Due to different geological situation and cultural heritage, the style of costumes diversifies greatly between ethnic groups in southern and northern of China.
    Beauty of simplification - The style of ethnic clothes in northern China changes from abundant to unifiedThe clothes of ethnic groups in northern China embody the typical characteristics of the culture of plains, simple and massive as well from abundance to unification. Living in northern China, ethnic people including Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Oroqen, Ewenki, Uygur, Tajik, Kazak, Kirgiz and Yugur all wear long garments Ñ mainly wide and thick robes of which buttons on the right or down the front. And the material of the costumes is fur, felt, pulu and brocade with the decoration of precious gold and silver, pearls and jade, coral and tophus.
    Mogolian’s costumes may represent the dressing style of northern Chinese ethnic groups. The magnificent loose-bodied robes and belts demonstrate the warm-hearted and strong nature of Mongolian people as well their cultural demeanor. The costumes of the Mongolian people, who belong to different tribes, is both unified and diversified. Clothes of Mongolian tribes such as Ba’rhu, Buliyate, Wuzhumuqin, Chaha’r and Zhunge’r maintain more that of the characteristics of ancient Mongolian garment; besides, the clothes that a princess wears represent her tribe. For example, the princess of Ba’rhu Mongolian king wears an ox-horn-shaped topknot, which is inset with silver and corals, symbolizing the demeanor of king; besides, the shoulder parts of her long sleeve brocade gown always soar up highly. For the princess of Erdos king, she wears a gold-silver-coral-inset headwear weighing about 10 kilograms: Round pearls and gliding jades serve for the supreme elegance of the princess. Erdos Mongolians, who have lots of clothes, care about the etiquette and would wear different suits according to the changes of occasions.  Inset with elaborately-made silver and plump corals, the headwear of the princess of Chaha’r Mongolian is regarded as the best one among all the Mongolian headwears. There are many similarities between the costumes of Ke’rqin Mongolians and Manchu people. For example, both wear embroidered brocade gown and long waistcoat, which stress the veneer and chiffon. There is a saying in history that the Mongolian and Manchu people belong to the same family because both groups have intermarried for generations. A famous example is that the queen mother of Zhuangxiao, who is the grandmother of Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722), belongs to Mongolian ethnic group.