of men’s clothes. It is the pattern of the seal of King Pan, the great ancestor of the Yao ethnic group. On the backs of Miao clothes, we can also often see patterns depicting ancient Miao people crossing the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
   These back ornaments are meaningful.
   In general, people are more likely to express their appreciation of beauty and other meanings in other part of clothes. So it is more probably that the backs are blank and a place for quietude. In China, however, some ethnic groups like to reserve this place for their ancestors so that they can have a deeper memory of them....