Terlig

Terlig, also known as tieli (simplified Chinese: 帖裡; traditional Chinese: 貼裏; pinyin: tiēlǐ) or bianxianao (simplified Chinese: 辫线袄; traditional Chinese: 辮線襖; pinyin: biànxiànǎo; lit. 'coat with plaited line') or Yaoxianao[zi] (simplified Chinese: 腰线袄[子]; traditional Chinese: 腰線襖[子]; pinyin: yāoxiànǎo[zi]; lit. 'coat with waist line') in Chinese, or commonly referred as Mongol dress or plait-line robe, is an archetypal type of Mongol clothing for men.^{: 49 : 75–76}

The terlig was initially developed to accommodate the culture, the equestrian and nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols, and to protect their bodies from the cold temperature of steppe regions. It was sometimes decorated with cloud collar (Chinese: 雲肩; pinyin: yunjian; lit. 'cloud-shoulder') pattern which decorated around the robe's collar, chest, and shoulders area.^: 49–51 As the terlig gained symbolic meaning with time and as it spread into different regions, its shape and design evolved. Hybrid forms of the terlig was developed as it came in contact with other local cultures. The terlig was worn in China, Central Asia, Korea, the Mughal Empire in India, and in medieval Egypt, Turkey, Persia, and other parts of West Asia. It is still worn as Mongol ethnic clothing in some regions.