Gelao are mainly distributed in Guizhou Province's really Road, Wuchuan, Zhijin, Guizhou, 6, and so on Guanling county, located in a small number of Longlin Autonomous County of Guangxi and Yunnan Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture of Quang Nam, Fu Ning, and so on Maguan County . Gelao not have their own language, Chinese general, although Gelao their own language, but all over the Gelo language differences, and because of the small number of Gelao and live scattered, so they are very different between, and even the language is also Very different, often live scattered in a county of the same people can not call Gelo language. Today, the Chinese language has become the communication Gelao's main language. Gelao mainly engaged in agriculture, with crops of corn-based. Gelao manual follow industry is relatively developed in the early Qing Dynasty, appeared on Gelao people in a number of professional blacksmith, Li cast, the production of shotgun, referred to as "follow Gelo." This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: festivals Gelos Maolong.

　　Gelao people with long-term harmony with the Han people home, their lives and practices in areas such as the Han nationality have been similar, but still preserve some of the nation's unique cultural events, festivals, eating habits. The traditional festivals Gelos roughly the same as with the Han, such as the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, there is another section of Mao Long, Wang cattle section, the section Jishan, the new food section, the section of the poles, and so on. Wang cattle in the Lunar New Year festival early October, every day, the Gelao people to kill a chicken, prepared liquor, cattle worship Buddha, Wang, Wang bless wish cattle farm cattle robust physique, a cattle farm cattle so that farmers will have to rest With the best feed eaten by cows, but also the use of glutinous rice, such as Baba hit two cows were hung on the corner of two, led the cattle to the water's edge, so that cattle, "look in the mirror," it happily, and then removed Baba eaten by cows.

　　Gelao an unmarried girl to be different, the most interesting is "to send Shi Zimei married." The bride in front of over a month, with the village girl voluntary peer component of ten best man, the bride's family to the unmarried sisters do, day and night, accompanied by the bride and help her new shoes, sewing Jiayi, prepare the dowry. Get married the day, ten sisters and the bride was dressed exactly the same, dress the same as the "Valentine's shoes", "Jia Yi sent" up the same "umbrella and sisters", the same hair cut, the same bundle of braids, and even behavior are similar gesture Similar. If relatives and friends, I really do not know who the bride, who is the best man. By the bridegroom, 11 girls together Dengtangrushi robust. Then the pro day, there are the "Song of the card," the customs. A male pedestrian access to village pro-woman, to sing the A side through the cross-examination, "Song of the card," the bride into the family. By the same token, the woman sent to the ranks of pro-Nan Jia villages have asked Dachu song into the groom's house in order. Changdao has sometimes from as early as late excited onlookers packed with people. If not answer, then answered himself, or by the parents come forward to sang the "Song of reconciliation", declared "Song of the bar the door" end. Duige in a long time, the masters of good hospitality to the guests, to ensure that when Duige energetic, emotional high. The bride entered the room, to many parts of "A Song of the Church", that is, in the bridal chamber and outside the ring before Song of the race, men and women to sing in Cantonese. Voice of applause, laughter into a sound that has become a talented young people to show an excellent place.

　　Gelao people of good textile, embroidery, batik, in the history of their costumes of different colors and styles known as the "Green Gelo," "Red Gelo," "Flower Gelo," "wear gowns Gelo." Gelao costumes, both men and women dress Aichuan barrels, is expected to skirt woven wool dyeing, Qunyao not fold, when to wear dress from head and through, named "Tong skirt." Women generally wear waist jacket, embroidered sleeves, the back patterns squamous, non-allocated under the fold long Tongqun. Skirt made up of three sections of the middle with a red wool woven into soil, up and down the two stripes are woven hemp fabric Tubu. T sleeveless jacket, a short head after a long through clothing, big hair in the first set, wearing embroidered with one end red, yellow, green, purple color, such as black lace scarf. Decorated with silver jewelry, clothing Qiao sharp embroidered shoes, there are overlapping part of Chinese gown to wear stone Dajin short, trousers, short sleeves and wide, and hand-made ring with broad shoulders and decoration, short pants, narrow trousers. Gelao Duijin men to wear jackets, trousers, white or green cloth Baotou, wearing gold shoes or shoes cloud hook. In addition Gelao embroidered shoes and rim Xietou have embroidery, slightly Xietou Shangqiao, floriation account for part of the upper one-third, unique shapes, patterns and beautiful, full of non-color characteristics.

　　Most of the Gelao like fresh vegetables to eat pickles and sauerkraut made, such as green vegetables, pepper, garlic, ginger mixture of hot and sour pickled vegetables, pickled with salt Xiangchun Ya Toona sinensis, not only cold, to make a separate dish, But can also be used to make dishes (that is, at the end of cooking Rou). Meat mainly pork, beef and mutton, horse meat, which are more representative flavor dishes with bones, pig, chicken chili powder plus a large number of broken Chung, plus a variety of hot pepper sauce made of bone, food When a separate soup can, can be matched with other dishes, dishes made of a variety of flavors. Chila Gelao like food, also eat a lot, such as soft on the dry hot pepper pot burst into a rare, and then paste Youchao; or semi-soft boiled pepper, dried, fried and then when they eat, Used to direct drinks. Gelao good wine, "wine climbing" the most characteristics, alcohol use corn, sorghum, millet hair, brewed from rice and so on, commonly used for gift giving relatives and friends.