Miao Minority
Nationality has a population of about 970,000 people. Most of them live in concentrated communities spreading in Southeast Guizhou province, Damiao Mountain in Guangxi, Hainan Island, and the bordering areas among many provinces such as Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi. Miao people have a long history. According to the record in historical books, the ancestors of Miao Nationality lived in the drainage area of Yellow River and mid-stream of Yangtze River five thousand years ago, and they were the tribe called Nanman Clan. Miao people do not have their own written language, and their spoken language belongs to Miao-Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan system. Miao people like to live in mountainous areas and depend upon agriculture. Major crops include corn, dry rice, buckwheat, potatoes, and beans. Hemp is the economic crop of Miao People who plant it themselves and use it for weaving cloth. In terms of civil literature, Miao people have developed rich artistic forms, such as ancient songs, poetry, and love songs, etc. They like dancing very much and are famous for Lusheng Dance.
Miao people have their own language which comprises of three dialects, namely, Xiangxi, Qiandong, and Chuanqiandian. After 1956, Miao people designed a character diagram based on Latin. Through long term communication with Han people, most of the population has acquired Chinese.
Miao Nationality also depends on agriculture with hunting as an assistant industry. It boasts of various industrial arts featuring cross-stitch work, cere-dye, embroidery, brocade, paper-cutting, broidery, and accessory, which are well known at home and abroad. The technique of cere-dye has a long history of thousands of years. Miao clothing can be classified into over 130 categories in terms of style, capable of competing with that of any other nation in the world. Miao people are good at singing and dancing, and widely reputed for love songs and drinking songs. Lusheng, Chinese wind pipe made of reed, is the most representative musical instrument of Miao Nationality.
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Bai Nationality | Naxi Nationality | Dai Nationality | Miao Nationality | Dong Nationality | Zhuang Nationality | Yao Nationality | Uygur Nationality | Hui Nationality | Tibetan Nationality
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