Yao custom

1. Generally speaking, Yao people don't intermarry with other nationalities, and the custom of uxorilocal adoption is more common, and love before marriage is more free. They took advantage of festivals, parties and wandering around the village during the slack season to find their spouses by singing, and both sides agreed to give each other tokens.

2. The hospitality of the Yao people, all guests who enter the Yao family will be treated with respect and enthusiasm. Hanging bag and melon wine had a good time, which is a typical courtesy of the Yao family.

3. The funerals of Yao people vary with different regions and branches. For example, "Mianzhi" is mostly buried. "Bunuzhi" used to be a rock burial, but now it is a burial.

There are many festivals in Yao nationality, including big festivals and small festivals. Major festivals include Wang Pan Festival, Danu Festival and Social King Festival.

5. The staple food of Yao people is mainly corn, rice and sweet potato.

Yao is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, belonging to Yao branch of Miao Yao language family, Miao branch of Miao Yao language family and Dong branch of Zhuang and Dong language family. Yao is a branch of Jiuli in the ancient East, the most widely distributed minority in southern China and one of the oldest ethnic groups in China. Legend has it that the Yao nationality is the descendant of Pan Hu and Di Ku's daughter Yincui gorge.