摘要:The Li nationality costume not only has practical value, but also has very high aesthetic value. In the long historical process, Li ethnic costume has experienced a long development and evolution process, which embodies inevitable trend of our times. The Li nationality costume expresses that the Li people advocate the aesthetic meanings of nature, history, and life of the body. It has a lot of symbolism meanings and contains many connotations that could not be explained now. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis about some external factors of the origin and development of Li nationality costume, including geography environment, production technology and foreign cultures. By combining modern costume design, this paper points out the meanings of inheriting and carrying forward traditional costume culture.