Miao are mainly distributed in Guizhou Province, Hunan Province in the western, southwestern Hubei, south-east of Chongqing, south-east of Yunnan, northern of Guangxi, central and southern regions of Hainan. Miao have their own language, the three main dialects: Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou. Miao language has not, since the Han and long-term harmony with Habitat, the vast majority of Chinese Miao and Jian Tong were Chinese. Hmong living in the area of the main mountain areas, mainly in agriculture, there are upland rice crop, corn, buckwheat son, potato and beans and so on. Miao's Cross, embroidery, woven cotton, batik, paper cutting, jewelry making, and so magnificent and colorful arts and crafts, famous, including the Hmong batik process has been the history of the Millennium. Miao up to more than 130 kinds of clothing, with any one of the world's national costumes match. Miao is the nation sing and dance, especially love songs, songs famous wine, Miao Lusheng is the most representative instruments, Miao people have a rich oral folk literature, such as the old song, poetry, love songs, and so on. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: the ancient Song of the Miao Miao clothing, Miaoxiu, Miao sister section, Miao Tibetan drum section, Miao Xiangxi encouraged by the Miao Lusheng dance, anti - Pai Mu encouraged by the Miao Miao series will slope group, batik art and Miao Miao Silver-forging skills, skills to create Diaojiao Lou Miao Village, Miao Lusheng production techniques.

　　Miao Miao have a traditional festival, the three-March, Siyue Ba, June 6, and sister festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, a new section to eat, before the autumn festival, will Lusheng, dry section of the bridge, step on Huashan, to fight back Festival, Huashan step on the most solemn general of the first lunar month every year in the first, third, the six held over the past few days. Where Hmong live in counties, the past few days have Tachibana-under, held a grand step on the Huashan activities. This is a young Hmong men and women love a good time, Miao is also a style of the people to carry out an important place for recreational activities. Hmong men, women and children, wearing gold and silver, flower rush from all sides at the foot of the bar, watching the traditional program Miao Lu-sheng blow, snapping nothing, jump tripod, Shuada Dao, bullfighting, wrestling, fighting thrush, took pole climbing and other exciting Activities.

　　Miao clothing maintained China's civil organizations, embroidery, pick, the dyeing techniques of traditional crafts, weaved using a variety of technology practices in or out with embroidered or dyed in embroidered with, or embroidery, these colorful costume design, the overflow Streamer color, showing that the distinctive characteristics of national art. From the content point of view, most of the clothing designs based on a variety of daily living species. From the modeling point of view, the use of traditional Chinese line drawing or near-line drawing to one-way patterns for the outline of the shape of the way. From a technical point of view, there is the preparation of type, texture-based system, sewing-together-and-cut. From the use of color, the choice of a variety of strong color contrast, the pursuit of the rich color and thick and beautiful sense of general are red, black, white, yellow and blue of the five. Composition from the point of view, pay attention to adapt to the overall aesthetics of clothing. Formally, the two plain-clothes and costumes, costumes for the festival and marriage when the protocol was wearing the clothes, beautiful complex, plainclothes Static Styles-dressed than the simple material to be used less, cost less work for the day-to-day wear.

　　Hmong girls from the 67-year-old from exercises on batik and embroidered textiles, with age, becoming more skilled technology skills to youth has become a long description of the painting master Feng. Near the water more embroidered fish and shrimp, Home Hill described more flowers and birds, a wide range of topics from life in their hands to be a vivid manifestation. As a major means of decorative embroidery, batik and silverware, and other production processes, from generation to generation, enriched and developed continuously, reaching a high artistic level.

　　Miao Silver, and a large variety of different costumes and as a result of different men decorated with silver ornaments and decorated with two types of women, men and decorated with a simple, silver locks, hand-hoop, bracelets, the first flowers, cigarette case, necklaces, collar, etc. ; Decorated female Yin-hua, Kok Yin, silver bubble, Yinzan, silver comb, pins, earrings, ear-chu, earring, necklace, Yao Lian Wai, the pressure collar, shawl, a necklace, bracelet hand, as well as a variety of silver bracelets Films, is made up of silver and silver bubble, Yin Ling, and so dozens, each silver panels, silver bubble has exquisite relief. Dai Hei Miao Silver is the nature of women, pull their hair on his head, put on about 20 centimeters or so, the production of fine silver Corolla, Corolla there intercalation front level of 6 missing Yinqiao wings, above most of the fighting system Erlongxizhu patterns. Some areas Crown Bank in addition to the silver plug-chip, high-inserted about 1 meter silver horns, sharp angle Department of color Gone with the Wind, the more noble wealth. Silver crown along, ring linked with Yin-hua, down a row of small fall Yin-hua, wearing a neck collar of silver has several levels, to play piece made of silver flowers and even small units from multicinctus. Front and silver and silver-lock pressure collar, chest, back wearing a silver cloak, many small drop Yin Ling, earrings, bracelets are silver products, only two sleeve to show the red fire to the main tone of embroidery, But also set a cuff around the wider Silver. Miao women's clothes often snow a few kilograms of weight, known as "snow event Pied Ficus erecta" reputation, research gorgeous, representing fully demonstrated the wisdom of the Hmong people and talent. Miao embroidery, embroidery reflects the Chinese minority of high-level skills, there are flowers collar, shoulders and flowers, hand-made flowers, the back blocks of flowers, flower cuff, parquet skirt, Maoding flowers, flowers, and other varieties Maoding. Miao women in the use of color silk will be unique, ancient, complex and beautiful embroidery patterns in the clothing, their colorful embroidery, a strong contrast, the design based on the daily life of flowers, birds, fish, equipment and so on, embroidered law Many, embroidered flat, convex embroidery, braid embroidery and piled flowers embroidered crepe, wrapped around embroidery, Tiaoxiu, Mawei embroidery, embroidered crepe, pumping more than 20 kinds of flowers and so on. Silver embroidery and together constitute the costumes of the Miao women of the main features.

