Maonan nationality is one of the mountainous nationalities with less population in China. They mainly live in Shangnan, Zhongnan and Xia Nanshan districts of Huanjiang County, Guizhou Province, and the Karp River and Liu Dong Valley at the junction of Pingtang County and dushan county.
The name "Maonan" originated from the place name, and it was first seen in Zhou Qufei's "A Generation Beyond the Ridge" in the Southern Song Dynasty (1189). The book said: "There is Yizhou in the southwest of Zizhou.
Suitable for a group of barbarians, including Nandan, Anhua, Libo, He Ying, Wudong, Mao Tan and Fushui. "These places include today's Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Guangxi and neighboring Nandan County, as well as neighboring Libo County in Guizhou.
Mao Tan is also called Mao Tan. At that time, the "Three South" area was called "Mao Tan", which meant that the people here were "Mao Tan people". Later, China ancient books and inscriptions also recorded the names of this area and its administrative units with homophones such as "Maonan", "Maonan" and "Maonan".
For example, in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was called "lifting altar group" and "lifting altar fort" and so on. During the Qianlong period (1736- 1795), Maonan people published Tan Jia's genealogy, and inscriptions began to record "Maonan people's difficult soil seedlings", "Maonan people's difficult nails" and "Maonan people's difficult settlement", which was the official appearance of Maonan people's names.
Maonan rice is the most representative food culture of Maonan nationality, which is made of glutinous rice, vegetables and seasonings. In addition, there are many vegetables of Maonan nationality, such as peas, Chinese cabbage, bitter vegetables, pumpkins, sweet potato leaves, pods, canna taro, vegetables and radishes.
Among them, pumpkin is a common vegetable in autumn and winter, which can be sliced into porridge or steamed separately. Meat includes pigs, cows, chickens and ducks. I like to eat dog meat, and some places have the habit of eating dog meat in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Maonan people generally like to eat semi-cooked vegetables, thinking that some meat and vegetables, especially chicken, will lose their flavor if they are overcooked. Only ducks should be cooked thoroughly. In terms of cooking, there is a saying that "the chicken is raw and the duck is cooked". Moreover, Maonan people like many sour foods, among which "Maonan three acids" are the most famous.