Clothes:

Miao women generally wear narrow-sleeved, large-collared, double-breasted shorts on the upper body and pleated skirts on the lower body. The dresses may be long enough to reach the foot, elegant and colorful, or short and graceful to the knees.

When wearing casual clothes, they usually wear a turban on their head, a large-skirted jacket on the upper body, trousers on the lower body, embroidered lace, an embroidered apron, and some exquisite silver ornaments to set it off. Miao men's attire is relatively simple. The tops are mostly double-breasted shorts or right-sided long shirts, wool felt with geometric patterns woven over their shoulders, a cyan Baotou on their head, and leggings on their calves.

Traditional festivals:

The first Yin day of January (Tiger month or Yin month) is a festival for material exchange and socializing between men and women (called March 3 Street Festival in China). The first day of February (the rabbit month or the Mao month) is the Ox King Festival (called April 8 in China), the social gathering of men and women, and the birthday of Buddha.

The first Chen day and the second Yin day of March (Dragon Moon or Chen Moon) are the Small Dragon Boat Festival and the Big Dragon Boat Festival respectively. The Small Dragon Boat Festival later commemorated the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (Mi). Surnamed Qu), also known as Qu Yuan Festival and Singer Festival.

Food:

The Miao dietary customs have their own characteristics. The Miao people in southeastern Guizhou, Xiangxi, Hainan Island, and Rongshui, Guangxi, eat rice as their staple food, as well as corn, sweet potatoes, millet and other miscellaneous grains; the Miao people in northwestern Guizhou, southern Sichuan, and northeastern Yunnan eat corn, potatoes, buckwheat, oats, etc. as their staple food. There are many types of non-staple food, including home-raised livestock, poultry and fish as meat, and beans, vegetables and melons as vegetables.

In addition, they also collect wild vegetables and engage in fishing and hunting to supplement their income. Hot and sour flavors are indispensable in the life of the Miao people. In the past, due to the lack of salt in the mountainous areas, many Miao people ate light food all year round and could only season their food with hot and sour food, which became a habit over time.

Extended information:

The Miao people have a long history. The Miao people mainly live in southeastern Guizhou Province, Damiao Mountain in Guangxi, Hainan Island, Hunan, etc. The Miao people live in high mountain areas and mainly focus on agriculture. Their crops include upland rice, cereals, etc. The Miao people have rich folk oral literature and poetry. Of course, the Miao people are also good at singing and dancing.

Before liberation, the Huayuan Miao people relied on rice and cereals as their staple food, supplemented by red potato, barley, wheat, millet, horse beans and other miscellaneous grains. They usually had two meals per day. At home, bran vegetables are often eaten to satisfy hunger. After liberation, people's lives improved. In the late 1970s, rice was the main food, and other grains were gradually used as raw materials for the food industry or livestock feed.

In addition to the fresh vegetables produced by the Miao people, the most distinctive feature of Miao cuisine is pickled and hot and sour foods, such as sauerkraut, sour soup, hot and sour seeds, spicy sauce, etc., all of which are Miao home cooking. The Miao family has always been hospitable. When guests come, they always treat them with wine and meat. The wine includes glutinous rice wine and corn wine, and the meat includes pigs, cows, sheep, fish, chickens, ducks, etc.

It is usually inconvenient to buy fish in Miao Township. In order to avoid being overwhelmed when guests arrive, most people use special methods to pickle sour fish, sour meat, and bacon to serve their guests. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the development of the commodity economy, meat is abundant and can be purchased at any time. There are few people who pickle sour fish, and there is no one to pickle sour meat. The food and wine for entertaining guests are no different from those of the Han people. .

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