Yao's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, mainly living in Bama, security, Dahua, Kim Su, Bucheon, Gongcheng, Longsheng, Longlin Guangdong, as well as the milk, and even South Hill, the mouth of Yunnan, Jinping, Hunan Jiang Hua, Jiang Yong. Yao has its own language, but also pass Chinese, Zhuang, non-native language, but in Hunan Jiang Yong Yao found in the vicinity of the female book (see the following rolling picture) is the world's only female sign language system, it In the women of the Yao, the mother-woman-less, passed down from generation to generation. Oracle similar to the female book from, vertical and oblique, such as arc stroke, fonts and italics for the diamond-shaped right and left high-low, top-down language, since the right and left, there is no punctuation, regardless of the paragraph, a In the end the book. The woman identified the existing text book about more than 1200, but used only about 800 words or so. This is so far only found in the text of gender, can be called the world's cultural treasure, an important research value. In 1982, Jiang found in the "F" to the news at home and abroad after the announcement, which caused a sensation at home and abroad, experts and scholars have come to study Jiang Yong, study, study. In recent years, the active implementation of the Yongzhou rescue and protection of women and cultural books, book culture through the construction of village women, the female book-building museum, women organizations to develop crafts books, book the development of cultural industries women, women keep the book culture, carry forward. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Yao costumes, Yao Wang disc section, women book custom, Yao played songs together.

　　In addition to Yao over the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival endures, there are many traditional festivals, such as the Pan Wang festival, the Spring Festival, Danu Festival Hall Song of the Day, Xi 9, Thelephora section, worked black section, it Text section, and so on. Another girl section, the people of the Yao is also very popular traditional festivals in a year after the Spring Festival, held the first solar term. During the festival, girls of all ethnic groups put on colorful national costumes, from all directions into the market. The festival town, one in the festive spirit, in the square, circle surrounded girls of all ethnic groups, under the accompaniment of musical instruments in the song and dance.

　　There are also eye-catching top competition, with top solid wood into the game, a certain distance between the two groups, each group of people with their own spin on a rotational basis to carom top of each other's top spin, after the impact of the gyro Still in the rotation will not be brought down to who wins. In addition, the streets filled with colorful silk thread, lace, silverware, jewelry, and other goods and a variety of delicious snacks. Men and women, bustling, packed the streets. In the joy of the crowd, dressed in a peach map clothing, wear earrings, bracelets Yao's girl; have to wear collar short, Bai Zhequn, there are three sets of collar, necklace of four Hmong girls, dressed in black underwear, Multicinctus great to wear the chest - "approved claims" Hani girl, wearing a gold lace, and embroidered designs beautiful clothes, wearing a silver bubble "cap crest" of the Yi girl. They group together in the market to sell their agricultural products brought in before the stalls to buy lace, silk and colorful earrings, bracelets, such as silver jewelry.

　　Yao because of their clothing and living in such areas as the characteristics of different customs and habits in this regard has been the traditional characteristics of the nation, especially in clothing for men and women on the more obvious. Yao major apparel fabrics woven cloth in their own self-made and the color is more dark indigo disseminated, usually with black and dark blue suits level, the material is woven from the cloth since crassa, with indigo over dip. Yao men wear black or blue collar Duijin not make the long-sleeved shirt, dress under a wide waist, wide profile, fat pants trousers, wearing a red four by four black cloth and sewing the red and black stitching Guapi round-shaped white hat, and some men has also made bun, a red cloth or cloth Green Baotou, Baotou has the external Su Jing towel embroidery; a clothing 2, with a collarless Duijin long-sleeved clothing, get there a little while cuff Cross Patterns, fabric into a general deduction of five, seven, nine, 11, single, often wear a flannel lock decoration, clothing outside the two-Messenger ashamed nine sleeveless white collar coat, a coat pocket or so each, are no decorative embroidery, Under a broad trousers, and some wrapped tibia leg wrappings, leg wrappings Zhuiyou end of the color silk cloth. Yao also women and men, used to wear black or blue clothes. Duijin not wear the shirt collar, to wear under pants, T-shirt I, the cuffs were trimmed with red cloth.

　　The chest Yijinshangxiu for a variety of decorative patterns. Women's hair bun, a branch in accordance with Department of head-dress varies. State of the sub-roof of the Yao Yao Yao and two indigo. Yao headdress of the women's roof is wood and scarf, hair on the first line on a piece of red string tied to use of wood, then covered with a flower Pago, Zhuishang beading, and other accessories, scarves Chantou. Yao indigo hair is not the Department of wood, but wearing a small piece of bamboo string to form a circle, Zhuishang Sui color, beaded, silver covered in the head and then wrapped Toupa, a special "Hat-shaped" head-dress. Toupa colors are blue, black, pink and green flowers at the end with a variety of colors, and so on. Yao Yao indigo and the roof of the woman, like wearing silver earrings, the first hairpin, hair-pin, bangle bracelet, necklace, silver ornaments and chest, to Guangzhou, color, Abas and metal decorative accessories Toupa, but the colors monotonic clothes, wearing Still appears to be beautiful and plain. Yao also likes to wear women's silver earrings, the first hairpin, scalp, collars, bracelets, rings and silver chests, Silver Chain, such as beaded jewelry, beautiful Linlang. Yao women also good at embroidery, in the Yi Jin, cuffs, trimmed trousers Department are beautifully embroidered with the pattern design. Hair braided around the small knot on his head, thin tube with colored beads, Yi Jin to the chest and neck embroidered flower color patterns. Men are like hair bun, a red and green cloth or cloth Baotou, collarless Duijin wear long-sleeved clothing, white clothing outside the Messenger "Kanjian," the next big trousers trousers. Men and women of the Yao long to Five-Year Plan, to replace six-year-old flower hat to Pago Baotou, marking the body has developed and matured.