　　Miao marriage are in general after a Yu Fang, a Ding Qing, a wedding, homes in four phases. Tour De Ding Qing and through, the two-million men and women agreed to marry days in preparation for the wedding. Popular in the West River in the vicinity of the Miao wedding, the wedding day, night, with the groom do with access to the Friends of the bride. They stir up the gifts with her dowry to the groom's home, on the Walled Yiyi for the bride's sister and friends to see them off. FORMATION groom came to the door, set off firecrackers, then the bride into the bustling Walled. Came to the stockade, to avoid the groom until the end of the wedding. The groom's mother or older, ready to come up with good clothing, silverware and so on to a new bride dressed from head to toe. Please groom home at the end of a good marriage for girls bridesmaids, with the bride sent to the door. From then until the end of the wedding, the bridesmaids have been accompanied by the bride, Tongchitongzhu. Burst forth into a new house, on the Walled women and children to make bridal chamber, the central room, the groom at home to withdraw Tuanzi glutinous rice to watch the kids eat, white glutinous rice, sticky side was also tight, take the "Pepsi Zhage, old age of marriage to the old" Meaning. The next morning, the bride first thing to do is pick the ice. Fetching water and only symbolic, not forget that hard-working. Came to the well or river, the bride a few scratch ladle into the water barrels, three from the ladle to scoop 13, can only be singular, that the bride and groom at a wedding when the home office a few days, together with her parents back together that day even number , "Co-Jin wall." The second thing is that the bride game series. Bridesmaids and so on to the stockade to introduce the bride, bride, introduced with the understanding of villagers, villagers say hello to the bride, bride's blessing to the villagers. Bai Tang Miao, and so no wedding ceremony, the wedding is done. Chi Xijiu to the guests, all gifts. Does not require expensive gifts, the woman sent to bin cotton, Tubu, flowers line, and so on, gentlemen to send wine, send meters, and so on. Wedding very rich, but the men and women of different seats. Liquor three visits, a new bride dressed up, wearing costumes brought from home, for his hand in front of villagers to show their own talent, toast, toast the bride to sing songs, guests wishing to sing songs, singing Laughter, great excitement. Bi toast the bride and bridesmaids back to the rest room. Finger-guessing game trip to the guests, Deng springboard for dance, has been busy late into the night. After the second day of the wedding, the bride will be able to help with household chores.

　　Miao attaches great importance to the ceremony, guests visit, the chickens must be slaughtered ducks hospitality, if all the way to the guest, the Miao people used to invite guests to drink wine horns. Chicken, head to the King visitors to the elderly, the chicken leg to give the youngest guests. There are some places at the Jixin practices, that is the oldest at home by the owner of the chopsticks or duck Ji Xin Xin came to the guests, but guests can not eat, must be equal to the present Jixin of the elderly. Guests such as those who have small, Chi Feirou do not like to explain the situation, not just the owner, but not Chibaohezu, were looked down on as the master.

　 Types of food Miao staple food and non-staple food, rice and cereals are the staple food. Miao rice are staple food of rice and glutinous rice indica rice, and some regions dominated by long rice, glutinous rice-based to some areas. In addition to the long rice and glutinous rice inside out, there are miscellaneous grains of corn, Suzi, wheat, barley, beans section, soybean, potato, potato, sorghum, Baizitian, such as buckwheat son. Miscellaneous grains generally are not separate food, mainly rice, cereals doping together after the consumption of processed food. To pork-based meat, beef, mutton, chicken, goose, dog meat, fish, wildlife, as well as products and eggs. There are vegetables, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, radishes, chives, vegetables Canton, Lotus Chinese cabbage, bamboo shoot dishes Waterloo, Waterloo vegetables lettuce, celery, Chinese vegetables, tomatoes, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, pumpkin, fresh beans, such as sponge in a timely manner. Miao non-staple food, vegetables and soy products, and also accounts for a certain proportion of spices. Beans, tofu dishes are manufactured, lobster sauce, bean paste, Dou Hua, bean sprouts, pickled cabbage, hot bad, Suantang, spicy vegetables, dried vegetable, and so on. Desalting condiment, sauce, vinegar industrial products, there are Chunya, pepper, pepper, fish Law, ginger, onion, garlic, coriander, fennel, Hong dog meat, spicy Polygonum three naphthalene, and so on.