Yi ethnic group in southwest China idolizes black tiger totem. Black, regarded as the color of the sun, is the color of their national costume. Women dress in black skirts, and men in slacks wearing a black turban with a symbol in the middle pointing to the sky. It is a symbol of absolute sacredness referred to as the "Buddha of heaven." There are also symbols in tile shape of a letter Ren meaning people, or a rotating tie towards the sky. Women's headwear is a square cap with a rotating cross in the center. The embroidery symbols on their clothes or tobacco bags bear distinct masculine spirit. Examples like a radiating diagram symboling "The autumn moon;" "Red sickle flower;" are some of the representative works. Yi ethnic group's costume share similar design and pattern with the designs on Majiayao antiques unearthed in the northwest regions. It is reasonable to say that, Yi's ancestors, who migrated from the northwest to the southwest in ancient times, were the creators of Majiayao culture.
