Is there a distinction between black and white Miao?

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, according to the records of the Han nationality, Miao people were divided into red seedlings, flower seedlings, white seedlings, seedlings and black seedlings according to their clothing colors. This division roughly reflects the decorative art characteristics of different clans of Miao nationality.

Red Miao, for example, takes dragon and phoenix as clan symbols and dragon and phoenix patterns as the main body. Color decoration takes red as the main body, supplemented by other colors such as white and yellow; The flower seedlings take flowers as the clan symbol, and the patterns and patterns mostly take flowers as the theme content. Colour the pattern in various colors. There are many colors, try to make the object dazzling. Seeking colorful and harmonious decorative effects; The white temple with the butterfly as the clan symbol takes the butterfly as the main pattern and white as the background. The pattern is scarlet, light red, gray, black, blue and other colors, or with dark color as the background color, and the pattern is mainly white, red, black, gray, yellow and other colors; Young crops, with Kui as the clan symbol, have patterns with Kirin as the main content, or moire patterns indicate that Kirin is walking in the clouds, or water ripples indicate that Kirin is crossing the ocean. Pattern color matching, with green as the main tone; Black Miao takes dog as clan symbol, and the pattern takes dog as the main content. Color matching with black, black purple, etc. , and then decorated with yellow, yellow and white or a few other colors.

Miao people in western Guizhou regard chicken as a clan symbol. Chicks with embroidered patterns. Because chickens bring them light, expel darkness and ghosts, and make them prosperous and happy. In the Miao myth and legend "Darkness, Light, Light", it describes how chickens call the sun, so that the light shines on the world again and everything comes back to life. Some local Miao old people also said that when their ancestors moved from other places to Qianxi, they took a big rooster and found a place to live. They went to many places, but the chicken didn't crow, so they kept walking. Later, they came to this dam. At dawn that day, the chicken opened its voice and cried loudly, and lived here. Since then, the population has flourished and the grain has been abundant.