Miao knowledge

Miao nationality has a long history, which is related to Nanyue aborigines. In China's ancient books, there are records of Miao ancestors more than 5,000 years ago. The ancestors of Miao people can be traced back to the Chiyou tribe, which was active in the Central Plains in primitive society. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Miao ancestors began to establish "Three Miao Countries" in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and engaged in agricultural rice cultivation. Miao people have migrated many times in history, and the general route is from the Yellow River valley to Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Miao nationality has its own language, belonging to the Miao branch of Miao Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.

It turns out that Miao people have their own national characters. It is recorded in the ancient songs of the Miao nationality that the ancestors of the Miao nationality were easily exposed to the enemy because they fled the secrets of war, court pursuit and national cultural migration, and had to burn and erase the words. Those intellectuals died, and there were no words left, only words written on clothes.

At the end of 1950s, Miao people began to create Latin phonetic characters. Nowadays, most people use Chinese. Miao people have a long history of music and dance, and Lusheng dance, which is deeply loved by the masses, is highly skilled. Miao people's embroidery, brocade, batik, silverware making and other arts and crafts are colorful and enjoy a high reputation in the world. There are many Miao festivals, among which Dahua Miao Festival in Liupanshui, Guizhou is called Dragon Boat Festival, Miao Year Festival and Tibetan Calendar Festival.

Miao people are used to calling themselves Hmub (homophonic: Mu), Hmongb (homophonic: Meng), Hmaob (homophonic: touch) and maob (homophonic: Mao). In some areas, they call themselves "ghab nus (homophonic: Ganao), ghab Xongb (homophonic: bear) and deb songb". He called them "long skirt seedlings", "short skirt seedlings", "red seedlings", "white seedlings", "green seedlings" and "flower seedlings" and so on. After the founding of New China, it was collectively called Miao nationality, and English was written in Miao language or Miao language.

Miao people are good at singing and dancing, and the forms of singing and dancing are varied. Miao dance, drum dance and Lusheng dance are all amazing. Therefore, Miao people are called "the country of singing and dancing".

Miao people are also proficient in herbal medicine, and are good at treating diseases and saving lives with herbal medicine.