　　Yao's hospitality, and Han regions, if not. Yao Jia access to all the guests will be treated with respect and hospitality. Funny interesting "hanging bag" and "melon round basket for cooked rice wine," Yao Jia is a typical customer courtesy. Yao Jia to the guests, so long as carry-on bag to the central room at the two sites are linked to a hanging, said to be in the eating. Do not advance that the owner will stay guests dining at home. If you do not know the rules, the old bag and other objects on the side, the master on that you wanted to go somewhere else, to eat things will come to nothing.

　　Yao Jia to be a guest, but also understand local taboos, or give rise to resentment of the owner. These are the major taboos: Ji Yong foot frame up the stove, in the anti-burning stove, there are words on paper into Yao Jia avoid wearing white shoes and white cap, sitting free threshold, the upstairs can not wear straw sandals, housewives can not sit burner Stool, wooden raft, avoid the "umbrella", mentioned the "umbrella", to say the "rain cover," as a result of "umbrella" and "casual" homophonic; human case of logging, Ji said, "meat" and "death" The ominous language, and so on.

　　Love bite expression in the hands of the Yao Marriage in Xishuangbanna is an interesting taste of the feelings expressed by the way, that is, young men and women in De Ding Qing, the sub-group of girls to be in the hands of a bite on to express loyalty of love. Yao youth held in the rites of passage, will be able to carry out social activities, look for a free companion. Early love, referred to as "The Merry sing", that is, in the form of Duige exchange of feelings. "The Merry sing", can not be naked and love, only insinuations, dark metaphor table feelings. In accordance with ancient tradition of regulation, the young men and women can not Walled duet, only a man and a woman not allowed to Duige, at home and work when they can not Duige one another. "The Merry sing" in carrying out activities of the festival was held and when the opportunity to hold a wedding, and only collective duet. Usually young people to "sing Merry," but from the collective Walled invited to the girl outside the Walled Zhaiwai duet. The girl has also been invited to give Walled out, with a collective of young men Duige, if not to be invited to avoid, that is not a courtesy. Young people in productive work in to get to know, through festivals and "The Merry sing" Duige the exchange of feelings in secret to choose their favorite people, they look for opportunities to separate contacts, to express love. After establishing contact with the feelings, it will conduct rendezvous. When both sides feel Qingtouyige, it is necessary to determine the relationship of love, young men and young women to Han Zhu white arm on a bite to express their love of the faithful, saying the public has said: "The pain started to bite into the heart, love before loyalty." Bite hand, it is necessary to have a good sense of the force, bitten too, would be too deep love as a girl; bitten too heavy wounds in her left hand, once found, will become a laughing stock.

　　Therefore, the sub-group of girls to bite the hand, was forced slowly, so that the girl can feel pain, can not bite through the skin. In fact, men and women to be affiliated, have a heart Lingxi, the extent to bite, "Aide Shen," the men and clear woman also hinted that they will make. Once bitten hand, said that De Ding Qing, the two sides should be prepared to get married to their parents to do this, by mutual consent of parents, the common consensus of the marriage related matters.

　　Yao diet based mainly on cereals food, often maize, sweet potato, and other miscellaneous grains of rice made reference point "folder rice", "Four rice folder." Hi winter will carry out beasts of pork meat or wax, and health. Festivals or entertain guests also ultimately, rice flour meat or tofu pill. Yao people like to drink more, especially Quanjiu love, to the guests will have to treat each other as wine, drink happily. Yao Jia in the long-term life of the people gradually formed its own unique and distinctive food culture. When you walked into Yaozhai when you meet the faces are smiling, master Yao Jia also sent a tea bowl. This tea has vigor, drive out the role of fatigue, it is the Yao people living in a kind of indispensable drink. Yao people often work in or after a meal, small groups get together to "drink tea" and file it with pickled cabbage, Baogu or other snacks. Some follow the moonlight in the evening or to fire a few miles away Xiangyao friends gather "to drink tea." Bian Hebian to talk about, talked in length about the friendship, enjoyable, often sit the middle of the night, the one that drinking a few bowls. In Dayaoshan, drinking tea is the traditional heart of the fun of life, and tea to guests showed Yao hospitality of the people of the United States and Germany. When you to be a guest Yao Jia, Yao Jia will be the masters of their guests the highest ceremonial reception, Peng Chu their own special brew melon round basket for cooked rice wine you drink. Guatemala is a round basket for cooked rice wine brewed with the sweet cereals, cold-water immersion, take the beautiful and unique gourd dipper scoop Sheng bowl, bowl Tongkuailinli to drink, called "melon round basket for cooked rice wine to drink." "Melon round basket for cooked rice wine" mixed bitter sweet, rich aroma, endless finish after a meal. When drinking from the family's youngest girl Daojiu adult, the owner frequently to toast the guests, the guests do not need binding and Guo Qian, you can happily drink openly, so all the more pleased the owner, that you can afford Yao family, the more you warm.