彝族多居高寒冷凉山区,昼夜温差大,外出干活喜欢穿羊皮褂,冷时将有羊毛的一面穿在里面,保暖;热时就反过来穿,凉快;下雨时还可顶在头上当雨具用。在很早以前,聪明的彝族人民就发明了火草织布,做火草衣裳用于御寒防病。《南诏通记》对火草布有如此描述:“有火草布,草叶三四寸,塌地而生。叶背有棉,取其端而抽之,成丝,织以为布,宽七寸许。以为可以为燧取火,故日火草。”《滇 Living in the cold and cold mountainous areas of Yi people, the temperature difference between day and night is big. They like to wear sheepskin coat when they go out to work. When they are cold, the wool side will wear on the inside and keep warm. Used as a rain gear. In a long time ago, clever Yi people invented fire-weaving cloth and used it as a warm-clothes to prevent and treat diseases. “Nanzhao Tongji” has such a description of fire cloth: “fire grass cloth, leaves three or four inches, fall to the ground. Leaf back with cotton, take the end of pumping, into the wire, weaving that cloth , Wide seven inches Xu thought it could be Sui fire, so the fire day. ”" Dian