Miao ethnic minority nationality lives in Guizhou Province , Yunnan Province, Hunan Province , Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Area and Sichuan Province . The Miao can be divided further into sub-groups that can be distinguished by their the different costumes, These are the ' Long Skirt Miao', ' Short Skirt Miao', ' Red Miao', 'Black Miao', 'Highland Miao' and ' Eight Villages Miao' Their homeland has abundant supply of wood, so the architecture of Miao consists mainly of building built with wood.

Daily Life

The Miaos' people respect the old. They make bows with hands folded in front when it is a happy event; and women's hands are not allowed to be shaken. When visits a Miaos' family, sitting beside fire kang, for it is for ancestors. If the host call you make 'Baozong', which means sleep, do not go in bed, sleep on the shakedown, which is for respectable. Rice, corn, potato, wheat are their staple-food. Drinking wine is their hobby. Almost every family make vintage. Rack is more popular.
A man and a woman will not get married if they in the same surname. The parents 4always live with their youngest sons. Young people will find a lover while sing in antiphonal style. When a pair of lovers want to get marriage, they must consult their parents.
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Festivals

Reed-pipe Wind Instrument Festival is traditional. It is not only for trading, but also for youth to find a lovers. During the festival, competing horse skill, ball sports and other events will be held.
Festival in different area is different greatly. Dragon Boat Festival, Flower Mountain Festival, Eating New Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, and other festival are go after one another. Tramping Flower Mountain event is important. A couple who can have bear a baby plant a tree near the village and hang a bottle of wine on for praying a child. Young man and woman will dance and sing under the tree, and many of them fall in love.

Entertainment

Singing songs

Miao people all love singing songs. there are eighteen rules in singing in anti -phonal style These are Miaos' rules for singing in anti phonal style. If someone breaks the rules, he or she will be driven out of the singing spot. In the wedding, praising songs will be sang and so will historical stories, legends, astronemy and geotogy. After the older people go away, the young may sing love songs which have to be implicit. At parting, parting songs will be sang. When lads and lasses sing in artiphonal style, though falling in love, lads are not allowed to give keepsakes to lasses in public. At wedding feast, no riddle song is sung because a riddle song will cause quanels, and damage the happy atmosphere. Singing in antiphonal style, young men are forbidden to invite marred women or engaged girls. If they make a wrong choice, the females will refuse the invitation and return the keepsakes sent by the men. On the way meeting with this singing, you should take past in it. If you are in a hurry, you should sing to show apotogy.

Lusheng

Their folk culture is developed to show their feelings. Lusheng, a kind of reed-pipe wind instrument prevails in Miaos' area. A famous saying in Miao Nationality goes like this: one can not resist tempt to dance when he hears the sound of Lusheng. When guests come, boys play Lusheng and girls dance to welcome guests with Lusheng dance.

Embroidery, weaving, wax-dying and paper-cut are magnificent.