What are the dress characteristics and living habits of Miao people?

Miao costumes are one of the colorful costumes of ethnic minorities in China. As a symbol of Miao image, Miao costumes have always maintained their own unique style. Its basic characteristics are "men's wear or shorts, or big chest gown;" Generally, women's wear is a skirt under a coat or trousers under a coat, with many accessories, exquisite design and bright colors.

Generally speaking, Miao costumes are different in wearing, dressing, gender and age. Due to the differences in historical conditions, economic conditions, natural environment, living habits and branches, Miao costumes vary greatly from place to place, and there are also differences between provinces, counties and even villages. There are 100 kinds of Miao costumes.

Living habits:

Due to the vast living area, Miao festivals are not exactly the same everywhere, such as Miao Year, drumming, Lusheng Dance, Huashan Festival, Chinese New Year Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. And the scale and form of festivals are different. If you count all the festivals of Miao people all the year round, I'm afraid there are dozens or even hundreds.

Festivals provide a good opportunity for Miao youth to talk about love. Many young people express their love to Lu Sheng through singing in festivals and form a happy marriage.

Miao people are generally monogamous families, and elderly parents are generally supported by young children. In some areas, there is also the habit of father and son sharing the same surname.

Although Miao people have no written language, oral folk literature is quite developed. In addition, the Miao people are a people who love singing and dancing, and their folk songs and Lusheng dances are very popular with the masses.

Miao people's staple food is rice, corn, sweet potatoes, oats and other miscellaneous grains, and they like to eat hot and sour vegetables.

The area where Miao people live is rich in wood, so the houses are mostly wooden structures, and the forms of houses vary from place to place. The most famous "Diaojiaolou" in mountainous areas is scientific, comfortable and beautiful, forming one of the unique architectural forms in China.

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Miao religious customs:

Miao people used to believe in animism, worship nature and worship their ancestors. Drum Music Festival is the biggest ritual activity of Miao nationality. Generally, a small sacrifice lasts for seven years and a big sacrifice lasts for thirteen years. It is held on the second day of October to November in the lunar calendar. At that time, a roe deer will be killed and a Lusheng dance will be performed to commemorate the ancestors. Invite friends and relatives to get together during meals to enhance feelings and family harmony.

The main beliefs of Miao nationality are primitive religious forms such as nature worship, totem worship and ancestor worship. Traditional Miao society is superstitious about ghosts and gods, and witchcraft prevails. Some Miao people also believe in Christianity and Catholicism. Few Miao people believe in Buddhism and Taoism.

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