What are the traditional cultural characteristics of Miao nationality?

Clothing: Miao men's wear is simple and women's wear is prosperous. The chest, cuffs and trouser legs should be wrapped, embroidered or brushed, with railing petals in the middle. Men's and women's heads are wrapped in green handkerchief, which is as big as a hat and has the beauty of crowned autumn chrysanthemum.

Residence: Affected by natural and climatic conditions, Aizhai Miao people like to live in a diaojiao building.

Song and Dance: He is good at singing and dancing. His Miao inspiration, labor songs, Miao gongs and drums songs, folk songs and Mu Ye love songs are all improvised, cleverly conceived and full of strong local flavor. The well-known Miao drum dance and lantern dance are very popular, with light melody and primitive and simple movements, giving people a refreshing and pleasing feeling.

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It is said that Miao people had written characters in ancient times, which may be homologous to Chinese characters, but they were later lost. These legends are hard to prove now. At the beginning of the 20th century, some Miao intellectuals created some square characters for the development of Miao culture and education, such as Fang Miaowen created by Shibantang in western Hunan, shorthand Miao Wen created by Shi Qigui, Miao Wen textbook compiled by Songtao Long Shaohua in Guizhou, etc.

Some foreign missionaries also created some Miao Wen for missionary purposes. However, due to various conditions, these Miao prose has not been popularized among Miao people.

Miao nationality has two surnames, one is Miao nationality and the other is Han nationality. Miao surname is inherent; China's surname was entered later. Because in the past, Miao people didn't write their own Miao surnames in words, but only wrote Han surnames in Chinese characters, which led people to think that there were only Han surnames, but they didn't know there were Miao surnames. Before the use of "Han surname", Miao people had their own "Miao surname" to distinguish blood clan from clan.

Miao ancestors have their own totems. Because of the wide distribution of Miao branches, they worship many totems. Such as Phoenix, Maple, Butterfly, Shenquan (Pan Hu), Dragon, Bird, Eagle, Bamboo, etc.

Miao ancestors in southeastern Guizhou worshipped maple as a totem and believed that their ancestors originated from maple. In addition, they also regard butterflies as totems and think that their ancestor Jiang Yang was born by "Mother Butterfly". Miao ancestors in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou still take Pan Hu as their totem. Up to now, there are still many Pan Hu temples and Xinnugong in this area. Miao people in western Guizhou take birds as totems.

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