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Miao costumes vary according to gender, age, region and clan.

(1) Miao costumes

Miao men in northwest Guizhou and northeast Yunnan wear patterned linen clothes and wool felt with geometric patterns on their shoulders;

In other places, Miao men usually wear short coats, double-breasted or left-breasted trousers, a big belt, a long blue scarf on their heads and leggings on their feet in winter.

(2) The dress of Miao women varies from region to region.

Miao women's clothing in Xiangxi, northeastern Guizhou, southeastern Chongqing and southwestern Hubei belongs to the type of Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hubei. They all wear big chest and right back clothes or long-sleeved clothes. The trousers, sleeves, trouser legs and collars are inlaid with floral decorations, and the waists are embroidered on their chests. Most of them are blue or blue, and most of them wear headscarves.

Qiandong type includes all Miao people who speak Miao language and Qiandong language. Women's dresses are still navy blue, with big collars (a few are big-breasted dresses) and inseparable pleated skirts. Embroidery is the main decoration of clothes and skirts, and brocade is more common. Most of them are tied into a vertebral bun, and a few are wrapped in a bun.

South-central Guizhou belongs to Miao people in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan dialects. Women's wear is mostly double-breasted with big collar and left and right lapels, and there are also a few big-breasted dresses, pleated skirts and long skirts with more accessories. Most dresses are decorated with flowers, embroidery and batik, and a few dresses have no flowers.

Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan style is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi provinces in Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan dialect of Miao language. The basic style of women's wear is a double-breasted dress with a big collar or a short dress with a big collar on the left and right sides. Some of them have accessories outside, while others wear them outside. Most of them wear pleated and multi-cut long skirts, with skirts in front and streamers hanging behind.

2. Jewelry

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Miao people often use Miao brocade as a gift for their relatives and friends. Mother gave it to her children to express her blessing; The girl gave it to her boyfriend, indicating that she was privately determined for life; The Miao family gave it to their guests to show that their friendship will last forever.

② Miao silver jewelry

Silver ornaments, including silver hairpin, silver awn, silver bracelet, silver collar, silver medal, silver fish and silver bell, are unique ornaments for Miao young women.

Decorations.

Second, the Miao diet

Miao people in Qiandongnan, Xiangxi, Hainan Island and Rongshui, Guangxi mainly eat rice, as well as corn, sweet potato, millet and other miscellaneous grains.

Miao people in northwest Guizhou, south Sichuan and northeast Yunnan live on corn, potatoes, buckwheat seeds and oats.

Miao people in Qiandongnan sealed glutinous rice and vegetables together in an altar and ate them after one or two months. This is a pickle with unique flavor. The hobby of drinking is very common, and guests will be entertained with wine at weddings, funerals, festivals or when relatives and friends visit. ?

Third, Miao folk houses?

Miao people generally live in groups. The size of the village varies according to the geographical environment. Generally, three to five households and a dozen households are one village. In large villages, there are generally dozens of households, one or two hundred households.

1, Qiandongnan residents live in wooden bungalows and dry fences.

(1) Miao bungalows are mostly bamboo and wood structures, with wooden boards and bamboo chips as walls and covered with bamboo, tiles, wood skins or thatch. The bungalow is divided into three bays and six bays.

(2) There are two main forms of architecture in modern Gan Lan: full-story residence and half-story residence.

Most of the "Gan Lan" buildings have two floors, and people can get on and off. There is a balcony in front of the upstairs house and a corridor in front of the house. The main room has three bays and five bays, which is the same as the layout of the bungalow. Wooden battens are the walls downstairs, which are used to raise livestock and pile up sundries.

The whole building is a typical all-wood structure high-legged dry fence. Half a building is built on a mountain, and the slope is a platform. In the second half, the platform of the building foundation is the living surface, while in the first half, the columns are suspended, and the upper floor is flush with the platform, forming a semi-building.

2. The walls of Miao people's houses in Wenshan, Yunnan Province are mostly made of bamboo strips and covered with soil, and the roofs are flat grass roofs.

3. Miao residents in Zhaotong have more rights to install houses, that is, houses that are crossed by several tree trunks and covered with thatch, woven with branches or bamboo, and pasted with mud into walls. Generally, it is divided into two rooms, one for people and one for animals.

The Miao people in Hainan Island live in a narrow thatched house with three rooms on the first floor. The eaves are very long, and the corridor under the eaves is a place to rest. Most Miao people in southern Sichuan and northwestern Guizhou live in houses with grass roofs or tile roofs. ?

Miao language belongs to the Miao branch of Miao Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Due to frequent migration and scattered residence, Miao people have great differences in language and vocabulary, forming several dialects and dialects. Some Miao people have their own characters, such as "Polaroid Miao Wen".

(commonly known as "Old Miao Wen") is still used by some Miao people in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Another part of Miao language has been lost. ?

Most Miao families are monogamous. If the husband and wife have been married for a long time without children, the man can marry a second wife (concubine) with the consent of the woman.

Equality of status and equality of wives. Middle-aged widows can remarry. Young men and women are free to fall in love, and their parents should be consulted when they get married. If parents object, young men and women stick to their opinions and take the method of running away in private. In some places, there is still the custom of keeping marriage. ?

Besides Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, Miao people also have their own national festivals. Such as: Miao Year, Chinese New Year Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lusheng Festival, Slope Jumping Festival, etc. Besides colorful entertainment activities, every festival and party includes men and women.

Content of teenagers' social activities and love. ?

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