What are the living habits and customs of Miao people?

Miao people pay attention to etiquette, and all occasions are orderly and vary in size. In the past, Miao people usually ate first for men and then for women. Sometimes, mothers can eat at the same table as their husbands and sons, but their daughters and daughters-in-law always eat later. There are guests at home, male guests are accompanied by men and female guests are accompanied by women. If young and old eat at the same table, the old man sits at one table and the rest sit separately.

Old and young, or when the host and guests are chatting by the fire pit, the side near the pillar is used to letting elders, old people or guests sit. When a family goes out, the husband and wife go the same way, and the man is in front of the woman, so keep a certain distance. Father and son walk together. A son under 20 must walk behind his father, otherwise it will be considered impolite.

2. Customs:

1, diet:

Miao people's dietary customs have their own characteristics. The Miao people in Rongshui, Southeast Guizhou, Xiangxi and Guangxi of Hainan Island take rice as their staple food, as well as corn, sweet potato, millet and other miscellaneous grains. Miao people in northwest Guizhou, south Sichuan and northeast Yunnan live on corn, potatoes, buckwheat seeds and oats. There are many kinds of non-staple food, besides collecting wild vegetables and engaging in fishing and hunting, there are also livestock, poultry, fish, beans, vegetables, fruits and so on.

2. Marriage:

The conclusion of Miao marriage is very complicated, and the wedding ceremony is also very complicated. In Bijie area and Pingbian, Yunnan, the bride usually walks to her husband's house without paying homage. But in Xiangxi, you take a sedan chair, and in Weining, you take a sedan chair or ride a horse. When Xuanen bride arrives at her in-laws' house, she must enter the bridal chamber through a side door, and the unmarried girl accompanying her will propose a toast to the bride and groom.

Extended data

Miao culture and art;

1, Miao music is colorful. There are folk songs, Lusheng tune, Zuona tune and piano playing tune, among which the most common ones are folk songs and Lusheng tune, and Lusheng tune is the most representative tune in Miao music.

2. Miao people's folk crafts such as flower picking, embroidery, brocade, batik and silver ornaments are colorful. Dip a wax knife in wax to draw a pattern on the white cloth, then dip it into the dyeing vat for dyeing, then boil it with water to remove the yellow wax and white characters on the blue background. Batik technology has a history of thousands of years and is widely spread among Miao people.

3. The oral folk literature of Miao nationality is very developed, with a large number, rich content, diverse forms and exquisite art, including ancient songs, legends, folk stories, ballads, narrative poems, proverbs and aphorisms.

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