Yao customs: 1, headdress: Yao men and women, like to have long hair. In ancient books, there are records of Yao men and women storing hair and knotting it, which is called "vertebral bun". However, quite a few women passing through Shan Yao are used to shaving their hair, wearing horns made of yellow wax and covering them with cloth.
2. Diet: Yao people live on corn and rice. The four seasons in Lingnan are warm and suitable for vegetable growth, and the gardens are evergreen in winter and summer. People can eat fresh and tender vegetables all year round, such as mustard, cabbage, radish, pepper, eggplant and so on. Melon beans include pumpkin, cucumber, wax gourd, beans, soybeans, Mi Dou, etc.
3. Architecture: Yao is a nationality living in mountainous areas. Most of its villages are located in alpine forests at an altitude of about 1000 meters, and most of them are built at the top of the mountain, halfway up the mountain and beside streams at the foot of the mountain. Before the founding of New China, most Yao people in remote mountainous areas lived in bamboo houses, wooden houses and huts, quite a few lived in herringbone sheds, and only a few lived in brick houses.