The traditional origin of the New Year's Eve of the Miao people.

Tradition of Catching New Year's Eve of Miao People:

In the first month of the Lunar Calendar, the most enthusiastic of the Miao people in western Hunan is to catch the New Year's Eve, the date of which is agreed upon by the localities themselves. The date is agreed upon by each region. On that day, men and women, young and old, dressed in festive attire, invited each other, in groups to catch the field. New Year's Eve, the flow of people like a tide, bustling, exceptionally lively. People can not only exchange materials, but also to participate in or watch the swing, lion dance, play dragon lanterns, on the knife and ladder and other activities, young men and women also take advantage of this opportunity to identify couples, talk about love. Song Lang singer is a great show of skill, three or five companions, said the ancient and modern, singing at the top of their voices, singing and each other, or Pangen, or congratulations, or recounting traditional stories, or improvised singing of new words. The more people sing, the higher the interest, the more people listen to the spirit of the more invigorating. Even if the snow is heavy and the sky is freezing, the festival will be held as scheduled.

Traditional origins of the Hmong New Year's Eve:

The Hmong originated from the "Jiu Li" of the Yellow Emperor and the "Three Miao" of Yao, Shun, and Yu. The Miao have a long history, a wide distribution, and a great deal of migration. At different times in history, people had different perceptions of the Miao, or used different words to remember the sound, and thus the name of the Miao tribe was also different. During the Yao and Shun Dynasties, the Tetsujin Tribe among the three Miao was driven to the south, and this part of the Miao ancestors was called "Southern Barbarians"; during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the name "Miao" was still used, but the most powerful part of the "Southern Barbarians" was called the "Southern Barbarians", which was the most powerful part of the "Southern Barbarians". During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the name "Miao" was still used, but the most powerful part of the "Southern Barbarians" was called "Jing Barbarians". Zhou people in addition to the "Jing barbarians" to address the establishment of the state of the Chu people, the general Miao ancestors are called "fashion", "fashion" and other "Miao" homophonic records. The homophones of "Miao" were recorded. After the Han Dynasty, most of the Miao people live in the Wuling County in the region adjacent to Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, where the Sinkiang River has the longest flow and the widest watershed, and they are collectively called "Wuling barbarians" together with other ethnic minorities living in this region.

Because the Yuan River has five largest tributaries, the "Wuling barbarians" have been called "Wuxi barbarians" since the Eastern Han Dynasty. Tang, Song and later period, Miao with the development of social and economic and population prosperity, in the southern part of the motherland again show their important influence, caused the Tang, Song and later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties attention, so "Miao" from a number of ethnic minorities mixed "barbarians" out of the "barbarians", as a number of ethnic minorities, as the "barbarians". So "Miao" was detached from the mixed name of several ethnic minorities as "barbarian", and appeared in the literature as the ethnic name of a single ethnic group. Due to the long history of the name "Miao", known to all, and generally accepted by the Miao people, so after 1949 will be collectively referred to as the name of the Miao people.

Many festivals, customs, dress, residence, marriage, family, food, culture and art, arts and crafts, Miao medicine and so on are being paid attention to by many people at home and abroad, and some of them have become an important part of the region's tourism resources. Miao is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, with a large population and a vast distribution, of which the Miao in western Hunan is one. In the process of long-term historical development, the Miao people in dress, festivals, marriage, funeral, entertainment, etiquette, taboos, diet, etc., to form their own unique customs.