How do you pronounce the Gelao people?

The pronunciation of the Gelao nationality is gē lǎo zú.

Academic circles agree that the origin of the Gelao nationality is related to the ancient Liao people. In terms of housing, clothing, diet, funeral, ear piercing and other customs and habits, there are also a lot of characteristics similar to those of ancient people. For example, by the end of 19, the Gelao people in Wozi Township and Laiwen Township of Puding County, Guizhou Province still had the custom of "killing a tooth".

The Gelao people live in Wuchuan and Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous Counties and Shiqian County in the north of Guizhou Province, and the rest are scattered in more than 20 counties and cities such as Anshun, Pingba, Puding, Guanling, Qingzhen, Zheng 'an, Fenggang, Songtao, Qianxi, Liuzhi, Zhijin and Dafang. According to the statistical yearbook of China -202 1, the population of Gelao nationality in China is 67752 1.

Gelao custom

All branches of the Gelao people do not marry each other, and the branch marriage system is implemented, but it is not allowed to marry within the same family, and it is customary to marry by close relatives. Young men and women are generally engaged at the age of 14 or 15, and there are even "tied relatives" and "refers to marriage". Weddings of the Gelao nationality take many forms. In most areas, there are traditional customs such as "men don't greet each other" and the bride leaves. Newlyweds have different rooms during the wedding.

The most important festivals of the Gelao nationality in a year are Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mountain Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Eating Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Ox King Festival, Bird Festival and Insect Festival, among which the biggest festival is Spring Festival.