Next to the single person on the left, the Ge on the right is pronounced gě, "亻 Ge".

Chinese officials call them the "Genge family".

It is an ethnic minority located in Guizhou. It has been listed as one of the 18 ethnic minority cultural protection circles in the world by the "United Nations Foundation for the Protection of World Vernacular Culture". It is an ethnic minority other than the 56 ethnic groups in China, so few people know about this ethnic group and even think that

does not exist.

Extended information: 1. Distribution area. There are about 50,000 to 60,000 Ge family members, who call themselves "Gemo" (Ge language). The Ge family is mainly distributed in Huangping, Kaili, Majiang, Guanling, Weng'an, Fuquan, and Zhenning.

, Xingren, Qianxi and other places, with Huangping and Kaili on both sides of the Chong'an River being the most populous. There are 21,000 people in Huangping County, accounting for 43.2% of the national Genge family population.

They mainly live in 89 villages in Chongxing Township and the nearby Chong'an Town, Huangpiao Township, Gulong Town, Chongren Township, Xinzhou Town, and Langdong Township. The largest village of the Huangping Genge family is Fengxiang Village.

There are more than 700 households and more than 3,700 people. The second largest village is Tangdu Village, which has more than 400 households and more than 2,000 people.

"There are also Wangba Village, etc. There are nearly 10,000 people living in Kaili City, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, mainly living in the Matang area of ??Longchang Town. Matang is one of the most typical villages, with 98 households and 450 people.

Many people. In the fourth year of Guangxu (1879), 20 people from the Ge family, including Gao Guifu, Luo Tingxiang, and Luo Wenhai, set up a monument in Paomuzhai, Longchang, with the words "Xinzhai, Qianyan, Yangjiashan, Laoyashan,

Huajie, Luomian, Liushui, Yudong, Gaobangpo, Eagle Rock, Yiwanjing, Gantian, Xiaopaomu, Shanmuao, Maping, Kanniuping, Xiayuan, Jianghe" 18 villages and the names of the first people

2. Residential customs: The Genge family likes to live in valleys and on the mountainside. Most of their houses are three-room wooden tile houses. There are hundreds to dozens of households in the village. Most of the Ge family's houses have wooden tile structures.

, the surrounding walls of the courtyard are like smeared with pot bottom ashes, and every household has red Spring Festival couplets like "Fields stretch across thousands of miles, and people have fireworks in the middle of the mountain."

"Some homes also have two-story buildings with very wide courtyards. The main house is centered around the hall, which is where the family usually eats, rests and entertains guests. On the east side of the hall is the bedroom, and on the right is a small living room with a fire pit.

The kitchen is very wide and has a large stove for keeping warm in the winter and for eating and entertaining guests. In the past, villagers used bamboo streams to bring spring water from the back mountain into the water tank, eliminating the need to carry water. Nowadays, pure water is used.

There is running water. The upstairs is usually the warehouse and the girl's boudoir, which is clean and convenient for them to meet friends. Downstairs is the utility room where farm tools are kept and the cattle pen. The door frames of the cattle pen and the hall are decorated with symbols to ward off evil spirits.

Calamus. On the main wall of the hall is a tablet for the God of Heaven and Earth, and there is also a tablet for the God of Earth below. Strangely, there is a tablet hanging on the upper right side of the tablet for the Lord of Heaven and Earth.

He is wearing a small bow and arrow. The bow is made of peach branches and the strings are made of cotton. Five bamboo arrows are hung on the bow strings, making them look colorful.