Where are the Miao people in Yunnan?

Yunnan Miao people are mainly distributed in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County and Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County.

Miao, an ancient nation, is scattered all over the world, mainly in Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Qiong and other provinces in China, as well as Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries and regions in Southeast Asia.

According to historical documents and oral materials of Miao people, Miao ancestors first lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and their ancestors were Chiyou. They moved to Jianghan Plain in the "Three Miao" era, and then gradually moved south and west to the southwest mountainous area and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau due to war and other reasons. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some Miao people migrated to Southeast Asian countries, and in modern times they migrated from these places to Europe and America.

Miao people have their own language, and Miao language belongs to the branch of Miao Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, which is divided into three dialects: Xiangxi, Qiandong and Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Due to the long-term contact between Miao and Han, some Miao people are fluent in and use Chinese. Miao people's religious beliefs are mainly nature worship and ancestor worship.

In the census of China in 20 10, the total population of Miao people in China was 9,426,007, ranking fourth among ethnic minorities.

Miao martial arts

In terms of dance, representative dances mainly include bench dance, Lusheng dance, bronze drum dance and soul-burning dance.

Bench dance and bronze drum dance are group dances, ranging from a few people to dozens or even hundreds of thousands of people dancing together; Lusheng dance is a kind of dance while playing Lusheng. It can be a single dance, a pair dance, a group dance, or a mixed dance where some people play the lusheng and some people don't. Soul-burning dance is a kind of sacrificial dance, which is mainly performed in sacrificial ceremonies.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Miao nationality

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